A rare sighting of the author actually doing a bit of work.

I am standing on top of the press, guiding the grapes and packing them around the rubber
bladder as Fred dumps them.   He is driving the forklift and is just out of site behind the white
bin.  All of the fruit from the Helfer Vineyard fits into just two press loads.  Notice the OSHA
approved footwear.
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Picking, pressing and fermenting
Scherrer Winery's 2006 Helfer
Vineyard Chardonnay
Links to the history of Sonoma and a
bit of info on Chardonnay.
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