Good Morning!

Yesterday I had an email asking what I would be doing in Chile while I am there. It just so happens I received my “schedule” yesterday also. So, I thought I would share it with you. If you had not heard, Lapostolle wines had a contest called “Uncork Your Passion” and to participate you had to send a tweet of why you would be the best person to come to work for Lapostolle as an apprentice for this year’s harvest. The long and short of it, I sent in a video along with my tweet and I was selected out of the 1000’s!

It is all expense paid trip to work the harvest in Chile, at their vineyards in Santa Cruz. I get one week before I start to work to tour the country and do some great things they have set up! The rodeo, cooking class, winery tours, horseback riding, museums etc..I am really looking forward to seeing the country and soaking in the culture.

Then my work will begin. I start out with the sorting and cellar work at one of their locations. Then I will move on to working in the lab throughout the harvest (I am pumped about this). Then we will bottle last year’s vintage for release, next I will move to another one of their facilities to hand destem and clean tanks and barrels. Then I will spend days with many of the vineyard managers and the head winemaker.

I will enjoy the weeks I will be there and after I wrap up working for them, I have an extra week scheduled to see more of the beautiful country. I will learn tons and last year I wanted to work a full harvest in Sonoma and due to the scheduling of PBS’s The Winemakers in France, I missed that window of opportunity, so I am thrilled. I keep getting so excited because I know next year I will work a harvest that will create my TJR Select and knowing it is getting closer, I can barely sleep!

So, when you start seeing my blogs are posted from Chile, you will know what I am up to.

It’s Friday…go out and make something great happen in your world…make your own day, don’t wait for someone else to do that for ya!

Much LOVE and wine,

Tammi