We have had a few great days. The weather has been perfect, the work has been going smoothly and we've had some good times. Monday, although the amount of fruit we brought in was less than expected, some friends of the winery helped out and then made us a catered lunch. I'll just say this - duck fat fries. Awesome!
Tuesday we didn't bring in any fruit which allowed us to start barreling down the first 2008 Pinot out of one of the 5 ton tanks. Amazing dark color to the juice - almost looks like syrah. That afternoon, some friends from back east stopped by. Talk about perfect timing (the winery usually doesn't accept visitors during harvest). We were just slowing down and finishing up so we were able to put some glasses in their hands and show them around. Three hours later we let them leave. :-) I think Scott and Ann may be fans of the winery now!
Yesterday was another great day. While putting the rest of tank one into the press, we also brought in ten tons of Keefer Ranch Pinot (with more still to come). The fruit looked and tasted excellent. In a year when many growers were hit hard by frost (including Keefer) it's remarkable how they have farmed such high quality fruit with large yields. Well done. We finished off the day with dinner at The Underwood in Graton. I love that place.
I am in a great mood today as you can probably tell. I'm expecting a visitor . . .
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3 comments:
I think the "visitor" is pretty excited too! Have a great weekend and send some pictures!!!! Love you!!
Scott and Ann are definitely big fans of Freeman. Thanks, John, Ray and Eric for showing us around. It was truly an awesome experience. You should see how excited Ann gets when she re-tells the barrel tasting experience. Thanks, again!
Hey John! We're enjoying the blog and hope everything continues to go well for you. Mark + Melissa
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