The Winery in July

Sheryl by the fire with guests.A view of the courtyard looking at the porch.The porch.Good times with friends at Paper Moon.
Paper Moon's favorite couple. :-DThe tasting counter.The tasting room.The tasting room/counter.

Planting the Vineyard

Gathering around the tractor while planting.Adam with vines to be planted... Dick looking rushed. :-)This is about row 3 or 4 of planting.Hosmer and the boys (www.hosmerwinery.com) put in all 4000 plants in ONE DAY!
Sheryl running the tractor (she's multi-talented).Adam & Gene (father-in-law) mounding around the vine shelters.Keith, the vineyard manager, with a lucky horseshoe found in the vineyard.The pups were at play while the humans sweated... they have the easy life.

Picking Grapes, Crushing, Pressing & Other Fun Stuff

The tanks finally arrived! Dick is unloading the truck.Adam inspecting one of the new tanks (this one is 1,000 gallons).Sheryl picking grapes early in the morn.Chaz & Tammy picking.
Dick & Sheryl hard at work in the vineyard.The crew taking a rest.Adam securing the load for the trip from Avon to Vermilion.Dick preparing to run the press for the 1st time.
Whole cluster pressing Niagara grapes. We impatiently stared at the new press while it squeezed.Adam, winemaker/pilot, takes a bird's eye view of the newly planted vineyard with Keith.View of the vineyard from the plane.Getting ready to crush.
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