The First Day of Business

Here are the pictures from our opening day at Cassel Vineyards.  As you saw in my last post, the weather was terrible.  But as these pictures show, the weather inside was warm.  We had an amazing day.  At the top we all posed for a picture before we opened the doors.  The middle picture shows some of our fun-loving customers.  The bottom is a picture of our Jody and brother Rick working in the back room.  It was such an awesome day with so much energy and so many happy people.

  All of our hard work in the past year was greatly appreciated as friends tried our new vintages.  Truth is, our wines continue to improve as our vines get older and the quality of our fruit continues to improve.  The second variable that continues to effect the quality of our wine is our equipment and wine making  skills.  This year we were able to incorporate new tanks and barrels into our grape an d wine processing along with new technologies to monitor acid, pH and sulfite levels.  We made some minor changes in yeast strains and sugar levels to adjust for the improved fruit quality and these changes were all met with customer satisfaction which is our measure for improvements.  If you were not able to make it out last weekend for our Grand Re-opening, we will continue to be open on Friday and Saturdays from 12 - 6:00 each week until we change to our Summer hours in June.  We hope to see you all soon.