....from the grasp of “bottling” and all the time, energy, deadlines and nerves it takes to prepare and get through it.  I had luck holding my right hand and work tugging on the other, which left me without a free hand with which to type.  But now, I’m back.  Whew!  No matter how much one plans and prepares for blending, finishing and bottling wine, there are always fires to put out—well, not literally, thank goodness —but at the very least, there usually seems to be machines breaking down, mistakes, snafus, misjudgements, oversights.  The thing is, even with all of that stuff happening, everyone works together, the job gets done and everything works out well.  Go figure.  Here are some photos: 

 

Harvest Update

As I posted a few weeks ago, I will start a harvest diary-type of blog as soon as harvest starts.  It looks like a later start to harvest this year, so stay-tuned for that.

Cima Collina Folks

It is about high time I started highlighting all of the people around here who keep it all clean, make it run, and fix it when it breaks, and will do that soon, as well.  We are also looking forward the the arrival of our harvest intern—Tanya—from Paul Cluver Winery in South Africa.  Yes, South Africa.  So, we will have a little international spice coming to this little winery which should be good fun.

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