Volunteering at a Small Winery Part I

I’ve been working on my business plan recently to get a cidery/winery up and running. People who hear about it think it is cool. Family members, however, are not so certain. What experience do I have running a winery? Enter Olequa Cellars. I was out there last weekend to help with filtering and bottling their 2010 Riesling, which will be available to buy starting Memorial Day Weekend.

It was nice to go out and see a small winery in operation, to work with the equipment, and hear the owner comment on how he would have done things differently if he had known what he knows now. And at the end of the day, I got dinner and one of the bottles of wine. I see myself heading out there again!