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Grape Picking in Keffalonia
After coming back from Asia and Australia in May 2004, I worked for a couple of months in the U.K., and then decided that what I REALLY wanted to do, was go and pick some grapes, and find out about wine making. Les, a guy that I used to work with, had picked grapes on the Greek island of Keffalonia a few years before, and so using his contacts, I caught a Ryanair flight to Italy, and then an overnight ferry from Brindisi to Keffalonia.
For a couple of months, I was living in my tent ( I have actually spent over two years of my life living in that same tent!!) in an olive grove at the back of Gabrielles house. (Pictured on the left, me on the right).Picking grapes for Gentilini wines, and some of the local growers in the mornings, I spent the afternoons either in agony with a bad back, or loading grapes into the press, or frequently both!!
That's
me on the left again, getting ready to load the grapes which will
eventually make a lovely red wine. On the right is Mike, a student who
was also out for the summer.It was a really good experience out there, and they were a cracking bunch of people, so my thanks go out to Gentilini wines, Gabrielle, Roger, Petros, Marriana, Carolina, Mike and all the rest.
(As a footnote, after it´s long years of good service, I left my tent there. It was a shame to see it go, as I had many fond memories such as being trapped in it for 36 hours of torrential rain in New Zealand, being attacked by ants, repairing it more times than I can mention, and carrying it around seemingly everywhere, but there will always be another!!)
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