A couple of weekends ago, at my sister's vineyard, we bottled the '08 vintage---2 varietals---zinfandel and sangiovese. Wow---it was a lot of work!! In two days we bottled 180 cases of wine, and lived to tell the story!!
Now, there are several jobs to choose from in the bottling process---dumping the cases and getting the bottles out---filling the bottles----corking the bottles---adding the foil over the corks---applying the labels---and last but not least, putting the bottles upside down back into the cases and getting them ready to finish the aging process and recover from their "bottle shock"----that peculiar affliction that stresses out wine after it's been bottled.
Check out ayraelvieux.com and you can get some info about the vineyard and winery. My sister and her husband tend all of the vines themselves, and the wine that they make truly is a "labor of love"!!
Last year for the '07 varietals, we made a small quantity of "half bottles" like the one that I am pictured with---the "snack size" bottle that fills about two glasses---perfect for one wine lover or two glasses to share over dinner--with no wasted wine!
And believe me--you don't want to waste it 'cause it's yummy!!!
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