Last week I drove up to check in on a few of our vineyards and chat with the growers about the season so far to see how things are shaping up for 2011. Despite hearing stories of 25-50% loss or shatter damage, both the Keller Estate and Windsor Oaks properties have experienced minimal damage and yields are looking only slightly lower than last year.
We're still a good few weeks away from veraison, but in general it looks like we are running about 3 weeks behind "normal" this year.
Last week our barrel racks were delivered so we finally got the chance to do some winery work. I've never been so happy to smell sulfur before. All of our barrels are now resting on their racks, with a sulfur "sous" in them waiting to be cleaned out and filled with wine in the upcoming months.
It was also fun to finally put our newly rented forklift to work, after all driving a forklift is really the reason we all get into this business in the first place, right?
Until next time...
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