End of Harvest Celebration Smoothies

This is what my lab bench looks like daily during Harvest.  Everyday we collect a sample from the recently filled tanks and put it in a glass for everyone to smell and taste the progress of the fermentation.

In the beginning it's 2 or 3 tanks and quickly the entire bench fills up.  Mid harvest the table is completely full.  On the right are the tanks that just started fermenting (still pink, little skin contact), and as the glasses increase to the left are the tanks that have been fermenting longer.

On the other side of the glasses the bench is full of what we need to run analysis on all the tanks samples.

All the grape juice floating around gave us an idea to make smoothies.  So on the last day of harvest we brought the necessary tools.

 We removed the seeds from the grapes, bought some Sorbet, and put it in the blender with ice.

Wine grapes and sorbet.

Intern Jenna was in charge of making the smoothies.  She/we called them "Jenna Juice".

 This is Jenna's first winery internship, that's why she looks so excited.  Also, she's from Ohio.

 The smoothies turned out delicious but it might have had more to do with all the sorbet we put in.  Still, it was a great way to celebrate!

Harvest 2013 is over now and it was delicious.

-Lucia