One of the excitements this summer has been my trail camera. I set it up to see what happens in the vineyard when we are all asleep. Mainly the deer go on eating the grapes and sometimes foxes come by to see if we remembered to shut the chickens in. Last night I changed the angle a bit and ...A hare not a rabbit

The distinctive bloom on the Cabernets is lovely. They are about a month or so from being harvested

Whose been eating all these Merlots?

The red deer here and all her extended family.

Deer Deer

As the grapes become sweet the deer come out of the woods and gorge themselves on the grapes. As a wildlife friendly vineyard we don't mind sharing a bit!

Normal deer view, scampering off up the row

August rain turns a potential problem into a potential vintage year

When the red grapes start to turn from green to their final dark red it means harvest for them will be 40 days from that colour change.

For anyone who knows our vineyard you know that right behind the tractor in this picture is a long very steep bank! Just before lunch Humphrey decided to do bank trimming with the tractor, scary for me but he said it was fine.