Harvesting and Basic Analysis of the Must

Harvesting is peak season in the wine industry. Join your instructor, Julien Durantie, vineyard manager at DuCard Vineyards, on a journey with the grapes from the vineyard to the winery. Participants in this hands-on class will be involved in one or more of the 8-10 DuCard harvests this fall, including staging, picking and transporting the grapes, destemming reds, crushing whites/rose plus assessing ripeness in the vineyard and in the lab.  We will also discuss and review alternative methods and equipment choices.  Specific class dates and times will be determined based on weather and grape conditions, beginning late August and through late October, and all class members will provide their day-by-day availability for DuCard to assemble small teams for each harvest.  This class will provide a broad range of insight on how to conduct harvests and process fruit in a practical and effective way.