We decided not pick any grapes on Saturday and preferred to wait till Monday to finish the picking of the viognier in the vineyards of Coudoulet de Beaucastel. As a matter of interest, the Viognier is not in the list the 13 authorized grapes that are admissable into the AOC of Chateauneuf du Pape, however as the Coudoulet is situated in the Cotes du Rhône…in addition, neither is the marsanne variety.

We are now preparing to start our picking of the syrah in Chateauneuf du Pape vineyards.  We have called in the enlargened team for the next day few days’ work. 

The weather today is beautiful and hot. The weather forecast indicates that we should expect the Mistral for the next few days.