The harvest season begins at BSC

THE 2019 Ready, Set, Work class at Bellarine Secondary College (BSC) has begun the harvest season with a bang.

The 2019 vintage sees the school produce the largest crop of Pinot Noir since the program’s inception just five years ago at 1.3 tonnes.

After the harvest, the students visited Bellarine Estate winery to be a part of the next stage in the grapes’ lives – the making of wine.

The crop will now ferment and be made into the final product for release to the public in December.

Once processed, the crop will produce more than 800 bottles of quality Rosé.

Current class members raised a glass of the processed grape juice before the conversion into alcohol commenced.

The students are excitedly waiting for their Shiraz crop to ripen before they repeat the process and harvest the next section of their vineyard.

What was once a neglected and non-productive school vineyard now thrives with the care and attention of these Year 10 students. Ready, Set, Work is a highly regarded program, which uses the vineyard to teach students employability and life skills for the future.