August 2012 happenings

We’ve now bottled more Blackcurrant wine and Elderberry wine, so have finished bottling all our 2011 wines. All except Elderberry are available in the winery - the Elderberry will be kept a few more months  for longer bottle maturing.

Bottling Elderberry Wine in the confined space of the fermentation room.

A corking picture!

We have finished picking raspberries.  The crop was good in spite of the late start.  We completed the supplies by collecting 50 kg from Rowley’s Pick Your Own at Glassonby which they picked for us. So 2012 Raspberry wine is bubbling away. Gooseberries have been collected from Milnthorpe and these have been crushed and pressed and are now fermenting vigorously.

We have not had as many visitors as last year so we are speculating with other places whether it’s because of the weather, recession or the Olympics….  

Our stall at Dufton Show was successful and the gazebo didn't blow away in the sudden gusts of wind. Considering the dire forecast we were all lucky that the rain didn't start till the afternoon and was never heavy. The next day we had a stall at Eden Foodival. For us this was disappointing. Entry ticket prices were high so people didn't have spare money to buy things like wine. It was a lively event with plenty of entertainment especially for the kids so maybe it can be tweaked for next year. Entries were low and at 2.30 the heavens opened and everyone melted away.

Angela womanning our stall at the Dufton Show

And again - at Eden Foodival, Brough.