(Decanter) - The English grape harvest will be about two weeks later and smaller than normal – with winemakers hoping for a fine September to save the vintage. After one of the dampest and coldest summers on record, some winemakers are more positive than others. At Three Choirs Vineyard in Gloucestershire, managing director Thomas Shaw said, ‘There is a crop out there so it’s not all doom and gloom but there has just been a lack of sun and too much wet. There have been signs of ripening in August but the grapes will be small. We need some warm weather.’