Terry & Kathy Sullivan have visited thousands of wineries all around the world. Thousands! They have truly earned their pen name, "Wine Trail Traveler." They're traveling to visit us on Sunday, April 27th to give a couple talks about their new book: Georgia, Sakartvelo: the Birthplace of Wine. They're actually in Georgia now, digging their clay cask of wine out of the ground where it has been fermenting since they buried it there last Autumn. We are going to release the 2013 Dry Riesling this day, and will have live music and bites at the Tasting Room. It's a free event, no reservations necessary. The talks will be at 1:00 and 4:00pm.
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We picked from 5am that day until a little past midnight, almost 19 hours of harvesting. The pick was only interrupted for bathroom breaks, pizza, and eventually some beers to keep morale high. I think the high morale beer was Miller High Life, although the details are fuzzy and it would only have been selected ironically. It was the most tenacious day I can recall in the field here. We picked nearly 10 tons from three different vineyards, finishing with the Pheasant Hill Chardonnay. We saran wrapped the bins during transport and weighing back at the winery as Ophelia's first raindrops splashed down just after midnight.