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Well the moment has arrived. The harvest date has been set for the 27th august and with a week to go the winery is working flat out to bottle the last of the 2009 vintage and prepare for the onslaught of the next month. This season has already seen some interesting curve balls with a very early start for the buds owing to an unseasonably warm spring. We all thought that we were heading for another 2003 or 1976 until the weather broke in the merry month of July this year. Since then we have had promising stretches of sunshine but, on the whole, colder than average temperatures for this time of year. From a predicted harvest date of the 16th august we have in fact pushed back several days because of the atypical conditions. We are hoping for a month of dry conditions now mainly because it will provide us with a great harvest but also because we are fed up with the rain! Come and discover our wine tours in the vineyards and the winery every morning from 10h00 and follow them up with a wine tasting lunch like no other.Simon Aplin