First day of the grape harvest.

8:00 a.m. Everybody is ready and it’s time for Olivier’s last recommendations before getting to work.

On  today’s agenda: picking grapes for White Crozes Hermitage “La Croix du Verre“.

At 9, the first grapes found their way  to the winery for pressing. The juice (must) is then put into a tank to let the must settle … it’s a 2-day operation. That clarified juice will be vinified in oak barrels