{"id":8433,"date":"2018-10-17T15:53:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T13:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devourbarcelonafoodtours.com\/?p=8433"},"modified":"2022-02-25T18:38:22","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T18:38:22","slug":"a-love-letter-to-the-harvest-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.devourtours.com\/blog\/a-love-letter-to-the-harvest-season\/","title":{"rendered":"A Love Letter to the Harvest Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
It’s an intense, magical time where the carefully-laid plans of the entire year hinge around a crucial few weeks, and the atmosphere is charged with expectation. After a long winter of pruning, plowing and fertilizing, followed by the potentially devastating storms and frosts of spring and then the brutally hot summers, it all comes down to this. If everything goes well, a frantic few weeks in the vineyards will yield a healthy crop of ripe, balanced grapes. When wine experts refer to the ‘vintage’ of the wine, this is it, in its essence. How ripe were the grapes when they were picked? Were the levels of sugar and acidity in balance, or did they over\/under ripen? Were there any issues with rot, disease and fungus in the vineyards?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n