I have just finished week 2 at the winery....wow it has flown! I have some photos to share for those of you who have been asking "what do you do all day"? And I know many of my family members will be surprised that this little princess is getting her once manicured fingernails dirty with manual labour! That's right, this ain't a glamorous job....my life is now lugging large hoses around, running pumps and carrying a jumbo sized wrench wherever I go.
The immediate duties to get ready for the grapes is cleaning the vats/tanks and cleaning the barrels. That was wrapped up in the first week and now me and another girl are looking after yeast inoculation of the white wine. So if any of you comment that the Kim Crawford 2011 Savignon Blanc comes off a bit "yeasty" I won't be laughing:)
I am very fortunate to be working with a great team. I absolutely LOVE my supervisors and the people I am working with. I am making fast friends with some people from Canada, Ireland, California and some locals.
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| This is the big cheese - Head wine maker Anthony |
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| The first grapes to arrive!!!! |
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| It is customary to have some bubbly when the first harvest grapes arrive....well if I must, I must...... This is me with the de-stemmer machine. |
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| To my surprise, 80% of my work will be outdoors. It will make for some frigid times when I start at 7am! Here is my new wardrobe with a cleaning pump....nice eh? |
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| The winery presses and storage tanks with the beautiful mountains in the background. |
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| This is Calvin from Ontario, I am helping with a red yeast inoculation. Right now we are plunging the grapes trying to get them to the right temperature. |
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| This is me adding white juice to the yeast and monitoring the temperature with a thermometer. |
