Meetings meetings.

It's the count down to the biggest time in our calender. We've been to two meetings today, with Avril, thank god, and now feel more informed but still slightly apprehensive.

The first meeting was for the Co-op and was about when they are looking to come and do the vendage for various varietys. We had a tour of the cave and saw what will happen to it all. It seems like its all going to be a bit pot luck asa to whether they end up at ours for lunch or not. Basically they have lunch wherever they are at 1pm.

We then had lunch and went for another meeting this time with the CUMA and then Mr Baudin took us to see the harvester and we met Thierry's Dad and went to a Chateaux where the co-op rents some vines.

We've had a really amazing day, it feels slightly surreal to see your name up as a vintner and stand on top of the cuve looking out over the countryside above where, in three weeks of so, our grapes will be bubbling away.

Bring on the vendage... and please dont let me have to drive one of the tractors!