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The good weather has brought many of the grapes in the Gaillac area to maturity and farmers are up at dawn to start the "vendange". Those areas which suffered no hail storms this year are pointing to a good harvest, with sweet grapes which will produce good quality wines. First harvested are the fruits for dry white wines, which mature quickest, then later the red wines and finally the sweet whites (doux).
Much of the day to day harvesting is done by machine, only the finest, and most expensive, crops being done by hand. Driving or walking through the vineyards these next few weeks will be accompanied by the heady scent of grapes being picked and crushed ready for our tipples in the years ahead.
