Labor Day Weekend

After removing some bird netting in the vineyards Saturday morning I headed back to the winery to help out with the grapes. I split time between the sorting table and adding dry ice to the must in the tanks. To celebrate the first grapes of the season Merry popped a couple bottles of her 2000 late disgorgement sparkling wine, which was most excellent needless to say.

I ended up with a couple of days off, and my new house hosts were nice enough to take me to meet some of their friends for gettogethers. Sunday I had a chance to meet Kent Rosenblum at his property in Russian River Valley. I have always been a big fan of his Zinfandel's and it was awesome to get a chance to meet him and play some bocce ball with him too.... oh yeah, drinking some '99 St. Peters Church Zinfandel wasn't too bad either.