There’s no occupation quite like farming to teach you to “go with the flow” in life (well, that and raising children).
Most people work in corporate America, with ISO 9000 and Six Sigma and all these programs designed to wring every bit of efficiency and variance out of a system.
And then you have farming, where most of us are humbled on a regular basis.
All summer long here in Colorado, the grapes have been 2-3 weeks ahead of schedule. They budded early, veraison was early, we netted early. Did I mention that everything was early this year?
And then September hit.
It’s been cool, with occasional bouts of rain. We’re seeing typical October weather in September.
And so we wait.
As of last weekend, the Syrah was at 24 brix, the Merlot was at 21 brix and the Cab was only at 20 brix.
It’s now going to be a race to harvest everything before the first frost.
I love farming. It’s a daily reminder that we’re not in control…..
