September is all about sunshine and grapes in Provence!
They are reaching their full ripeness, sweetness and are ready for picking.......
And each year I join many other friends and volunteers to pick for a day at our friends Sally & Francois vineyard 'Domaine Faverot' in Maubec where they produce some 25000 bottles of fine wine each year.
Picking Syrah & Carignan grapes we need to pick early before the sun warms the picked grapes and starts the fermentation process.
I persuaded/arranged for our gite guests Heather & Ben from Melbourne to pick and enjoy the French picking experience!
Always happy! grapes = wine!
From here the mechanics take over in the form of a crushing machine.
The salary for a days labour is lunch in the South facing courtyard -it's tough but someone has to do it!
The end result, Faverot wines, the white next year will be stunning, the Rose reliably good , and the reds mellow and smooth.
Ready to ship to an outlet near you!
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