Daniel Pérez Herrero, director of Viticulture and Agronomic Projects at "Viña Pedrosa" in Pedrosa de Duero (Burgos), appeared on the October 11 broadcast of AGROPOPULAR to tell us how the grape harvest went in that area, which ended a week ago.
He told us that they are very satisfied. "It has been a harvest better than we expected because we anticipated a rather complicated harvest, due to the climatic conditions we had in the months of June and July, where there was an excess of humidity." However, "in August and September we had an excess of heat."
"The truth is that a difficult harvest was expected." Pérez Herrero explained that "there were some outbreaks of mildew in the months of June and July that were quite complicated, but thanks to a great deal of work we have been able to obtain good results, we are very happy."
As for how the harvest went in the rest of the region belonging to the Ribera del Duero designation of origin, Pérez Herrero affirmed that "in general I believe..."