May is booked, and weekends are getting booked up fairly quickly across the last week...some going out as far as November. Sue and I nabbed Balloon Weekend, of course. We need to sit down to figure out our own times during the summer heat, plus we are thinking to add a harvest celebration to compliment our regular May get-togethers. Thinking about how much fun it will be to bring in grapes, crush, and then have a really fun evening meal after everybody gets silly. Maybe we will all take turns getting cleaned up in the outdoor shower. That sounds so banal "outdoor shower"...he, she , it, deserves a name! Little Vineyard, Big Table, how about Wet Vistas? Have to think about that one...afraid that it might turn up in some pretty weird places if I were to Google that one!
Getting ready for blending the '09s. The cabernets are flat out wonderful. I don't have a full handle on the syrahs...that gamey, barnyard, bacon thing is more than I can get my mind around. Do I celebrate it by leaving well-enough alone? Do I tamp it down with some of the brighter flavors from the Brunello-yeasted free-run cab? So many decisions!
It really is a joy to look forward to serving Bogin wines during this year's Grape Hill celebrations.
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