Operation Purple Teeth!!!!
you for assistance. No, these folks are not under 'non-disclosure agreements' for this exercise. We have creative, legal and accounting people already working on some things related to this initiative. Yes, very serious. You're probably saying, "what are those guys [Marc and Jill] up to now?", and we can understand that so I'll explain. Marc and I are going to start making wine and our operation will be known as 'Purple Teeth Cellars' and for you geeks out there, we have already secured the domain (currently links to other site). Come on, as if you had any doubts. :-)
The 'Purple Teeth' name comes from what Marc's teeth look like after he consumes some red wine, which some of you know we like to do on occasion. So we needed to head to SF to meet with our winemaking company, Crushpad. We're a bit late to the 2006 vintage so we chose to "Adopt-A-Barrel" - a Petite Sirah to be more precise from Eaglepoint Vineyards in Mendocino County, CA.
We had a tour given to us by Dave, and I got to get my hands dirty a little bit to get a preview of what to expect when we start the process from scratch for future vintages. And so Cousin Claire, who has been with me for many of my wine adventures, took one for the team and came down for a barrel tasting of our wine. You can always count on Claire for these types of activities (ok, she has helped me in a lot of other ways but clearly the food and wine tasks are her favorite).
More to come on this in the future. Stay tuned, and yes, this is the final post related to the 72-hour trip to SF. Gosh, a lot happened huh?