The heading refers to today's activities. I water blasted the heck out of the catwalks in the winery from 7am-3:30pm. Like they say, cleanliness is next to godliness, and next to primo fruit it is the most important thing in wine making. Well, without a spic and span sanitary environment what is the point of using the best fruit or making wine in the first place, so, maybe cleanliness is numero uno.... anywhoo....
THERE IS NO FRUIT YET! Yes, it's been a cool summer, but there is still no fruit. Last year ME had taken in some grapes as early as August 14th, so now we are officially a few weeks behind. So, with no fruit to work with, we will fill our time with getting the winery sparkling clean, which isn't tons of fun, but is a very good and important thing. So far I have gotten CPR and first aid certified, done a general winery orientation, and cleaned. Tomorrow will be a lot of fun though.... 9am tasting with production (think we'll be tasting the either 08's or 09's), followed by a 10:30am tour that will take us through the vineyards that ME uses for their RRV Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc.
Other than work I have been filling my time with wine tasting; I have managed to hit about 16 wineries since Thursday (I use a spit bucket, except for today's b/c I had a sore back from the pressure washer). I have decided that I am going to keep a notebook on hand to recap thoughts on wines, wineries and tastings, otherwise it's too hard to keep track of information.
My computer is not working properly, so unfortunately I cannot upload pics at this time... hopefully I will get some up later this week.
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