Passion
Yah, that’s blood. To protect the guilty we won’t name names, but they made the Grape Hook Hall of Shame list for 2025. Blood and wine baby. That’s passion! Funny how a vineyard accident makes a great blog post. I’m told that we need to post this image on instagram. I’m not on the “gram” and the marketing department doesn’t really like the idea of this picture on the account. Oh well. So I snuck it into the blog. Notice a few of the deflated berries… that’s bird damage.
There’s a lot of wine marketing talk of passion, romance, art, etc. It’s actually a lot of hard work and chemistry. The romance, passion, and art just sounds a lot better. It’s like passion is a fancy word to justify a slightly unhelathy addiction to crafting something that is economically challenging.
Yours truly doing punchdowns on the Primitivo that we harvested several weeks ago.
Heather using a hydrometer to test the remaining sugar during fermentation of our forthcoming Rosé of Primitivo. We have not come up with a name for it yet. Feel free to share your suggestions!
We took a little breather after the last harvest and went to a small rodeo in the east foothills of San Jose. The event was put on by an organization called Bridal Up Hope. They teach young girls confidence and responsibility by caring for and riding horses. We had donated some of our wine to the fundraising and celebration event.and it was a joy to see these girls show off their equine prowess.
Hats off to all of the volunteers who dedicate so much time to this program. That’s sacrificial living! So impressed.
The color guard presenting the flag prior to the start of the activities.