Label of the Month: LotM for July
For July, I choose the label of the month to be a Juno label. So, I have the image of the wine label in my head, but can I find out anything about it? Because, although I know the label is from a series of the same style of labels (a really pretty girl sitting wistfully) I’m not sure I really remember anything else about the wine. We’ll first start with a google search for Juno and wine. Aha! here it is: Juno Wine Company Fantastic, it’s from South Africa. Oh yeah, now I’m remembering a little bit more about it. The original label in the series was something like a...
Read MorePremier of Label of the Month – LotM
I’ve been asked to write a sort of Wine of the Month column for a school paper, but found that it was too difficult to be creative, at the same time that the voice in my head was screaming “Uh, duh! MY wine is the best wine of every month.” So instead I have decided to try a Label of the Month category. Although, I’m sure the topic is not completely original, at least I have a chance to say something perhaps the more well known media critics have not said. I said perhaps. There you have it. This post category will officially kick off the July...
Read MoreAnd last, but not least on the weekend.
We did arrive safely back in the Sammamish at the winery, and the wine too. Now it was time to bulldog it! WE get to use our fancy new stainless steel bulldog and fat 1.5 inch lines to move the chardonnay into the stainless steel tank. Bulldog and Javier But before we can bulldog it, we gotta clean and sanitize the equipment. At least its a gorgeous day for playing in the water. Now that I’ve showered and everything’s clean, time to bulldog it. Um, pretty Chardonnay at the end of the day. Cheers to the end of the...
Read MoreThe weekend didn't end there.
Our weekend wasn’t over after picking up the bottles. Nope it was off to the other corner of the state to find us some unfinished chardonnay wine. In Quincy we found our selves tucked away amid the farmland of the state at another small winery, where Edgar and Rafael were SO patiently awaiting our arrival on their day off! So sorry we were late! But we did make it before the close of day. Securing the straps on the barrels. All things smooth as can be until we rounded the highway out past the Columbia Gorge. Blinking Check Engine light. Krappe what does that mean? Well slow her...
Read MoreBottles for a small winery.
When you’re a small winery, as we are small on capital and big on hopes and dreams, well some times one has to get a little more creative to fit into the big world of the wine industry. In the big world, some things are well, just bigger. Stacks of bottles come on pallets 6 feet tall, forklifts are regularly employed to move things around. A semi is a regular occurrence on the supplier meets manufacturer seen. But when you’re small like us, you can’t afford $700 delivery charges for 150 empty cases of wine bottles. (That would add 55% on to the price of EACH bottle!) You...
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