For those who believe in the creative force of careful, accurate and conscientious work, the year-round process of creating wine, and its many stages from vine gardening to tasting the wine, can be a wonderful experience. Guest who are interested in wine-making can become a part of the process of creation, taking part in some or all stages of grape production and wine-making, from pruning to bottling. We believe that this creative process, which respects and works with nature, makes not only our wines more noble, but also the person who makes them. We are still learning this art, and we are more and more committed to it every year, which you can also tell from the results… The taste speaks for itself.
We organize programmes for the different stages of vine growing for our guests:
Pruning: typically on cold winter days, with instructions from a professional viticulturist. Once the work is done, we serve a hot meal in the heated cellar with a glass of nice wine.
Green works: A summer weekend is an ideal opportunity to do the vine care tasks that are due, to ensure a good harvest. These tasks include leaf pruning, shoots thinning and orientation, tying, lateral removal, leaf removal in the bunch zone and shoots tipping. Once the work is done, we cook a meal in a kettle on the vine hill, or have a spritzer on the “pier” by the cellar, enjoying the view.
Harvest: As different varieties are harvested at different times, there are several harvest programmes. Harvest is work and a festival at the same time: it is very hard but very enjoyable. Adults, children and the elderly are all happy to take part in the tasks, the most dedicated even remove berries and press the grapes, often till dawn…
Of course guests who participate in the harvest are later informed what is happening to the harvested grape, so that they can take part in wine-making as well, if they wish.
Wine inspection: It’s like the first ball: we take the fresh new wines for a dance. We observe them, we taste them and of course we judge them, adore them and discuss mistakes if we find any.