Massachusetts group grape buy

[paulthenurse]

JL (Beergears)
I got your check yesterday. You're first in the pool.

I called Christina today to place our order but she is in PA for the day. She should be back tomorrow so I'll order then.

PTN

 

[bigjohnmilford]

JL (Beergears)
I got your check yesterday. You're first in the pool.

I called Christina today to place our order but she is in PA for the day. She should be back tomorrow so I'll order then.

PTN

I'll bring some cash to TWB tonight.

 

[paulthenurse]

42 cases ordered. We got a break on the price to 19.50.

19.50 X 42 = $819

I put the 25% deposit on my credit card. It's looking like the grapes will be in around the last week of April.

PTN

 

[hcarter]

Man, I wish we had someone in Columbus who could help me out with something like this. Grapes, grain, wouldn't matter to me. I'm really jealous. Good luck everyone. Hope everything goes well.

 

[Sumo]

Man, I wish we had someone in Columbus who could help me out with something like this. Grapes, grain, wouldn't matter to me. I'm really jealous. Good luck everyone. Hope everything goes well.

The woes of living in the "Brown Eye State"

 

[paulthenurse]

Man, I wish we had someone in Columbus who could help me out with something like this. Grapes, grain, wouldn't matter to me. I'm really jealous. Good luck everyone. Hope everything goes well.

What's the airfare from Ohio? Maybe you can write it off as an education expense? Just be a little vague on details.


PTN

 

[hcarter]

What's the airfare from Ohio? Maybe you can write it off as an education expense? Just be a little vague on details.
PTN

Yeah, I could try that, but then convincing her that it's ok for me to bring home carboys full of juice would be a whole 'nother story. Something along the lines of "There is something seriously wrong with you."

 

[Melana]

One thing... Please don't schedule this on May 2nd. PLEASE.

 

[JustMrWill]

Paul,
I have been away (Costa Rica) and now I am traveling for work a lot until mid April. I'll try to swing by and drop off the money soon.

-Will

 

[paulthenurse]

Great idea, Will. You should come on Saturday, the chipper will be here around 8:00am. I'll put you in charge of pulling the branches off the piles and hauling them to the chipper. My nephew and I took down 8 more trees last Saturday, to go along with 7 I took down in November. I'm going to have so much sunlight in the yard this summer I might grow 12 billion tons of grapes. (But probably not that much.)

PTN
ps
Sorry, I just couldn't resist. Why not just drop it in the mail?

 

[paulthenurse]

BTW,
Costa Rica? You suck.

 

[JustMrWill]

Yup....and it was a free trip at that.

The manager of the resort I was at (the Lost Iguana) offered me a job...who cares if the pay sucks...I know where I am going if I lose my job!

 

[paulthenurse]

Hey Will,
Where were you on Saturday? We waited as long as we could but eventually we had to get going without you...

Tree's! I don't like em!

PTN

 

[paulthenurse]

Anyone want some firewood?

Aweful lot of tree limbs in that pile.

Too bad you didn't come, we had enough S'mores for the 82n'd Airborne

The reason for all of this effort. Third year Cab Franc, I'll let a crop set this year. Hope for 1/2 gallon/vine out of this first crop. Should be up to 1 gallon/vine in another couple years.

PTN

 

[Melana]

What kind of wood is it??? is it good for smoking? We'll take some if it is!

 

[paulthenurse]

It's mostly all maple and oak with a little poison ivy covered beech thrown in for extra flavoring. If you want some come get it cause I'm spending the rest of today beating it like an ugly stepchild with an ax then I'm posting an ad on Craigslist. Only problem is I have no idea what split firewood goes for. For that matter I have no idea how much I have there. I think a cord is 4x4x8 which is pretty close to what I already have stacked up. I've probably got the same amount split on the ground after my efforts yesterday.

I'm a VERY old, creaky, sore, arthritic nurse. But my heart is pure and that counts for a lot, so I'm told.

PTN

 

[Melana]

If i had time i would come and pick some up... I have an unexpected trip to Indy next week that kills any free time next week.

 

[T-rags]

Sorry if I missed it, but what kind of grapes did you buy?

 

[paulthenurse]

We ordered all Malbec but I'm going to take a look at the Camenere when I go to pick them up and if the Camenere looks good I might substitue 20-25% Camenere to soften and round out the Malbec.

PTN

Melana,
I'm not in any terrible hurry to get rid of the firewood, if you want I'll keep some aside for you.

P

 

[T-rags]

The pics of lugs that you showed on page 2, is each one of those white plastic trays a 38 pound lug? Just curious. I'm also ordering some 18 pound crates from chile from a local distributor.

 

[paulthenurse]

Yes, those were California grapes and come in full (or 38ish pound) lugs.

 

[paulthenurse]

I'm getting a strong sense of SPRING today, boys and girls. Do you know what that means? It means that our neighbors south of the equator have stopped spraying (Can you tell I've been spending a lot of time figuring out my spraying schedule for this summer) and harvest is drawing near. Before too long they will all gather in the vineyard and start picking grapes. And because they are our friends there will be minimal mog. A friend of mine got a gila monster in one lug a few years ago. Leaves are one thing, gila monsters bring mog to a whole new level.

I am spending many hours a day planning diferent scenario's in my mind. (Probably not a good thing to admit, I should be at work figuring the best way to titrate someones neo vs their levophed, and instead I'm thinking about how I can convince Alice to do punchdowns for us while I'm at work.

Can't wait for springtime grapes!!!!!

Hey, guess what? I need to bottle 45 gallons of wine before we can put our wine into the barrels. I sense a pretty good drinkin' day coming up and I'm going to need extra hands.

PTN

 

[JustMrWill]

Is that a hint that we should be freeing up a weekend day for some drinking? (and possibly eating?)

I will be out of town (in FL) April 5th through 11th....and if you want to wait until April 19th...we can do another brew/Will's b-day .

-Will

 

[Bulls Beers]

I'm dying to try that Cab that we pressed that very cold day..I don't even remember when it was...All I remember is that it was cold and the RIBS and CAB grapes tasted amazing...

 

[paulthenurse]

Will,
You go on vacation more than I do. I'm jealous.

Vermiscious, got your check yesterday. So now we have BeerGears, BigJohn/Melana Vermiscoius and PTN in the pool. If the rest of you guys could think about getting your $$ to me over the next few weeks so that we have the entire groups money ready to go when the grapes come in. So far I'm just holding on the the checks, I'll deposit them around the middle of April.

PTN

 

[paulthenurse]

Brian, I think that can be arranged. I'll look at my schedule for April and see if I can pick a day and do a massive bottling. Of course you can't bottle without tasting.

Paul

 

[JustMrWill]

I wish it was all vacation...the Florida trip is for work and will be 7 days of 5am - 7pm driving to every store we have down there and installing software.


-Will

 

[paulthenurse]

Hey, not for nuttin but if you happen to libe in Sommerivike and you happened to send a check into the co-op and expected thtrI would know who you were by magic or sumtin... I ndon't get it ...

'RA'



PM me.


thanks., excuse the short temper, Its capebrewingss faaaaalt. That and demon rum/

 

[Bulls Beers]

Hey, not for nuttin but if you happen to libe in Sommerivike and you happened to send a check into the co-op and expected thtrI would know who you were by magic or sumtin... I ndon't get it ...

'RA'



PM me.


thanks., excuse the short temper, Its capebrewingss faaaaalt. That and demon rum/

Shyte, I'm sorry Paul...I need to get you over my share and the refractometer..I should be in Stoughton in the next week of so. I'll PM you when..I can't believe you haven't bottled that cab..It's gonna be sooo good when it's done..

 

[Melana]

I have next Saturday fairly free to help with bottling!