As every year

.. the decision has to be made. Start, wait. Never simple. And this year perhaps even more so than previous vintages. The berries and bunches are small, with little juice. Potential alcohol is rising, acidity is dropping. It's decided: we start tomorrow, 18th August, with the Bouché plot, a week ahead of our previous record for earliness, set in 2022. When you've got to go, you've got to go...