Friday, August 27, 2010

Bottling! Always an adventure!

This week Domaine Serene Production has been jam packed with transferring our 2008 Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir into bottle, corked and capsuled for your drinking pleasure. If you’re curious of what bottling is like, just think back to Laverne and Shirley. Perhaps that should be the Harvest tee-shirt theme?

It has been a busy week in the cellar and in the lab. Along with bottling fun, blends have been arranged. Barrel recipes have been carefully pieced together, one milliliter at a time, and the 2009 Yamhill Cuvee and 2009 Evenstad Reserve Blends have been finalized. All the individual lot samples of 100ml each are scattered throughout the lab for tasting. It is truly a spectrum of pinot! - Rachel Zasadni , Laboratory Technician