The Blessing of the Grapes = Harvest Begins!
By
Kendall-Jackson
on
August 22nd, 2013
In: K-J Corner
It was a very exciting Wine Wednesday for us this week – the first batch of grapes came in from the vineyards! (Those are Sauvignon Blanc grapes…)
Each harvest begins with a tradition: The Blessing of the Grapes.
When the first batch of grapes comes in, everyone – and we mean everyone: cellar workers, office workers, lab workers, winemaking, everyone – gathers around the truck with the grapes for the blessing.
One of the winemakers makes a speech of thanks and blesses the upcoming harvest and vintage. They pop a bottle of wine and raise a toast as the grapes are dumped into the hopper.
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