14/09/2015
The past years in Jura have been hard for its winemakers due to horrible and very unlucky weather.
Rain and lack of sun made for a slow maturation and in fear of loosing grapes to autumn frost, many were forced to harvest unripe grapes. Some were even so unlucky to lose a bite of their harvest to hail.
Even though it is said that any winemaker should be able to survive a bad year, to have several bad years in a row is very tough circumstances when your livelihood is based upon it.
However this year's weather conditions have been none short of exemplary: only less than half way in to this year's harvest, we've picked more grapes than all of last year. All winemakers of Jura are over the moon with joy and relief.
I feel for them!
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