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- Oct 30, 2019, 3:38am
- ⛅ 0 °C
- Altitude: 392 m
- Canada British Columbia Osoyoos 49.029369, -119.69554149°1’46” N 119°41’44” W
Day 183
It’s wine o’clock!
October 30, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
I arrived at the winery yesterday after a bit of a long journey to find out the owners weren’t even there and that there isn’t a lot of work to do at this time of year - great!

I must say, the place is stunning and a lot warmer than the ranch! Haha! There is a volunteer house with a big living room and kitchen which is nice, and even a resident kitten called Bruno.

I really hope I will have some time in the winery to learn more about the production of wine..but it sounds like we at least get to drink free wine every evening 👍🏼

Last night the 2 other volunteers went to a trivia night in the town of Osoyoos (the winery is about 20 minutes away), so I joined them which was nice.

I will give this place a chance, but the people at the ranch already said I would be welcome back if things don’t work out here.Read more
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- Nov 6, 2019, 11:38am
- 🌙 10 °C
- Altitude: 375 m
- Canada British Columbia Osoyoos 49.017933, -119.69697649°1’5” N 119°41’49” W
Day 190
More wine time!
November 6, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
Things are still pretty quiet here at the winery, but I have at least been helping in the winery a few times. It’s been really interesting and actually a lot of the work still has to be done by hand. I will definitely appreciate wine a lot more from now on!!

I’ve been doing punch downs - using a big metal tool to push the grapes that are on the surface down to the bottom so they dont dry out. Of course we are doing the red wine so things got a little messy. We also took the juice of the grapes, so we had to pump the juice to another tank and then press the grapes one last time before discarding them. Some of the wines, we’ve been moving into barrels, and also preparing one new barrels by spraying them with water.

I’ve been making the most of the warmer weather and beautiful location and going out for walks every day (as there isn’t much work to do), but it looks like I will probably beheading back to the ranch where I won’t feel so useless!Read more
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