What a sad little harvest this year

One word:

pathetic

I was tempted to leave them on the vine to rot.  The amount of shatter was pretty significant, thanks to all the rain and cold we got in May and June (see Why Grape Shatter Happens at the Wine Virgin).  I ended up with only 24.6 lbs. of grapes, which will give me about 2 gallons of juice (if I'm lucky).  For reference, the first year I got 55 lbs. and 4 gallons of juice and last year I got 72 lbs and nearly 7 gallons of juice.

The brix was just lightly over 23.  I inoculated with Assmanshausen.

Here's hoping that at least I do a better job of fermenting and making what little wine I'll have this year, versus last year's vintage, which I'm not really super-happy with.  But this will be my third vintage, and I learn as I go every year.