Extras
McMenamin's Brewery Tour
Fermentation Tanks
Kettle
Mash Tun – grain is fed into the top
Widmer Brewery Tour
Bags of Grain
Fermentation Tanks – they have windows!
Hop Varieties – they don’t smell so great!
Tanks
WillaKenzie Winery Tour
September 2014
Vineyard View
Set up for a private tasting event!
Here’s me with the gorgeous vineyard and rolling hills of Ribbon Ridge behind me.
Outdoor Gathering Area and Tasting Room Exterior
Sorting Table – This is on the mezzanine above the fermentation tanks
Old Tasting Room – Love this bar!
Barrel Room – On the bottom floor
Barrel Label – This details the wine (the PN PL in this case is pinot noir Pierre Leon – very tasty!) and when it was barreled.
Fermentation Tanks
New outdoor fermentation tanks being delivered!
Gravitational Flow – grapes are sorted on the mezzanine and sent to the next level where fermentation happens
Cold Storage – Sometimes the grapes need to be harvested and they don’t have space or staff to sort and process them all in a timely fashion. They’ll store them here in cold temperatures to stop the fermenting process.
Bottling Room – Most wineries don’t have their own bottling room. There’s a truck (or trucks) that goes around and bottles – very cool!
Watching them unload these with the crane was fun!
