Diary of a Barossa vintage casual – part 5

Harvest is in full swing, all the fermenters are full, and we are even fermenting in picking bins because we don’t have enough small fermenters (more on this in a bit). This would usually be a very happy, exhausting time. It still is to an extent. We’re very lucky to be working and busy. 

But the panic and stress around COVID-19 is nonetheless real for us, and changes by the day. One of our casuals left today, another will leave us on Tuesday, mid harvest, because...