Today's menu in the cellar consists of pressing and pumpovers, with a side of topping off!
Chardonnay and Merlot are what's in store for the cellar guys today. We're de-stemming and pressing our Chardonnay, and our Merlot is being pumped over. The smell on the crushpad is awesome right now!
Here are some pictures of the Chardonnay being dumped (excuse the finger in the iPhone shots):
Our big tank - a whopping 1400 gallon tank - almost full of Merlot was being pumped over by Alex and Josh
And our Pinot...the barrels of Pinot were being moved around and topped off:
Clearing Room
Wine Stained Barrels are beautiful!
Next week looks like it's going to be a busy one at H&L...not only do we have lots of fruit coming in, and fruit to press off....there are innoculations, top offs, and all the general "winemaking duties"!
We hope you get the chance to stop by and see us before harvest is over!
Ciao,
Kate
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