Still Racking
I’m finally almost finished with racking the ‘06 wines. At least this time.
I’ll probably rack everything at least twice more before bottling. Six barrels to go. It seems to be taking forever but that’s primarily due to our space limitations. Setting up equipment, getting to the barrels I want to rack, then cleaning up takes more time than it should. The actual transfer time to do six barrels - pump out, wash, pump in, takes about an hour, but phone calls, the odd visitor here and there (not odd visitors, just odd as in random) or spending time looking for something I need takes as much time as racking six barrels.
Cleaning up takes at least an hour and a half, depending on how much stuff I have to fork in and out of the building.