A Day Off

Well, as you can see its been a few days since my last post. I chose to spend them with Katie rather than by a computer. :-) Katie got to see the operation in full swing Thursday afternoon and Friday. She was a trooper - even punching down Tank 2 which had just begun to ferment and was very hard to punch down and through the cap. We were able to get away on Saturday (my first day off!) and head north along Route 1 on the coast. If you have never travelled along the Pacific Ocean on Route 1, you need to add that to your "TO DO" list. Stunningly beautiful scenery. We got back in the area in time for Katie and I to knock out the Sunday afternoon punchdowns. Tanks 2 and 3 were quite a workout - a nice jolt back into harvest reality. We have all 8 of the five-ton fermenters full (plus LOTS of T-Bins) so when they all start to ferment its going to be lots of hard work. Like I mentioned in an earlier post, bringing in the fruit is easy . . . working with it in the winery is the hard part.