Sorry for the short post but its just too hard right now to tell the story over and over. but i felt like i needed to say something, perhaps you could send happy thoughts this way.... theres a lot of people needing it.
Had a traumatic day at work, as you or may not know, i'm working in the applegate valley in southern oregon at a little organic vineyard and winery, Applegate Red. well I came into work monday morning early, met up with the grape picking crew but the winemaker frank hadn't showed up yet, he lives at the vineyard so we went to his house to check to see where he was... unbelievably and unfortunately he had a massive heart attack earlier and I found him passed away in his hallway... :-( I've taken over the winemaking responsibilities as well as i can and am still waiting for the family to decide what to do next, still over half of the grapes on the vines, which r going to the birds (literally) and because of the frost earlier there are no leaves, so no more ripening, feel like they needed another couple weeks of nice weather before they were fully ripe. worried they will soon start to rot. nothing easy, a real mess. but at the least, frank and I were able to start making about 3 tons of merlot and 3 tons of syrah...
Real tough day. I think i'm still in shock.
fortunately frank was loved by so many and his family and many of his friends in the applegate valley are really stepping up and being very helpful. but as you can imagine the decisions are still nearly impossible to make.
I hope you are all well and i miss and love you all, take care!!!!
Monday, October 13, 2008
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