tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post5283975645094929146..comments2024-03-28T23:06:17.460+01:00Comments on wcs: Raisins on the vinewcshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-65390159645878519302013-11-04T08:45:01.337+01:002013-11-04T08:45:01.337+01:00tim, interesting about the machine.
mitch, I'...tim, interesting about the machine.<br /><br />mitch, I'll drink to that.<br /><br />stuart, thanks! I'm enjoying your photos as well.<br /><br />michael, and other critters!<br /><br />starman, there you go. ;)wcshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551283829616757577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-64414547826428415762013-11-04T08:28:25.484+01:002013-11-04T08:28:25.484+01:00I've often wondered what happened to the grape...I've often wondered what happened to the grapes that the machines left behind.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-55208214150587179042013-11-03T15:52:06.463+01:002013-11-03T15:52:06.463+01:00Feast for the birds?Feast for the birds?Ur-spohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04237644452200889946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-48574106574325329642013-11-03T14:41:09.696+01:002013-11-03T14:41:09.696+01:00Wow, those colors are intense. Nicely shot.Wow, those colors are intense. Nicely shot.Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06513394224102833095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-76681350615700176222013-11-03T14:31:06.119+01:002013-11-03T14:31:06.119+01:00Ken, they were early days in UK winemaking and I a...Ken, they were early days in UK winemaking and I am pretty certain that the machine was either... <br />not set up properly, picked inefficiently or wasn't used well. <br />It was a modification on the machines originally used for picking red and blackcurrants on another farm nearby... <br />it used a pair of rotating belts... <br />of what looked like inflated blue Marigold rubber gloves... <br />and it picked a lot of leaves, too...<br />just like on the currant bushes.<br /><br />I used to earn money gleaning the currant bushes... <br />not much, tho'... <br />but the farmer who employed reckoned that the machine collected about 3/4ths of the harvest... <br />we did the rest... <br />and home-winemakers were allowed in after we'd been through... <br />and charged a fortune for a difficult PYO!!<br />Yes, the farmer did drive a posh car!!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-15148851118601391422013-11-03T12:15:15.058+01:002013-11-03T12:15:15.058+01:00Tim, I've been scavenging "missed" g...Tim, I've been scavenging "missed" grapes for years. But I've never got as much as a bushel. One the harvesting machines have gone through, nobody but me comes out to get the grapes that were left behind. Actually, I'm making juice with a batch of Grolleau grapes today, and will turn the juice into jelly.<br /><br />Mitch, santé.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-78685140920195648032013-11-03T12:04:42.795+01:002013-11-03T12:04:42.795+01:00In honor of your raisins secs. I just picked up a ...In honor of your raisins secs. I just picked up a bottle of this year's vino dulce from Málaga and toasted you.Moving with Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954028272162285597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17913552.post-73853722366456467042013-11-03T09:51:08.552+01:002013-11-03T09:51:08.552+01:00Literally a damper... in fact the way it came down...Literally a damper... in fact the way it came down here, more of a wetter!!<br />Walt, pick a bushel or two of the missed grapes, they have a great flavour and are superb in cakes!!<br />A vineyard in Norfolk [UK] used to allow humans in to glean after their machine had been through...<br />my Mum used to go with a friend and collect a couple of kilos for baking.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.com