If I amortize the capital expenditure costs I’ve incurred across the 4 cases of Chardonnay and Malbec I’m about to bottle, I could easily have purchased some of the finest wines in the world for a comparable cost. Nonetheless, I decided to save a few cents a bottle by recycling used bottles from the house. (Lord knows I generate enough of them.) This means that each bottle to be used has to be washed and soaked, then scrubbed to remove the labels, then rinsed three times, then sanitized and rinsed another three times before they are ready for use. Needless to say, by the end of the process my hands come out looking like raisins. Better my hands then my grapes, I guess.
Speaking of, my vines have continued to mature nicely. The berries have now swollen to a size where they actually look like delicious grape clusters, and I expect them to start turning from green to purple any day. I hope to get one last fungicide spray in before that happens, but it won’t be long now until I learn whether I’ve successfully fought of black rot for the season. If the grapes soon start looking like my picked hands, then I know I’ve lost another harvest. Just in case, I figured I better get some good photos in while I can.
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