Little Winemaker; Big World

[firejohn03]

Hey guys and gals. I have been a member for a while and have learned so much from this forum. Since I started the forum, I also took a full time position working the vineyards of a commercial winery. Chateau Elan Winery and Resort is one of Georgia's oldest wineries, established in 1983. This year the vineyards were replanted with Carlos and Noble Muscadine, which I was hired to tend to. I am learning so much as the days go by. I enjoy this forum and I live my dream every single day, getting to work ( if you call it that) a dream job. These are the sights of my daily life.

 

[Runningwolf]

Looks great there John!

 

[BobR]

Yeah, looks great! Did you say that you were looking for an assistant to follow you around?

 

[Pumpkinman]

Envious!!!

 

[seth8530]

Wow, that winery Dwarfs the family winery that we got. Stunning!

 

[WVMountaineerJack]

So you go from having to clean a 5 gal carboy to now having to clean 5000 gal tanks, and are happy about that? WVMJ

 

[dessertmaker]

Gratz! Enjoy your work! It's great when work and play converge and both become enjoyable. May your hobby never become a chore and your job never become a bore!

 

[Julie]

Nice looking pics and it is great to have a job that you truly enjoy doing.

 

[JohnT]

Please excuse me whilst I wollow in envy and self loathing......

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[firejohn03]

So you go from having to clean a 5 gal carboy to now having to clean 5000 gal tanks, and are happy about that? WVMJ

WVMJ it is the opposite. Clean 1200-6000 gallon tanks and oaking 1000 gallons of Chardonnay, and all the other then having to come home and rack off my little 6 gallons of Skeeter Pee. It definitely gets rough, especially now during harvest time. I would not change it for the world!!!