What a week!

We have been busy in the winery this week preparing the 2006 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir and 2006 Anderson Valley Chardonnay for bottling. The barrels were emptied very gently, without the use of a pump and protected from the damaging effects of oxygen at all times. Everything is ready, the foils, corks, labels and finally the glass bottles have arrived. Rielle Wines will be using a lighter weight bottle which will save fuel and other resources. The big heavy bottles are beautiful but the cost is just too much to the environment.