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The grape harvest began on September 4th! We are now out in the vineyards every day with our harvest team and the machine to bring our precious grapes safely and soundly to the winery. But how does the juice actually come out of the grapes?
“Totally simple,” thinks the layman.
"Jump with both feet into a tub full of grapes and stomp away."
Right. That's how it used to be...
We would like to invite you to celebrate with us! The Weyher Wine Festival will take place from September 6th to 9th, 2024. The whole village will be on its feet and there will be musical and culinary offerings in every courtyard! It feels like the whole world is meeting in Weyher. OK, maybe that's a bit subjective. But there are actually several thousand people who all come to our idyllic village to enjoy and celebrate and spread a party mood.
Our main season also begins NOW ! From September 9th, we will be open every day (except Tuesdays). Let the Canadian-Palatinate delicacies from Kristine's Lamesa melt in your mouth while you enjoy a wonderful glass of wine, the panoramic view in our garden and the fruity autumn air.
Some statistics say that moving is the second most stressful thing you can do in your life. (The most stressful is a divorce, but that's not our topic today.) In fact, there are very few people who like moving. No wonder, since everything is being shaken to its foundations and rearranged.
Wine is no different: the more often it moves from barrel A to barrel B, the worse its mood becomes. Because it too is torn from its beauty sleep, shaken up, forced through narrow tubes and has to get used to its new surroundings.
Well, says the clever winemaker, we'll just let the wine slumber wonderfully in the cellar and not disturb it. But it's not quite that simple (that was obvious)...
Everyone who has their own garden knows the problem: you look forward to the harvest for months, eagerly awaiting the first tomato, and then you don't know what to do with the excess and, after tomato salad, tomato soup, tomato casserole, tomato mozzarella and tomato bread, you can't stand the sight of tomatoes anymore.
We winemakers know this too. Once a year our cellar is bursting at the seams... and the rest of the year we live off of it. So what is the best way to store the precious liquid? This question has been answered very differently over the centuries:
