Vieilles vignes

This year we at Mas del Sol had practically no garden fruits - our trees are bare. But the horticulturalists of the department report record crops of apples, pears, melons and plums. The result of being able to water the crops during the long, hot drought. Now the vignerons are thinking the 2018 recolte will be abundant and of quality.
This area around Mas del Sol was once planted with vines and you can still see the lines of "repousses" which appear whenever the fields have been mown. So imagine our surprise to find, growing up through a lilac and adjacent laurel tree a vine having reached well over 5 metres in height. One branch was so laden that it has fallen down to a point where the grapes are easily accessible, and there are plenty more on high to please the birds.
Although too small the use as dessert grapes, the bunches are sweet and will yield some grape juice. Mother nature left to her own devices seems to have overcome the climate extremes we have seen this year.
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