Ben’s View of Bottling Week

While Jill and I are in constant (and generally good) communication, we sometimes miss little things, like who’s turn it is to write the blog.  So, while Jill has already written about it, here is my take on the last week’s efforts. We have had a crazy busy week at SouthEnd.  This is the week […]

Bottle Shock.

Well, after a week of filtering and finishing the wines we finally bottled today.  We now have over 600 cases down in the basement almost ready for sale… after they get over their bottle shock.  I think I’m in bottle shock.  The fact that we won’t have to label or cap the bottled wines is […]

Hmmmmm.

What to say…. there’s always something to talk about when one is traveling but once one gets home to the same old, same old, it’s hard not to be underwhelmed.  However, after a week of getting over jet lag we are gearing up for some bottling.  We’re hiring Artus Mobile Bottling to come and “get […]

The longest March 24th of our lives.

We had a fairly normal morning except that Tak and I took the kids to the playground while Jill did a final sweep and pack. There was a high school event at the park this morning, and I have never seen so many short skirts in one place at the same time! The kicker was […]

Last Day…

Our last full day in Japan. I can hardly believe it is time to go already, but we will be heading for the airport tomorrow around lunch time. Today was a day of packing and the farewell party. Many of the relatives (aunts, uncles, cousins, second cousins) came by for a potluck lunch to bid […]