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The Tasting Room
Which eventually might be a wine dinner room
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We enter "the cave"
Built on Mt George in Napa, this cave has a depth equivalent to an 18 story building.
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Step one after the grapes are picked
They believe in gentle treatment ine the wine making process. The cave structure allows for the true gravity-flow wine making, thus omitting the need for harsh agitation and excess manipulation.
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Sorting - the bad ones are thrown away from this belt
Christian said that he and Florencia are often the ones "chossing" which grapes stay in after this point.
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The line-up
The grapes drop down into tanks after sorting to the mezzanine fermentation dome
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A view of all of the tanks and the different levels in the cave
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Everyone sneaking a peek
Sorting, crushing, and the first fermentation will occur on these levels
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When fermentation is complete, the tanks are rotated and the grapes and juice flow into the press
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Our wine and cheese await!
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More tanks
These tanks rotate on a belt of sorts
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Manish, Kerry and Chris enjoying the tour
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View from the bottom up
After fermentation in the 2nd level tanks, the wine flows to the barrelsa nd aging occurs.
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Eating and Drinking
We were able to try a barrel sample of their 2006 Cab and many other wines that they offered to us with dinner. Great selection of cheeses too!
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Rows of barrels
The red color in between is purely decorative - however, Christian was telling us that during the barreling process, wine often spills onto the barrel making for unsightly "splotches." INstead of leaving them that way, they take the cap (after f
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Nita under an arch
There was an arch. So I stood underneath... Simple as that.
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The top part of the cave - looking out to the side
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Another archway - entrance to the cave.
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The amazing piano player inside the Palmaz's home
After our tour and tasting, we were escorted by Christian and Jessica to the Palmaz Estate. There we were greeted by Amalia who generously offered us her gorgeous patio area for some sparkling wine and hors d'oeuvres. Yes - we felt pretty special.
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