It’s not over yet
If I had to pick a favorite time of year it would probably be autumn. And it’s here! Most of this year’s grape harvests will have been picked by now, and the process of turning fruit to juice and juice to wine is under way. Remember, it wasn’t that long ago, early spring, that these same vines began to sprout and flower, and they will again next spring to make more grapes and more juice and more wine. Isn’t that amazing?
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