Autumn already ...

This summer has flown by and we've had a lot of visitors which has been fantastic. We love introducing people to this great area and the wonderful things to see and do here. The pool has been in much use as it's been a lovely, long, hot and sunny summer.

The vendange is in full force with both human and mechanical grape-pickers out early in the mornings and working through the heat of the day. The village is busy with tractors bringing trailors full of grapes to the caves, so it's not quite so peaceful at the moment. They often start around 4 in the morning! The weather has held with only some small showers of rain. From what we can gather the harvest is of better quality this year, but less quantity. Which seems to me to be a good thing.