1st Crush At The New Place

First, THE BIG NEWS: we will begin hosting you at our new winery at 3333 Vine Hill Lane beginning this coming Friday, October 14^th. Likely, tasting will be down in the production area (similar to our tasting at the old winery) because tile work & the like will continue in our new tasting room for at least another week or so. Check our web site for details & directions [click the bubbling barrel above] . . . the new info should be posted there later today or tomorrow.

Last Monday, a week ago today, we crushed our first grapes at the new place. We had already crushed some fruit at the old winery, & then brought over the fermenting bins to complete the process here. This was to assure us of importing our lovely culture of wild beasties that has grown to permeate the old place over the years. Some photos as usual . . .

Robin driving the first bin towards the hopper:

Dumping into grapes into the hopper:

Mo & Diane cheering the successful dump:

Fermenting Petite Sirah going into an open-top fermentor with all the lovely beasties in full foment:

At the end of the day, the rain clouds that brought the rain that might rot the grapes. Ah well, such is life, & it is quite lovely nonetheless: