Mild and warm winter. Soft and warm winter. We celebrated the holiday of Trifon Zarezan under the winter Sakar sun. On February 20 th the Rubin and Cabernet Franc vines shed their first “tears”, but the long, rainy and cool spring slowed down their blossoming and fertilisation with about 2 weeks. Summer started off with great humidity deposits. July and August were a period of extremely high temperatures, typical for the South Sakar region. Nevertheless, we see a 7-10 day delay in grape ripening this season. The grape gathering, scheduled for September 4 th , was postponed due to heavy rain. Officially, we started harvesting on September 7 th , exactly 10 days later, compared to our previous yield.