So tired, tired of waiting for you.
Spring is here, or so I'm told. Mid April and it's still spitting snow outside. Our vines and fruit trees are yet to break bud. Normally, we are worried about an early warm spell that causes the plants to take off and push green tissue. Then we lose sleep over every frosty night that comes along. Not this year. This year we can expect a panic when the vines wake up and realize they must have hit the snooze button and overslept! Lots of catching up to do! Fortunately, we have plenty to do in the cellar. Keith is getting the 2017 whites ready to bottle. Riesling will be the first one on the list. Then, the 2016 reds are pulled out of the barrel and the 2017 reds go back in those same barrels. We took home a gold medal at the San Francisco Chronicle competition in January for our '14 Syrah and the '15 received a bronze. We have been taste testing the '16 Pinot Noir and Syrah and they are both nothing less than spectacular! The 2016 Syrah was picked on the day our first grandson was born to make it even more memorable. We are working on a new label for that one. Look for its release sometime in 2019. As you can see, he has his hands full.
But you keep a-me waiting all of the time, what can I do?