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Working Hard and Eating Well . . .

In this blog I’d like to focus on something a little different. I would like to focus on what harvest means for Castoro and our crew. Now that harvest in is full swing and fall is upon us, there is really an amazing energy out at the winery amongst the staff. It is the kind of energy that only happens when people want to be where they are and enjoy working and learning with those around them. In the wine business we live for harvest and we love harvest . . . well most of the time anyways. This is Niels’ 29th harvest and as he mentioned to me, “it never gets old because none of them have been the same.”

At Castoro we pride ourselves in being a family owned business and a huge part of that is making our employees feel like they are part of that family. During harvest the winery can be pretty hectic and stress levels can rise but we always make sure to take some time aside to relax during the week, even if it is only for a short time. One way we do this is by having home cooked lunches by a different member of our staff every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during harvest. We are fortunate enough to have a very diverse staff at Castoro and let me tell you, we get some pretty amazing food during harvest. Whether it’s Tony cooking up some Southern soul food, Chewy making some delicious posole with hominy and pork or Janet making a wonderfully spicy chicken soup, it’s all good and it gives us all something to look forward to during the week. Every time someone does a lunch we all sit together and enjoy the food “family style.” Almost as good as the food itself is the anticipation of what it may be, and let me tell you, the anticipation can be killer, especially some when delicious BBQ is wafting into the cellar around 11a.m.!

In other harvest news, it looks like we are seeing minimal damage if any from the rains we had last week and the fruit coming in continues to look very good. If you want to see a little of the action out at the winery please check out our short harvest video we put together this week. I will post it below in the blog for those interested. Also, we have the harvest festival coming up this weekend and we have all sorts of great things planned for that. If you would like more info on that please check the events page at castorocellars.com.

Thanks for reading,

Luke

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