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Started a new batch of Acai Raspberry Cabernet Sauvignon today!!!!

Mango Mint Chenin Blanc Spritzer!!!

!!!Vino!!!

Yesterday we bottled 5 gallons each of Mango Mint Chenin Blanc and a Peach Chardonnay!!!  We used a filter for the first time which proved to be more difficult than we thought it would be but was well worth it!!!  The difference in the filtered wine vs. the unfiltered wine is apparent immediately.  I should have taken a picture of the difference but not sure if the camera would have been able to catch it anyways.

 This is me with our bottle tree.  We have to soak, de-label, sanitize, and dry all of the bottles that we're going to use.  This is the most we've ever had on our tree since we're bottling 2 batches at once.

Bottles are now dried and sanitized and I'm splitting up the bottles so we know which ones are for each batch of wine... don't want to have too many big or regular sized bottles per batch... trying to keep it pretty even.

 Me drinking wine while we're getting ready to bottle.  I think Michael was fighting with the filter while I was playing around... lol

Michael making sure everything with the filter is working correctly so that our vino turns out beautiful!!!

Bottling and Corking!!!!  I fill the sanitized bottles with Vino and Michael corks the bottles with NEW sanitized corks!!! The floor is the best place to do this because the carboy filled with Vino has to be up higher than the bottle so that it will siphon easily.  (Of course we clean and sanitize EVERYTHING before we do this)

 This is the day's Vino all together.  In this picture is the Mango Mint Chenin Blanc, Peach Cardonnay (Both bottled this day), a few bottles of Blueberry Pinot Nior that we bottled last month, and a couple big bottles of Jarlsberg Riesling that we bottled a few months ago. 

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Paris Winery in Paris, TN

      My husband and I recently went to Paris, TN to the Paris Winery.  It was beautiful!  It felt like we were in little Italy.  Beautiful vinyards lined the property and the buildings were entirely perfect.  We did a wine tasting and all the wines were so great that we had a hard time deciding which ones to buy.
      We felt a bit underdressed, as we were on our way home from a 4 day camping trip at LBL, but they didn't seem to mind.  They were pretty happy to learn that we learned about their winery while at LBL. 

      Inside of the winery there was also a little bistro.  You could buy a bottle of wine (chilled even) and they would take it over to the bistro for you to have with your lunch.  We opted for the Fried Eggplant and Monte Cristo and the Italian Cheesesteak.  We sat on a beautiful patio where they also have live bands play on nice summer nights.  I especially liked the barrel tables.  If we lived closer to Paris, TN we'd be attending this winery a lot more often!!!