The rain finally let up for a bit and the vines are really responding to the sunshine and plenty of water with lush green growth. At the same time, the fax came in and everything came down in a flurry of work and preparation and mulching and figuring out computers for our first opening of our doors.
The kitchen was buzzing for most of the night and meat and cheese trays were carefully arranged just as we'd planned. There was only one point in the night where Karl and I were staring at some Bruschetta that wasn't browning up at all and we were completely perplexed until we found that it wasn't even plugged in. Oops. But otherwise, the food went out pretty much on time.
The wine was flowing throughout the whole night. We had 3 people serving behind out little bar and Chad went out onto a table in the tasting room to pour for another group.
The tasting room is amazing when it's full of people. It just really comes alive and everything just clicks.
Oh man. I'm still exhausted. 12 hour days trying to get open were a bit rough. I started using the wrong words and my brain really got muddled by the end of the night. I'm not sure how doctors do their residency. That actually makes me more nervous than anything. Rest is really important and it took me all day on Sunday to get over the stun that was opening. On Monday it was back out to the vines to wrestle with the lush new growth that they are pushing out.
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