What a 'grape' trip!!

So this was the day the grapes came home. Often times, when a winery can't grow a certain kind of grape due to the zone they'll order grapes from somewhere else. That's what we did! We ordered 5 different kinds of grapes that should produce around 300-350 bottles of red wine. I'm thinking we're gonna have a fun winter!! The 5 types we brought home are Merlot, Cabernet, Marebec, Carmenere, and Syrah and they're all from Chile! The first pic is our winemaker John with some of the grapes. The containers they come in are wonderful. It keeps them from getting mushy. Thats winery jargon. The next pic is Marshall, my fabulous hubby, with our oh-so-friendly dogs Spice Girl and Sarge.  The last one is most of the grapes, on the left, a big container, and just above and behind that container is the magic machine. It's also called a de-stemmer and crusher. Surely this was invented by a winemaker who got tired of doing the de-stemming by hand. Can you imagine?  Tomorrow I'll show you pictures of all of us making the wine. You won't believe what goes into it!!