Actually, this "Red Baron" is my bad back, which, I hope has been shot from the skies to never return! Four months of pain that flat out knocked me down and shut me up...groans aside. Surgeons are a good thing. Even if we go broke getting Liliana through med school, having a surgeon in the family sounds very reassuring.
Grape Hill has been renting so often again that we need to reserve time to get there. I have not been over since November, but still wonder if my back can take the four hour drive? At least others are enjoying my beautiful spot! We are going to need to treat Grape Hill differently and reserve our own times months in advance. It's so sad having to tell people who really Get It and love Grape Hill that there isn't any time available for them. At this rate, it may become necessary to reserve many months in advance. I suppose we could raise the rental fees, but I hate that! It isn't about that at all.
So, I barrel-tasted the wines from two syrahs and a one cab this week. Totally glyceral with bright cherries on the cab along with hints of mint and cedar. The syrahs were divergent and they should not have been different. I have so much to learn. One was brooding and backward, the other was much more inviting, with smoked meats and both blue and black fruit. Damn me if I turn into a winemaker, and damn me if I don't.
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