Mit Blick auf die 2012-Jahrgang

Während dieser Zeit der Transfer und die Unsicherheit im Frachtraum voll ist.

The 2012 vintage will arrive very late, and between 10 and 20% less production with respect to the results obtained during the previous harvest season. Although it all depends on the temperature, is expected to harvest the grapes begin with at least ten days late and the white will not arrive until the third week of September.

If last year was a record harvest of grapes this year's fall harvest, coupled with the drought that is hurting the field provides a negative year in terms of harvest. Although growers still have hopes for the weather, because only the arrival of the precious rain in the latter part of August could make that would improve the harvest, to gain the fruit of the vine. Keep in mind that also the most affected by the drought are the red varieties, the alien, who will suffer even more by lower production.

It is estimated that this year will be less seasonal workers arriving in the areas of harvest, because due to the economic crisis in our country there are many national workforce unemployed, but also because the scarcity of the harvest brings with it the effect that reduce the wages necessary to collect the grapes. Thus, a laborer who last year could have up to twenty days of cutting grapes, will reduced to seven or ten days at most.

However, despite the drought and crop shortages, we have something positive is that the vineyards have high health, so far as the vineyards have been attacked by any disease such as mildew or powdery mildew, leading to expect excellent quality of the grapes at harvest this year.