We had a disaster 4 days ago in the Vineyard.
On Sunday 4th July, a brief but incredibly powerful hail storm hit us around 3pm. It lasted around 30 minutes, but it was so severe, the hailstones were almost the size of Golf Balls. It came from nowhere.
The neighbour said they hadn't seen anything like it in 50 years. It actually smashed some of their windows. The grapes were smashed, with most of the bunches showing around 50% devastation due to the impact of the hail. And the vines themselves were buffeted by strong winds. There is a lot of work to be done to tidy the vineyard up and to get the vines back on track. Undoubtedly any crop will be severely limited, if not lost altogether.
