This morning we finally got around to bottling the remaining wine and cider. After Storm Isha, when we were without power for 18 hours, we had to contend with Storm Jocelyn, which wasn't nearly as bad as Isha but still the second named storm in 72 hours. That sort of put a crimp on matters.
The cleanup after the storms involved saving the Scots pine that was leaning perilously close to toppling over completely. That would have been sad. Alex managed to straighten the tree using the RTV plus pulleys and ratchets, he then staked it.
He also had many stakes to replace in the vineyard that had toppled in the wind. I've been picking up sticks and have already filled two fish boxes and stacked at least the equivalent of two more.
The storm also tripped the fuses on both the shed and house, which caused the solar array to stop functioning. The electrician came by and replaced the fuse switch at the house but things are not entirely right so we have to call in Joe Gavin.
We bottled 16 Solaris bottles in total and 11 more cider bottles. It took us much of the morning. We're glad that is done now and we can shut down the heat and water to the winery.
In the afternoon we took to the vineyard and got back to the pruning. It's colder and grey today, but we got a good portion of one row of Solaris done. No whining, just wining.
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