They've sold their stores from the harvest, and news just came in.
Perhaps 2,300 cases of wine will result from the recently completed harvest.
This rice is taken from the fresh harvest available at that time.
"I don't want to keep you from the harvest," she said.
The one in the center was old and tired, her hands gnarled from the harvest.
During Gatherings, all members of the community are expected to bring seeds and produce from the most recent harvest.
Hamlet Hill will make about 10,000 cases of eight different wines from the '88 harvest.
Late rains mean trouble for the "lean season", when food from the last harvest runs out.
Only a small quantity from the 1991 harvest will be imported nationwide.
People who follow the court were reluctant to draw any broad conclusions from the small harvest.