I Hate Wine Cliches - Ch. 1
The fabulous life of owning your own winery allows for many hours of free time, unlike those of you with “real” jobs. Ha! Just a damn joke, ok? I’ve got free time, but no money to spend … So, I was watching TV Land this morning and ‘I Love Lucy’ comes on and it’s that damnable episode where she stomps grapes with her feet. I have no idea why, I can’t stand the episode, so I’ve no idea what the plot is.
I hate this episode, it is just so trite and awful. Yeah, yeah, it’s supposed to be funny. Well, bite me. Because of that one episode, the one and only thing that most people know about winemaking is that you have to stomp the grapes with your feet. NO YOU DON’T! There are no feet involved at any time in making wine in a commercial winery in these supposedly modern times, unless you’re some sort of dingbat winemaker. Or are doing it as a marketing stunt, aka Rick Hutchinson at Amphora in Dry Creek, or Dave Dart of d’Art Wines in Lodi. Ok, both of those guys could fall into either category.
The next person that asks me “Do you stomp on ‘em with your feet? hahahaha” is gonna get smacked.
Thanyouverymush.
Next time on I Hate Wine Cliches … “Rich man buys land, builds winery …”