Autumn in the Vineyard What Comes After Harvest Harvest is always a milestone in the vineyard calendar — the culmination of a year’s work — and this year we finished earlier than usual, wrapping up by the middle of September. That’s quite early compared to most vineyards, but the timing worked out beautifully. We managed […]
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2025 Grape Harvest Finished Wow- What an experience First grape harvest done and dusted! Massive team effort all around. It’s been a steep learning curve mastering both hand-picking and machine harvesting, but we pulled it off. The grapes are looking fantastic, and the winemakers are giving us great feedback so far. The Vineworks Machine Harvester
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Hand Harvesting Our First Harvest 2025 Saw Our first Grape Harvest Yesterday marked a huge milestone for our family vineyard – our very first grape harvest! We picked and personally delivered our Bacchus grape to the winery. with many more varieties still waiting to be harvested. Watching the fruit tumble into the press was such
We Did It! We did it! On Saturday we machine-harvested 27,000 kilograms of grapes — our very first mechanical harvest. More on the process soon, but for now here’s a look at the incredible @vineworks_uk harvester powering through the rows. Huge thanks to @sussex_viticultural_services and Tom from @vineworks_uk for their expert guidance throughout. These grapes are now on their way to @flintvineyard
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