Yes I know this is a day late but we received our Sauvignon Blanc Grapes yesterday so we crushed, repaired the press and had a very late day which we always do when we are not picking our own grapes. The reason is it takes a while to pick the grapes and then they have to trucked here so we don't get started when the first bins are picked as we do with ours.We also had a press malfunction so I had to repair that while our new celler person ran almost all the grapes by himself. That means he loaded each bin in the bin dumper, sorted the grapes by hand because there were a few very sour grapes in each bin, just enough to hurt the quality and pump the grapes into the press while I was repairing the press. The press was repaired just as he was finishing the last two bins.

This shot shows the Chardonnay out in the sun developing that nice yellow color one sees in our unoaked chardonnay. Barrel fermented Chardonnay wine picks up color from the oak as well as the grape.
The following photo shows some grapes not exposed to the sun directly and they are much greener but both may be about the same sweetness.

Several week ago I showed you some Mourvedre. The following photo shows the same grapes but very little green showing now compared to then.

This next shot shows some cab developing nicely. It looks like a good year if we can beat the rain. Cross your fingers for us.
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