crush

Late summer is Crush{.broken_link} in these parts.

Brendan Eliason, assistant winemaker at David Coffaro Winery in Sonoma County, describes the process for creating wine from harvesting grapes to bottling. If you’ve ever taken a winery tour you’ve probably learned this stuff, but Brendan writes well so its a good read.

The David Coffaro web site also has a winemaker’s blog from David Coffaro himself, and a photo gallery of the harvest (which mostly this year seems to involve kittens. I approve.)

(I got it from Metafilter)