Turnabout is fair play, I suppose. I’m making some cab right now in time for Turkey Day so it’s nice to see some folks telling us what it’s like to become a “real” winemaker. It definitely isn’t pretty.

Thanks to the masochism and keen observations of one of our local wine writers, W. Blake Gray, we now have an answer. Blake spent a day working both as a picker and as a cellar rat for Seghesio vineyards last month, and on Thursday he published a piece describing his experience. It’s well written and a lot of fun to read.

Get Out From Behind That Desk and Into The Fields [Vinography]