Wine Sex, Beauty in the Bottle

For those of you far from a vineyard you miss, not simply its beauty but its noise.

Noise?

Imagine many many steel barrels rattling down your street, its late at night and they keep on a'comin. What's that sound you wonder.

AHA! It's cold out and the grapes are still hanging. What's a vineyard manager to do - turn on the fans, which does not make fans of the neighbors. It's loud.

When the harvest goes late, like this year, the evenings are particularly chilly here above the Russian River. Grapes must be watched over, kept warm by moving the chill moist air off of the plants, unless of course you want to make ice wine. It's a reminder of the demands these plants make for their survival, we make for their survival.

So next time you enjoy a glass of wine, just think of all the stress the grapes and vine endured for your moments of pleasure. Here's toasting the divine vine.

Salud!