Harvest Fest 2011
If any of you were at the Harvest Festival this past weekend, I’m sure you’ll agree with me when I say that it was an absolute blast! So many happy people everywhere I turned and such a good atmosphere. Not to mention, we had just about perfect weather. Nice and warm with clear skies and little to no wind.
We kicked off the 2011 Harvest Fest at Castoro this year with a Friday night “Barefoot Barrels Bash” dinner catered by local favorite, Thomas Hill Organics. The food was amazing to say the least and the wine wasn’t too bad either! We were also lucky enough to be serenaded by the Barflyz, a group with members from the Steve Miller Band. All in all it was a great way to kick off this festive weekend.
On Saturday and Sunday the grape stomping continued along with live music by Soul Sauce (they were really fun). It was really great to meet a bunch of new people and see lots of familiar faces from over the years. One of the biggest hits over the weekend was definitely the barrel tasting. It’s really exciting to try wine straight from the barrel for a couple of reasons. First of all, it looks pretty darn cool, and second of all you get a hint of what’s to come and what the aging process is like for different wines. I was personally very impressed with the upcoming Zinfandel Zinfusion and the Whale Rock Pinot Noir, which is a first for us from that vineyard. Another really fun wine from the barrel was the 2011 Viognier, which is still fermenting as it was only picked about a month ago. This one really caught people off guard, as it was cloudy in color and very fruity on the nose. Trying the Viognier like that has gotten me very excited to try the finished product.
All in all it was another great Harvest Festival weekend and we survived the party, which is quite a feat when it lands in the middle of the busiest time of the year for us! Thank you all so much for coming out and celebrating the good life with us and please come back soon!
Cheers,
Luke
P.S. The photo of the two drinking from the Barrel wands are Niels and Bimmer our fearless, but fun leaders : )
