Getting Ready to Bottle

Neil and Anke spent the day blending and getting the wine ready for bottling. We are really excited about the 2008 reds! They worked on the Artemisia today.
They took the quantity of each varietal from the barrels that was needed for a particular blend and pumped that from the barrel into the tank. We have some of the red blends all ready and in the tanks. Next we will filter it all before bottling.



While they were getting ready with bottling Tom was taking care of some of the chores around the farm. The pictures show a little of how we stack the hay.





Some happy horses and our view of Mt. Rainier tonight!