 What is the significance of Lovenbroy’s seasons?
"The Bogans have launched no less than four military campaigns in the last two decades. "Our function is merely to bring them together. We've turned all the land area we've got into parks and farms. Lovenbroy's a nice place, Mr. Retief." We've got long seasons back home. Blue-black sky, stars visible all day. Lots of skiing, bob-sledding, ice skating; and it's the season for woodworkers. Lots of beach on Lovenbroy; we're mostly islands. Autumn's our harvest season. Fruit, grain, that kind of thing; getting it in doesn't take long. Course, I'm only twenty-eight; I can't remember but two other harvests. Retief put aside his cigar, pulled the wires loose, nudged the cork, caught it as it popped up. "We've got plenty of minerals on Lovenbroy," Arapoulous said, swallowing wine. Picking Bacchus grapes isn't a job you can turn over to machinery—and anyway we wouldn't if we could. Vintage season is the high point of living on Lovenbroy. There's prizes for the biggest day's output, bets on who can fill the most baskets in an hour.... The sun's high and bright, and it's just cool enough to give you plenty of energy. Fresh-baked bread ... and wine, plenty of wine. Matter of fact, pretty near half our young-uns are born after a vintage.
 Each season’s weather brings a new set of cultural recreation and work.
 Each season’s weather brings a new set of cultural recreation and work.  Each season calls for a new way to tend the Bacchus vine.  Each season requires a new cultural shift in line with the needs of the young people.  Each season’s weather brings a new approach to how the community thinks about its relationship to wine.