We went wine tasting on Saturday at a few places. This is a nice time of year to go because they are still harvesting some of the reds and you can frequently see some of the work in progress. This is at
Hugg, in
Paso. The sun was out, so they brought the
fermenters outside to warm up & help things along. A couple of times a day, they use this tool to push the "cap" down into the juice. The cap is the grapes, stems, etc. floating on top of the juice. This picture doesn't do the color justice - it was beautiful! These are Cabernet grapes, and we got to taste some of the juice. Still about 60% grape juice and 40% wine. It's sweet still, but starting to take on the
characteristics of wine.
Here's another picture of the action. The setting at
Hugg is not particularly romantic, but they make excellent wine - so we don't mind. The gentleman in the baseball hat on the lower left is the owner & wine maker. Edgar, doing the work while we watch, is the assistant wine maker.
We went wine tasting on Saturday at a few places. This is a nice time of year to go because they are still harvesting some of the reds and you can frequently see some of the work in progress. This is at Hugg, in Paso. The sun was out, so they brought the fermenters outside to warm up & help things along. A couple of times a day, they use this tool to push the "cap" down into the juice. The cap is the grapes, stems, etc. floating on top of the juice. This picture doesn't do the color justice - it was beautiful! These are Cabernet grapes, and we got to taste some of the juice. Still about 60% grape juice and 40% wine. It's sweet still, but starting to take on the characteristics of wine.
Here's another picture of the action. The setting at Hugg is not particularly romantic, but they make excellent wine - so we don't mind. The gentleman in the baseball hat on the lower left is the owner & wine maker. Edgar, doing the work while we watch, is the assistant wine maker.
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