Vintage 2012 - Day Nineteen

Just when I thought my back was on the mend it decided it wasn't. It might have been exacerbated by working for two days and being on my feet, with the occasional lifting pushing or bending. By the end of my nineteenth day I was starting to get very stiff and had difficulty moving like before. Now I'm even worse and have resigned myself to see a doctor tomorrow. The few things I got to do before I called it quits for the day was draining the tank of silvaner that had started to ferment on skins, picking some riesling to be pressed and used to start wild ferments, plunge some spatburgunder and continue correcting tank markings.

Perfect time to begin harvesting.

Draining a tank the old fashioned way; gravity.

Johannes plunging the cap on a vat of schwarz riesling.

Action shot!