Even though wine-making is an unofficial Compound activity (it's mostly happening at a satellite location), I've decided to blog about Ted's new endeavor because it's really exciting!
Last week, we got the call from master-vintner, a.k.a Ray "Baba" Grantham, that the Pinot Noir grapes at the Land were ready to be picked. Ted and bro-in-law Ed took a day off work to drive up to southern Humboldt for the harvest.
Here is my man picking grapes at sunrise.
Look at these bursting Pinot grapes. Ray thinks this is his best crop in 30+ years! Of course, he says that just about every year:)
Here stand the three amigos with almost a thousand pounds of hand-picked picked grapes in the back of Ray's truck.
After picking the grapes, the guys drove up the road to Briceland Vineyards where a neighbor-friend owns a winery. Below, Ed is calculating something, not quite sure what.
Finally, all the grapes get dumped into the crusher-destemmer which does exactly what it says it does. Pure must (grape skins and juice) came out of a little tube, 501 pounds of which were transported home to Oakland in three food-grade plastic containers.
It was a long day, and the boys came home exhausted. I'll report on the remainder of the wine-making process (and it is a process) soon.
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