Posts Tagged "bottling"

WgotW – August 18th

Posted by on Aug 26, 2010

WgotW – August 18th

We have this pair of Wellies that seems to belong to no one, yet fits everyone. That’s why we keep ‘em around. Well, when we had yet to finish bottling our Gewurztraminer and two of these pulled up, we were still in our boots! The WineGirl of the Week is Yvette, who took a shine to our misfit boots. Cheers, WineGirl PS: Yvette, hope your pedicure survived the...

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Washing Bottles

Posted by on Nov 10, 2009

We’re getting ready to bottle our new Merlot and the pieces are coming together. The corks and foils are on the way. The labels are at the printer and look great. We picked up some bottles the other day from down south. The warehouse in Kent looked ready for the great deluge. There were sandbags piled neatly around the perimeter and we had to climb in the front door of the place. I figured it was preparation for the dam failure, but they seemed to say it was normal flood season prep. We got the bottles home safely. Thanks go to Joel for the generous use of his vehicle. I was on my own...

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