It's Real

So it happened - we did our first social media blitz and came out of the closet, so to speak.  Now it's out there.  People know.  Pressing the "share" button was scary, but exciting.  We are now a real winery, with cases bottled, barrels everywhere, labeling and bottling stations all over and people coming for tastings.

Saturday was the day we decided to introduce the world to Urban Tractor Winery because it was the last day of the Harvest Boxes.  Our customers received a complimentary wine tasting with their box and it was fun.  We even sold a few bottles so that was exciting seeing our first bottle ever sold!

The official launch is unofficially October 16.  That's when we'll host a bigger celebration where people will buy tickets and there will be a meal, a jazz band, tastings, and a big bonfire.  It'll be a fun event where we truly get to celebrate and introduce the wines to the world.

One of our garden customers introduced us to a local sommelier and yesterday she and her husband popped in for a tasting.  She's going to be a great contact to help us get our wine label out there.  One interesting thing she said was, "Write a book".  Hmmmmm.....maybe?  I've been writing for so long and have kept this blog all through the journey, so we will see if maybe one day it'll make it into print.  Perhaps a joint husband and wife book that we write together?

As we sat around as a family the other night discussing and brainstorming our launch party, it was almost as if our kids finally understood what we were doing.  "Hey, we should start a winery!"  Uh, we did.  "Hey, we should sell our wine!"  Uh, we are.  So, a little slow, but they're catching on to the vision and starting to see this is their inheritance, so they need to keep buying into it.  

As RM sets things up in the winery side of our shop, more and more of my house furniture is disappearing including my kitchen table, so that's made meal time interesting....

Well, the day has started.....it's going to be a very busy grape week I think as the harvesting process is just beginning...