Tradition
CROATIA
Grape picking in Vis
by Mina
Island of Vis has long tradition of grape
picking, we call it Jematva.
Since ancient Greeks, people of Vis have
been growing grapes. The wine quote
was over 20 000 liters per year, but in
nowdays the number is much smaller.
Lots of vinyards are not in use and just a
few famillies are following tradition. This
weekend I had a chanse to go with my
friend and his familly to pick grapes. At
first I wasn’t sure about going there but I
decided to go after all.
We got up at 6 a.m. and went to the
vinyard. First we had brekfast and then
we started picking. We had so much fun.
We were singing and talking. We did all
the work in just one hour and a half. At
the end, we had to bring all grapes to the
tractor. Then one person had to sit on the
grapes while the other was driving. I
decided to sit on the grapes and I didn’t
regret it. It was great! When we got to
the wine cooperative in the town, all
tourist were looking at us because they
have never seen that before. After that
we gave grapes to the cooperative and
got money for it. I will go again next
year!