今日は、先週から採りためていた
ピノとリースリング、土日と収穫会で
採って頂いたヴィオニエとメルローを
仕込みました。

今週も仕込と瓶詰めで大忙しです。

We crushed Pinot Noir and Riesling which
we had harvest during last week together
with Viognier and Merlot we had harvested
last week end as an event.

Some more crushing grapes and bottling are
in this week's schedule. No wonder I have no
time to do other things again.

土曜、日曜日と二日連続で収穫会。
今回は友人中心の少数精鋭での収穫でした。
13日は午前中ヴィオニエを収穫して午後はメルロー。
はるばる神戸から初参加のお二人、東京方面からの
皆さんありがとうございました。朝５時のつくばエクスプレス
と新幹線を乗り継いでおいでの方もいて、ご苦労さまでした。
両日とも天気が良く気持ちよく楽しんで頂いたようです。
一日目はBBQにおやき、きのこ汁、りんごに葡萄などなど。

二日目は大阪方面からの5人と前日からの７人でメルローを
収穫。お昼はシンプルに、東北仕込の芋煮です。オリジナル
の芋煮を楽しんだあとは、うどんを入れて、そして最後には
カレーを入れてと三つの味を楽しみました。

今回皆さん峰の原のペンションや市内の旅館に泊まり、
温泉に、味噌や果物の買い物にと我が田舎を満喫して
頂いたご様子。その笑顔が何よりの喜びです。

We had harvest event two days in a row this weekend.
Not too many participants but mostly very keen pickers
this time. Two of them came from Kobe, and the others
were from Tokyo area. One of them got on the first Tsukuba Express
at 5am then Nagano Shinkansen bullet train. Thank you very much
for you coming all the way from the distance.
We picked Viognier on the first day followed by Merlot after lunch.
We prepared for lunch BBQ with oyaki, our local soul food, mushroom
Soup and apples and grapes.

We had very fine and calm weather for two days and I hoped they
had very very good and fun time.

On the second day, we had five people from Osaka area with the same
people from Tokyo as first day. Many cases of Merlot were picked. For
lunch, we had very simple dishes, Imoni, a traditional food from Tohoku
area with taro potato and beef. But we enjoyed, original soup taste, with
udon noodle and finally curry udon. Three tastes from one big pot.

All of them stayed either at pension guest houses in Minenohara or
inn inside the city. They enjoyed hot spring, shopping miso and fruit,
and especially the beautiful nature around us. Thank you very much
for your coming and for your big smiles that always make us happy.

そういえば辰巳さんがご自身のブログでも
楠わいなりーを紹介して下さいました。
10月8日付けのものです。こちらをご覧下さい。↓
http://ameblo.jp/tatsumitakuro/

根子岳遠望。長野のJAビルの
最上階の食堂からです。

何時の間にか寒さを感じるようになった
今日この頃。仙仁の栗はこんな感じです。

Mr. Tatsumi introduced Kusunoki Winery and its wines
in his blog. Please find it here dated October 8.

This is Neko-dake mountain seen from JA building,
Nagano city today.

The air began to change to be chilly and the chestnut
in Seni was like this.

ようよう深まり行く秋。やや曇り勝ちな日曜日、
シャルドネの収穫に辰巳琢郎さんが参加
されました。BSフジでの「辰巳琢郎のワイン番組」の
収録があったのです。参加者の皆さんも大喜びでした。
写真を随分と撮らせて頂きましたが、少々ご無礼があったら
御免なさい。

気さくに参加者の皆さんに話しかけられたり、
とってもいい雰囲気でした。また、僕がやりましょうといって
BBQで焼き蕎麦や「おやき」を焼いて下さり。一同
感激でした。

また、ワイナリーへ移動してからは工場をご案内したり、
何種類もワインの試飲をして、大幅に時間オーバー。
今まで扱った品種とのバランスを考えながら
番組で取り上げるワインの選定をされていて、
その真剣さと考え方に感銘を受けました。
辰巳さん、番組スタッフの方々、当ワイナリーを
取材してくださってありがとうございました。

翌日も引き続きシャルドネの収穫。別の畑で、日差しも
うって変って良く晴れた日。午後は、仕込みに
突入です。「まるで翡翠のよう！」というほどにプレス機の
葡萄は蒼く輝いていました。

In a deepening autumn day, Mr. Takuro Tatsumi, a famous actor
and wine lover, joined our harvest event. He visited us to shoot his
TV program on wine by BS Fuji. Other participants of the event
were overwhelmed and happy to share the chance to see and chat
with the famous actor. He allowed us to take photos but I felt sorry
for a bit too much photographing too closely. But he did not complaint
and was rather frank and humble and we all loved the time with him.
He voluntarily cooked noodles and oyaki on the BBQ pan and
talked to us frankly, too.

After moving to the winery, we showed him the inside of the winery
and the shop. He tasted many wines and the scheduled time was
well over but stayed to choose wines to use on his program. He told me that
he did not want to introduce the same variety he had used for other wineries.
I was touched that he was so serious about the tasting and selecting wine.

I cannot help but saying thank you to Mr. Tatsumi and all the staff for the
patience and the seriousness that all of you showed us. Thank you for
especially having choosing this small and unknown winery.

On the following day, we continued the harvest of chardonnay at another
Vineyard under the warm sun shine. We destemmed, crushed and pressed
the grape. The green berries shined in brilliant jade color like the jem.

そこそこたくさんの葡萄を仕込みました。

We have crushed and processed a lot of decent
amount of grapes today.