Open for Business, Lots of Rain, and Harvesting all the grapes.

Whew what a busy few days!
The GREAT news is....we are open for business at 711 North Main. The building is not complete, and lots of woodwork and wood trim remain to be installed, but there is wine-tasting to be done, the wood will wait! We had a good turnout on Saturday, and a big "Thank you" to all our customers, old-and-new who helped us christen the building with a sip of wine....CHEERS!

We had a downpour of rain Saturday morning, and the winery was flooded briefly. We had a similar incident two years ago, and did some re-work of the dirt, but we apparently had 5+ inches of rain and it came in anyway...no real harm, just pushed it out the door, very early in the morning, dry-vacuumed and all is well.
That downpour of rain is not-so-good for the grapes, though. You may know that heavy rains before harvest can have two effects:
First they can change the water content in the grape berries, and second the water can make the grapes split open.
SO the harvest began immediately, and by the time the grapes were splitting we had a lot of them picked, thanks to our FABULOUS picking crew, who are sporting their new Windswept Winery signature "crush crew" tee shirts!
And we got all the grapes in except for one variety and we are picking that TODAY, Monday. We usually space out the harvest a little more, but it's almost all in, and we are looking forward to more GREAT WINE!!!! The flavors are proving to be wonderful.