I got the chance to sit down with Jason for a couple of minutes this morning (probably the last free minutes he'll have until after harvest) to talk about what's going on in the Cellar right now, and what he's looking forward to.
Jason is definately in "all systems go" mode - he rambled off a laundry list of things to get accomplished before harvest, including: moving open top fermentors, blending the 08 Pinot, bottling some 08 Zin, sanitizing everything in sight, bottling a special Zin run (07 Saitone), and getting as much sleep as possible!
We're really looking forward to the bottling of our 08 Zin - Jason and Jon have been raving about it for the past month! We're also doing a 75 case production of 2007 Saitone Zinfandel, which we only do when the fruit is outstanding!
As Jason talked...and talked...and talked about gearing up for harvest, it was easy to see why our wine is so great - the passion that goes into it...you just don't see that at the "ginormous conglomerate" wineries!
Off to go take some pictures of the vineyards - the clusters are getting big, and soon we'll be well into verasion! I'll post those soon!
Cheers,
Kate
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