Pressing the 2005 zinfandel. Unpressed wine:
The 2002 vintage aging in the carboy, June 2003.
And the same wine after bottling, August 2003.
The press:
Wine flowing like water from the press:
What's left after pressing:
The crusher:
Left to
right: Lodi mourvedre (on the floor), Contra Costa zinfandel,
Contra Costa mourvedre, Amador zinfandel.
About 160 bottles were produced.
A few weeks later, the corks started leaking. The corking machine
was broken and had mangled every cork, so each bottle had to
be uncorked and recorked. Sigh.