Tent, sorting table, and all of the small gear up and in place by 7:30 AM. Didn't rain a drop while putting things out, then there was a short wave of pretty heavy rain.
We're sitting pretty. Light rain ending around noon. I think we can be done sorting before then, or mostly so, and bring up the destemmer and press when the rain stops, but your mileage may vary. Tic tic tic
Luxury. Thanks for the loaner, Toby.
10:15 AM: Sorting well underway. 8 of us out there now.
Well, the rest of the day was a whirlwind. We had many helpers (see sidebar). Extremely enthusiastic stompers. Things moved quickly until we hit the bottleneck of the press, got a good deal of relief by bringing some of the equipment up to the Snyder/Schoeler house to use their hose and wash things down.
MH [osted a nice video of the work. Newcomer NN says she took lots of photos. Will flesh things out over the next few days.
Lots of juice - the most we've gotten from this weight of white grapes. Too much of rht 100 liter tank, and so we probably have that tank 90% full and have transferred the rest to a 3 gallon carboy for primary ferm.
Winemakers' lunch - at one point we hat 17 people at the table in the backyard. Went through plenty of what remained of last year's wine.
And at 10 PM or so we pitched 35 grams of Alchemy 1 into the big tank, and 5 grams into the CB. I'm miffed with myself for being lazy at that point, but I was bushed. Did use distilled water to hydrate the yeast, but did not bring the water properly up to 105F. Got some stubborn clumping. Working on plan B if we don't have some action at 24/36 hours.
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