Merlot Harvest 9-10-05
Date/Time: Sun 11 Sep 2005 09:21:02 AM MDT
Merlot grapes ready for picking.
Date/Time: Sun 11 Sep 2005 07:52:17 AM MDT
Harvesting Merlot
Date/Time: Sun 11 Sep 2005 08:08:00 AM MDT
George in the vines!
Date/Time: Thu 29 Aug 2002 08:13:29 PM MDT
Heave Ho!
Date/Time: Mon 11 Sep 2006 09:24:57 AM MDT
Stephanie
Date/Time: Sun 05 Sep 2004 07:18:25 AM MDT
John eating the profits!
Date/Time: Thu 29 Aug 2002 08:12:04 PM MDT
Cody steals a bunch!
Date/Time: Sun 11 Sep 2005 08:48:39 AM MDT
Brenda grabs a bunch.
Date/Time: Thu 29 Aug 2002 08:28:00 PM MDT
Beautiful Merlot grapes.
Date/Time: Sun 11 Sep 2005 07:59:54 AM MDT
Linda harvesting
Date/Time: Thu 29 Aug 2002 09:35:37 PM MDT
Scott clipping Merlot.
Date/Time: Sun 11 Sep 2005 09:28:20 AM MDT
Off to the truck.
Date/Time: Mon 11 Sep 2006 10:12:29 AM MDT
Our first crusher, since replaced by a beauty!
Date/Time: Thu 29 Aug 2002 10:23:21 PM MDT
Scott hefting a load into the bins.
Date/Time: Sun 11 Sep 2005 08:05:55 AM MDT
Load of Merlot heading for the crusher.
Date/Time: Sun 11 Sep 2005 09:20:34 AM MDT
Fork lift moving bins of grapes.
Date/Time: Sun 11 Sep 2005 11:41:22 AM MDT
Guiding grapes into the crusher.
Date/Time: Mon 11 Sep 2006 10:55:03 AM MDT
Bin dumper moving into position.
Date/Time: Sun 11 Sep 2005 12:08:38 PM MDT
Some beautiful grapes ready for the crusher.
Date/Time: Tue 14 Sep 2004 03:28:56 PM MDT
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Date/Time: Tue 14 Sep 2004 03:27:56 PM MDT
crushed and destemmed grapes from crusher to bin.
Date/Time: Sat 06 Sep 2003 10:06:14 AM MDT
Hand loading grapes into old, smaller crusher.
Date: 11/04/2006
Loving hands at the crusher.
Date/Time: Sun 03 Sep 2000 11:30:19 AM MDT
Must (crushed grapes).
Date/Time: Mon 11 Sep 2006 10:55:15 AM MDT
Crushed grapes falling into bin.
Date/Time: Mon 11 Sep 2006 10:55:29 AM MDT
Stems falling from crusher into bin for recycling in vineyard.
Date/Time: Mon 11 Sep 2006 10:55:18 AM MDT
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Date/Time: Sat 06 Sep 2003 11:02:32 AM MDT
Brenda punching down must, keeping yeast happy and aereated.
Date/Time: Tue 04 Oct 2005 12:30:53 AM MDT
Hand bucketing new wine and must into press.
Date/Time: Thu 05 Sep 2002 09:17:43 PM MDT
Grapes in press.
Date/Time: Fri 18 Oct 2002 11:28:05 PM MDT
press controls
Date/Time: Thu 05 Sep 2002 09:20:37 PM MDT
Just pressed wine.
Date/Time: Fri 18 Oct 2002 11:32:35 PM MDT
Wine in tank, ready for bottling. Wine Cave.
Date/Time: Mon 21 Feb 2005 04:28:41 PM MST
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Date/Time: Fri 18 Oct 2002 11:28:28 PM MDT
John cleaning barrels with Hotsy.
Date/Time: Mon 21 Feb 2005 04:28:27 PM MST
Siphoning wine from barrel.
Date/Time: Mon 21 Feb 2005 04:26:07 PM MST
Wine Cave
Date/Time: Mon 21 Feb 2005 04:32:22 PM MST
Another beautiful winter day at Sierra Knolls!
Date/Time: Mon 21 Feb 2005 04:25:19 PM MST
Friends ready to bottle.
Date/Time: Sun 27 Feb 2005 02:27:17 PM MST
Bottling helpers, bless them all!
Date/Time: Sun 27 Feb 2005 02:27:50 PM MST
Bottling line.
Date/Time: Sun 27 Feb 2005 05:17:38 PM MST
Just filled bottles.
Date/Time: Sun 26 Feb 2006 12:56:26 PM MST
Sparging bottles...and smiling! Thanks, Shirley!
Date/Time: Mon 08 Nov 2004 02:57:01 PM MST
Marylou on the bottling line! Thanks, Marylou!
Date/Time: Mon 08 Nov 2004 02:57:06 PM MST
Stephanie filling bottles.
Date/Time: Sat 29 Mar 2003 11:12:38 AM MST
Mary B filling bottles.
Date/Time: Mon 08 Nov 2004 02:57:39 PM MST
Shelley managing the bottles.
Date/Time: Mon 15 Nov 2004 12:07:05 PM MST
More friends at the bottling line. You're awesome!
Date/Time: Mon 15 Nov 2004 12:09:00 PM MST
Just filled. corked and foiled bottles. Ready for labeling.
Date/Time: Sat 01 Mar 2003 04:03:14 PM MST
Rich at our antique corker.
Date/Time: Sun 26 Feb 2006 12:52:04 PM MST
Rich doing some quality control !
Date/Time: Sun 26 Feb 2006 01:55:32 PM MST
Steve and Tom packing cases.
Date/Time: Mon 08 Nov 2004 02:59:15 PM MST
Packing cases of wine.
Date/Time: Sun 27 Feb 2005 03:54:19 PM MST
Joan labeling. What a pro!
Date/Time: Sat 29 Mar 2003 11:09:18 AM MST
Tom & Shirley busy at the end of the bottling line.
Date/Time: Mon 15 Nov 2004 12:12:48 PM MST
crusher1007
Date: 11/14/2006
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Date/Time: Sun 10 Sep 2006 12:42:24 PM MDT
free run
Date/Time: Thu 05 Sep 2002 09:21:19 PM MDT
HANDS IN CRUSHER
Hands loading our old crusher/destemmer.
Date/Time: Sun 03 Sep 2000 11:30:19 AM MDT
Hands loading our old crusher/destemmer.
Kristen & marylou boxing
Kristin & Marylou boxing wine
Date: 11/14/2006
Kristin & Marylou boxing wine
