Monday, 31 March 2014

Where's all the bloody fruit??

Work at Rosemount Winery kicked off with a little less than a bang! Mother nature has decided to work against us and the grapes have taken a beating from harsh heat, rain and wind.
Aaaaaaanyway, we have crushed about half the estimated amount of fruit so far, (which is bugger all) and I might have a couple more weeks of work, if I'm lucky! 
                                                   Here are a few snaps of vintage so far...
Open ferments
 Filling tankers
 Lindsey racking a tank
 Running the Fuge!
 The Centrifuge
 
 3 months on night shift

Work aside, I moved house, and now instead of vines on my door step, I have this....

On a more serious note
It has been approximately 6 years since I 'flew the coop', jumping on a plane with high expectations, bound for bigger things.
Things seem to have come full circle and after a crazy couple of years I'm at a point again wondering 'What do I do next?' 
The general consensus from people when I tell them this is that I'm in a position they envy. 
"You're young, you could go anywhere, do anything"
If only it were that simple! 

I've made a pretty firm decision that I love it here in South Australia. The city doesn't really feel like a city (I guess I'm a country girl at heart), the hills are beautiful and the beach is on my door step. 
Work is a dilemma at the moment though. What to do what to do... 

I've decided that after my trip to Peru in July I will stop moving around, try and get a 9 to 5 job and get a little stability. Sounds boring doesn't it?! 
I can say for sure, working 7 pm til 7am, 6 nights a week is starting to weigh heavily on me. 
Boring stability will be just what the doctor ordered!