Winemaking - it's a tough and messy gig!
Harvest time at a winery is go time. Everyone is working around the clock, 24 hours a day. And when you're running on very little sleep and in desperate need of a shower, your adrenaline just kicks in and you end up having the best time of your life! However, I can't stress enough that it's A LOT OF WORK! Blood, sweat, and tears come into play for sure and if you are not a fan of manual labour, this may not be for you.
Oh, and did I mention that it's messy?
I would wake up some mornings with dried grapes still in my hair, and that was even AFTER a shower. To balance things out though, there are days when you get to stay a bit cleaner and relax a little - barrel samples, lab tests, filtering, bottling. All way cleaner.
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You spend months doing everything needed to get from grape to glass. By the end of the season you are so completely exhausted that you've earned yourself the biggest glass of wine that you've ever poured for yourself! You're also so physically fit that I almost found myself looking for the nearest street fight :P
All in all, the point of this post was to show people that even though 'winemaker' is a fancy sounding job, it is not always as glamorous as it sounds. They work extremely long days and are under a lot of pressure constantly, but in the end they are the ones that bring us wine lovers the wine! And we love them for that <3
Thanks for reading!
Now, back to work...
good post
Reminds me of the I Love Lucy episode!
This is so cute!!!
When I was a kid, we used to go help my grandpa's friend to pick the grapes. And it was a whole weekend running up and down a hill, picking grapes and having fun. Of course, I was a kid and didn't actually help much but being a part of that event was amazing. Thanks for reminding me of that.
I love that! Thanks for your support :)
you must have a passion when you make wine and it is not easy :)
ok, as long as you keep the blood, sweat and tears out of the wine!
Congratulations, good post I love,
At first I thought it was blood hahahaha
I thought exactly the same!
very interesting. Do not drink to much !
Oh, but for a good wine, it's worth it, no? And is the process similar for both large batches and smaller?
Definitely worth it! And yes, the process is the same. The steps are just tweaked a bit to accommodate a smaller or larger batch.
first picture makes it look like you were a part of a murder
I'd love to see a winemaker street fight. Haha, just kidding.
The first picture had me like (°ㅂ°╬) but then when I saw the second picture, then I was like oh it's just grapes.
(￣∇￣) haha good stuff @travelingsomm.