Pruning The Vines.

Here in Burgenland we still handcraft our wines...

The amount of work that goes into making a bottle of wine is tremendous. In fact, if you knew how much, you would savour every drop of it. In our area of Burgenland, most of the wine is hand-made.

Oh, there are machines used in some of the process, but for the small vintners, hand-made it is. It is great, because they know everything that is in the wine. For the wine buyers and wine connoisseurs, it must be Nirvana. Where in this day and age do you still get hand-made stuff ?

When you think that the average bottle of wine from our area costs about 6 Euros ( here is a list of Vintners of our area ), it should make you sit up and take notice...especially as the wines are of such great quality and taste.

The last two days, Bob and I have been helping out with the pruning. It is jolly hard work, but rather nice as you can contemplate life while you do it. Being in touch with nature is therapeutic after all. It helped that the sun was shining and it was a warm 8 degrees Celcius !

My part of the pruning was actually more as an assistant who took the cut vines off the wire. You know, all along the never ending rows of vines. Now that was hard work. I had no idea how much these vines grow shoots and attach themselves along and to the wire and other vines. It was similar to undoing a knot in your wool or working the way out of a maze ! But I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Today we will be helping with another part of the wine growing and making cycle. I am not quite sure what it will entail, but I will let you know. It's great to be part of the wine crafting process...

Biggi

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A crisp yet clear and wonderful Burgenland day...

What a handsome and happy worker...

Choosing the right vine to cut !