Harvest started out great on Saturday, but at 4 pm the new press broke down. Ed was on the phone for hours with various people from the company. A mechanic from CA flew out Sunday and arrived late Sunday afternoon. They fixed the press so it would run at a slower pace. Ed worked until 7 am Monday in order to get all the grapes pressed. In the meantime the mechanic ordered a part from France and we are still waiting for it.
Today Mike our neighbor who grows raspberries for us brought over 500 pounds of Aronia (photo above) which Ed will make into wine for the first time. It will be a sweeter wine and we won't have much of it.
Ed still has quite a few of his hybrids to pick and the Concord....then we'll be done picking for the season.
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