Last Day of 2010 Crush

Crushed the last of our fruit today. Had a bit less than a ton of Petit Verdot to do. It went pretty smoothly which was a nice way to end things after our last round (which saw some mechanical headaches). So now all we are left with are a few more bins of fruit heading into Malolactic Fermentation to handle and get into barrels. It is great to see the season winding down. Had a gorgeous sunset to finish the day off with. This afternoon kind of summed up the season as far as weather was concerned. We had a nice warm blast of sunshine to take the chill off in the late afternoon, then it started raining, got cold again and the sun set on a typically undecided 2010 day. Hopefully next season's weather will be a little more straightforward. It would sure make it easier to grow stuff. -Neil