Friday, October 15, 2010

Love + Faith + Technology = Life

It has been a very productive month! The harvest was all done just before the rain came. Thank God. Our timing couldn’t have been better. Our 2010 vintage is progressing nicely. All wine varietals were fermented and pressed. Although the harvest is over, we still have lots of wine making work to do between now and January.


Miracles do happen as we witnessed the rescue of Chilean miners this week. To commemorate the miraculous rescue of the 33 Chilean miners this week, we’ll name one of our 2010 wines, “Los 33”. The wine that will be named after the Chilean miners will have to demonstrate some if not all of the miners’ characteristics that we so admired: Hope, Faith, Strength, Courage and Love for Life.

Most of the summer, we all witnessed the despair and sorrow of the Chilean miners and their families. But their faith and hope inspired the whole world. Then through sheer determination, unity and love, the whole world came to their aid. How technology combined with faith and tenacity uniting the humankind would always be one of the few bright spots in a world that is sometimes filled with negativity and pessimism. Their story inspired us to live our dream and have faith!