Terrace Haute Couture

This morning I was up at 6:00 and soon off down to Lizzie & Ali's to help with the vendange.  Thankfully it was a cool day. When harvesting grapes this is a complete bonus. We got all the syrah off the vines and into the vats in record time. In fact, we could sit down to an early lunch by 11:30, having cleaned the de-stemming machine we nickname The Mangle, the grape juice bubbling away happily, beginning its fermentation.

After a wee siesta, Henny and I were off to Pézenas for a little shopping. It was still only 3pm. The sun was shining, it was beautiful, but we noticed the light was already different. I said, this is the first day I sense autumn. It made us a little wistful. This evening, our girls were round for a light supper on the terrace. All three wearing my sweatshirts to keep warm. "Dressed by Yvonne" said Miranda. A lovely photo to remind us of a perfect day.