Time to harvest?

I had a few moments yesterday to run up to the vineyard and test the Brix levels of our grapes. I grabbed the refractometers and started squeezing grape juice. The readings from three different areas of the vineyard were:

Rondo

• 20            1.080
• 16            1.065
• 17            1.070

Solaris

• 19.4          1.075
• 16.0          1.065
• 22.0          1.093

What a relief that we can wait a few days to harvest. 

Last week, we had more visitors, three brothers from Aghagower, one of whom, Brendon Edgeworth,  lives in Australia but wants to plant a vineyard on a plot he inherited here. They are very nice. I hope he does plant. The more the merrier. 

And Met Éireann today confirmed that this year was the warmest year in Ireland on record.