Yesterday we bottled up two fresh and fruity wines from the recently-wrapped 2006 harvest. Our bottling company, Mobile Wine Line, recently added a new screwcapper to their line and we are finally able to utilize these kooks for 100% of our bottling needs. We put their expertise to the test and much to our pleasure, bottling whiz Harry Hakala stepped up to the task and correctly applied Stelvin screwcaps (we prefer to call them Twist-offs) to our 2006 Verdelho from Silvaspoons Vineyard and our 2006 Rosado which comes from Grenache vines on our estate here in Calaveras County.
***For some really cool information on screwcaps performed by the gang at Hogue Cellars, click HERE
Finally, we tasted both wines last night. The Verdelho's first impressions (from which all tasting notes are culled) are green apples, grapefruit and gardenas. As for the Rosado, according to our profane leader El Jefe, "Strawberry F-ing soda, no bubbles and the proper amount of R.S."
Wow...his leadership is inspirational!
-Fermento
Yeah to twist offs! Now if I could only convince people over here in the land of Cork to use Screwtops in conjunction with cork...
Posted by: ryan opaz | December 23, 2006 at 06:59 AM