It was a busy morning October 2, 2021 when club members headed to Central Saanich to pick up our our orders of California grapes from Flying Fish Winery. It was a bee hive of activities! Sommelier club members accounted for just a small percentage of those picking up and processing grapes.
With the grapes loaded everyone headed back to the Nicholson’s where the Saanich Sommeliers club crushing equipment resides at this time. Crushing went well and everyone pitched in like a well oiled machine. Lets look forward to sampling wine from these grapes in a few months.
Boxes of red grapes in great condition
Some people ordered grapes in thousand pound totes
Crushed and ready for the winemaker
Contributed by moderator, photos by Joanna Yu