Daily Archives: October 10, 2011

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After Harvest – First Fermentation

Midnight.  I’m perched precariously at the top of a tank, 15 feet up in the air, looking down into a fairy land of bubbling sparkling popping elixir.  It reminds me of the way snow shimmers at night when the moon illuminates the white crust like diamonds – but this is purple.  And it’s moving. I can’t stand mesmerized for long because down below John is shouting at me not to lose the flashlight or my glasses into the juice. He’s also swearing and fiddling with the controls for the moveable lid of this 94 hectolitre tank (94 hectos – that’s […]