Yes, grapes are starting to come in!!!!! We’ve had some Pinot Noir, Pinot Grigio, and Sauvignon Blanc. Don’t ask me from where…I can’t remember all the vineyards.
This is when the good & sticky fun starts. A half ton bin of grapes is hoisted into the air via forklift, then periodically raked out of the bin with a huge plastic rake, where clusters of luscious grapes fall onto a conveyer belt. About 6 people stand around the belt and remove leaves and rotten clusters. The grapes fall below into a press or into a machine that removes the stems, depending on the type of grape.
The lucky people on the conveyer belt get their hands and clothes very sticky from sorting, de-stemming, and picking through the grapes. If the grapes come too fast, we don’t shove them down our blouse like Lucy, we shove them back down the line with our arms….yes, grape juice all over your arms & hands.
It’s great fun!!! Anybody want to join in the madness??? Give me a shout – we’ll be doing this through end of Oct/early Nov. Friends were in town from Dallas and they got their hands nice & sticky in beautiful, tasty Pinot Noir grapes. Yes, we tasted them too – YUM!!!
As a lucky intern, I get to work 12 hours a day for 6 days straight, every 3rd week. They wanted to give us the “full experience”. So, I need to select some shoes, pants & shirts that I don’t care about because they will probably get ruined.
I still love this job!!!!
Cheers - Linda
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