A busy week

So tomorrow is bottling day! I'm always happy on bottling day, it is very rewarding seeing the bulk wine going into a bottle. I have nothing to do with making the wine so maybe my happiness is misplaced. Maybe I'm excited for Rob and David. They work hard and baby these wines along. They grow up, get put into bottles and leave home. Just like parents taking care of kids! Tomorrow is the Malbec...soon it will be ready to leave home.

I didn't bring my notes home to put technical info into the blog. I do know that the wines that are getting ready to be bottled just had Bentonite trials completed. I forgot to ask what that determines but I think it has something to do with how much Bentonite to add to the wine. The results of the trials came back and Rob started mixing Bentonite today. The Bentonite is food grade clay used to clarify wine or help settle solids. I will take better notes next time. The wines that are being prepared for bottling are Tempranillo Rose, Sweet Camille (sweet Rose), Muller-Thurgau, Pinot Gris and the sweet red dessert wine.

Memorial Day Festival is nearing. We got the flyer finished for the music and basic info. That should be on our website soon. I need to get the price lists typed up, table tents purchased, wine club sign up sheets and the wine club shipments prepared. The updating in the tasting room is going slow. We are going to have to move double time to get it all finished by June 1. We'll see how far things are by the end of the week. Hopefully I'll get some pictures posted on the blog soon.

I need to do inventory tomorrow or the next day. Every month I will be doing physical inventory. We wouldn't want anything to sneak up on us. It'll be fun to see how much we have sold the last 4 months.

I need to wrap things up. I need ice cream! If I don't drink wine I get ice cream. Nothing in my wine rack sounded good tonight. I really wanted Gewurztraminer and I didn't have any. That will be solved tomorrow if I remember.