As we are reaching summer 's peak the grapes are slowly changing their colour. The Malbec grapes are ripening fast and we are very impressed by the amounts and the quality so far. Mid february we will decide if we do use this year's vintage for making our first own Estate wines.
On Sunday january 6 th we had a very strong hail storm on our vineyard- it was the third this season. Fortunately we have installed the antihail net last september, otherwise we would have lost 25 % of our grapes. Check out the pictures to see how the leaves were harmed by this storm.
On the second Christmas Day Andre & Rosalie and Jeremie came with their children to spend two days on the vineyard. We had some grilled asado goat, horseback riding, a tour through the vineyard, some extensive winetasting of our upcoming and other wines from Mendoza. We had a marvelous time together and should definitely repeat such gatherings in the future.
Our first Christmas celebration as a family with my wife Ulla and our daughter Anastasia enjoying for the first time the traditional tree decoration and the Christmas Carol singing and dancing around the tree in the middle of our vineyard in Mendoza. As tribute to our mother, who passed away in June we are of course keeping up with the Danish Jule traditions.
