Harvest 2013 (from October 30, 2013)

The last of the grapes for our dry wines have now been picked and brought to the winery. Careful selection has given us ripe, healthy berries, despite a bit of difficult weather. We now turn eagerly to the fruit still hanging on the vines for use in our fruity and noble sweet wines.
Selective harvesting of certain plots has already taken place for our assorted Spätlese (late harvest) sweet wines. These grapes are showing beautifully, with readings of just under 100 °Oe and a perfect acidity of 10.5 g/L.
Now it's up to the weather gods over the next few weeks to determine the fortunes of our Auslesen, Beerenauslese (BA), and Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) harvests and, if the frost comes at the right time, Eiswein as well. In the meanwhile, we are staying the course and crossing our fingers for cool, dry, and sunny days ahead!