Written by To effectively answer the question posed on my previous post, you’re looking at a mechanical harvester. I have never seen one running in person because the wineries we work with are generally smaller and most, if not all, believe in sorting slower and by hand. Wine is a labor intensive process, which is generally not as glamorous as the general public believes.
I was reminded of my first impressions of the wine industry by a conversation with my wife yesterday after she returned from a day long tour of Sony Pictures with a group of her high school students. To start, yes not everything in movies is, as they appear which is similar to the wine industry. Things are often not as fancy, sophisticated and pretentious as they seem. I know she enjoyed her trip and I appreciate Sony providing a scholarship for one of her very deserving students whom have overcome so much on their way to college. Very cool that she got to see some of the voiceover effects and part of the Spiderman 4 set being built, let alone being able to hold an academy award….which evidently is quite heavy.
The other thing on my mind from yesterday is the fact that California makes some really good wine. Last night we had part of a very cheap bottle of Merlot marked simply with the California AVA. For more information on AVA’s please click here. So often I think people forget that wine, improves from the company of both good people and good food. Although this bottle wasn’t anything I would ever suggest to a friend, or ship to a club member, we enjoyed it along with each others company.
I hope everyone has a nice weekend! As always please stop by and join our interest list over at Uncorked Ventures.