Friday, September 20, 2013

Getting closer...

I’m finally getting that natural human feeling that winter is coming, and we have to start preparing for a long, dark hibernation period by harvesting the fruit and plentiful warmth.  For the 5 tons of grapes coming in tomorrow (tonight at midnight by way of refrigerated truck from Cali) we have followed the path that each grape will follow, scrubbing down each surface and tool with soda, citric acid, iodine and rinse.  From the truck to the scale, to the hydraulic lift into the sort line, dropping onto the grape ramp into the de-stemmer, falling into the 5 foot bins.  I’ll need to wear shorts tomorrow, cause we’re getting in.  How else do you think the grapes get crushed?  It’s all so jolly.

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