| Bottling in September 2008: Sangiovese, Red Barn Red, Barbera |
Murray helps his father by loading up some glass.
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The ground crew waits for wine to cycle through the bottling truck.
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Bottles being herded into the filling station.
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Tony supervises the fill and foil station.
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Peter shows off a bottle that passed quality control.
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Jorge boxes up finished bottles.
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The hardworking crew enjoys a lunch break under the maple tree.
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Lunching on the porch.
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During the lull, Tim checks the tank levels.
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Kyoko loads up the last of the day's bottles.
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Murray moves wine out of the way while the bottling truck is packed up.
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Mother-daughter team Aileen and Barbara share a hug.
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The hungry crew enjoys a scrumptious dinner...
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...and a tasting of select Yellow Hawk Cellar wines.
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| Bottling in September 2007: Red Barn Red |
The famous red barn
is the perfect place
to bottle the
Red Barn Red! |
Melinda sparges the bottles
with Nitrogen to rid them
of debris.
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Kay happily caps
while Tim applies labels.
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Quality control performed
by Tim and Murray.
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Mary shows off a bottle of 2006 Red Barn Red
before Ray packs it up.
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The hard-working crew
enjoys ribs and gaspacho
under the maple tree.
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Bottling in September 2006: Barbera |
The bottling crew are working like mad!
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Amanda has fun
sparging the bottles.
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Aileen and Joe
are a great team
at the filler.
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Jen stirs the corks
to keep them
flowing smoothly.
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Murray is a master
corker.
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Micah Supervises.
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Bottling in March 2005: Muscat Canelli, Rosato, and Mescolanza di Rosso |
The stellar
Bottling Team
Thank you all!
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 A toast before our satisfying post-bottling feed. Salute, dear friends. |
Tim and Barbara - strategy central! |
Empty glass in, full cases out - heavy lifting! |
Foiling Muscat Cannelli, a shimmering delight.
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Muscat Cannelli,
on the way to labeling. |
Queen of Quality Control, Kayla, she who must be obeyed.
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The Muscat bottling line in full swing. This same careful process is followed for every bottling.
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Brilliant Rosato getting it's classy gold tone foils then on to labeling, QC and boxing.
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Rosato on the line.
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A box of foil capsules await
the Mescolanza di Rosso. |
Mescolanza di Rosso in QC, Kayla and assistant.
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Mescolanza di Rosso,
our luscious Tuscan-style beauty.
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Our new Tractor Master Peter completed his tractor training last fall under the watchful tutelage of Tractor Master Tim. It's tougher than you might imagine.
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Mescolanza heads into the boxing area then onto the conveyor and
down to be case labeled, numbered, dated,stacked on pallets, plastic wrapped and readied for transfer to climate controlled storage. |
Another loyal team member,
Kayla and Peter's dog, Chiles Rellenos. And yes, he IS eyeing the food.
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Pre-dinner snacks courtesy of Barbara and the hospitality team.
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| Bottling in November 2004: Sangiovese |
The marvelous
Morning Crew.
Thank you all!
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The awesome
Afternoon Crew.
Thank you all!
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Beautiful Sangiovese moving
from tank to filler. |
2003 Sangiovese
on the line.
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 The bottling line
on the way to
quality control and boxing.
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Aileen and Kayla,
Queens of Quality Control.
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Tim in the center of it all.
The empty cases of glass go in on the right, filled cases come out on the left.
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A crisp November day, beautiful
place for bottling Sangiovese.
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 Fall rains raised Yellow Hawk Creek. It's still running fast and cold. |
| Making wine in summer 2004 |
Tim and Mattie take a break. |
Wildflowers in the vineyard. |
Yellow Hawk Creek, our namesake. |
The new tank temporarily
in front of the red barn. |
Mattie checking our work on the new barn.
She gave us the OK! |
Barbara and Caitlin "adjusting"
a beam in the new barn
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Tim and the new tank. |
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| Spring Release in May 2004 |
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Ready for Spring Release Weekend May 2004 |
Spring Beauties
At The Winery. |
Aileen and Barbara,
it's a family business
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Look out!
Here Comes Mattie. |
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Yellow Hawk Cellar Photo Album 
