Researching...Better Known as Wine Tasting

This morning Lindsay and I went back to the warehouse to learn more about the production side of the business. I know I have mentioned the importance of inventory management already, but I learned more about it today. Inventory of the barrels must be done in order to keep track of all the different types of varieties and blends created. The warehouse has a building just for storing wine while it is fermenting and these were the barrels that we took inventory of today. There were about 1,000 barrels in the building. It took all morning to finish the inventory.

The guys we worked with are awesome! Yesterday they bought us lunch from the gourmet food truck. It was great and it really was gourmet food. Lindsay and I both had a mozzarella chicken sandwich, which came with a beet salad on the side. Yummy! It was so delicious and one of the guys’ favorites. Then today, the guys bought us lunch from this Mexican place located inside the Mexican market. This is another one of their favorite places and now I know why. It is the best Mexican food I have ever had! Lindsay and I split the steak quesadilla and a green chili tomalley both of which were fantastic! We also had Coca-Cola with real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. I like it that way better then our Coke! I have been eating great these last couple of days!

This afternoon was spent doing serious research…tasting wine! Lindsay and I decided to was time to start going to wine tastings in Yountville to compare our experience at Jessup to our experiences at the other tasting rooms. We went to three tastings all around Yountville. I will not use the names, but if you would like to know them, you can contact me and I give you all the details. My favorite of the three was this little place that served all single vineyard, 100% varietals. Their Chardonnay was fantastic and so was their Malbec, which is rare to find in Napa. My experience at this place was a memorable one because of the great wine and the wonderful service. My second favorite place served two different labels and the service was wonderful. Our tasting room associate was very knowledgeable about wine and she helped us to better understand some of the wine varieties we had never heard of such as their Cabernet Franc. The third tasting we did was pretty relaxed, however it did not give me the memorable experience I was hoping for and I enjoyed the wine of the other two tastings better. Overall, I had a wonderful time doing research :)

Since Lindsay and I had such a fun time this afternoon, I think our Friday night will be spent reading. Most likely we will also be sipping on some Jessup!

Cheers!

"The only problem in Napa is not having wine in your glass."