Harvest Moon

According to NASA tonight's harvest moon was exceptionally large and bright.  So much so, that as I walked through the vineyards tonight with Looksha, my Shar-pei,  we cast our own shadows.  The harvest moon rose pregnantly above the Dundee Hills this evening as we were processing the last of our Pinot noir of the season, from the Rainbow Ridge Vineyard just west of us.  The moon reminded me  of cycles and how today we happened to be pressing the Hawks View 777 Pinot noir that we harvested almost a month ago.  Today, our winery is heavy and swollen with wine harvested in the past month, much like the harvest moon that graces us tonight.  A month from now a very different moon will rise above a quiet winery as we press off the wine we harvested this week.  And, that cycle will continue as we blend our white wines and barrel age our reds, each moon cycle marking different activity in the winery. But, tonight I am thankful for the harvest moon and the end of a very tense, but successful harvest. 

Cheers to you all from the Anne Amie crew,

Thomas