The Consejo Regulador has declared the 2016
harvest open and picking has begun in the vineyards farthest from the sea where
grapes are riper. Barbadillo was using harvesting machines yesterday in the
Gibalbín and Santa Lucía vineyards to pick grapes for the pies de cuba. Some of
these bunches were giving readings of 12ᴼ Beaumé, well above the 10.5ᴼ required
by the Consejo. Harvesting will also begin
imminently in the pagos Carrascal and Macharnudo. González Byass, Fundador and
Estévez asked the Consejo yesterday for permission to pick and are starting
today. An organic vineyard in El Puerto, Sumariva Beato, supplying grapes to
Williams & Humbert also asked permission.
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| Grapes arriving at the presshouse (foto:diariojerez) |
It is generally believed that the harvest will
be fully underway in a week to ten days when the vineyards near the coast ripen
and all 30 press houses authorised by the Consejo will be working – though one
or two may have finished by then. Last year the first grapes were picked on 3rd
August while this year they were picked two weeks later, and the harvest is
expected to finish in the second week of September.
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