Flaherty Wines

We recently undertook what was for us a rather large construction project: we refinished the winery floor and extended the crush pad out considerably by paving the driveway and parking area. Workmen were here for two weeks, first laying the baldosa (large cement tiles that can withstand production) and then pouring cement. The baldosa still needs to be sealed, but it already looks very nice:

Next came the driveway—something like 90 square meters. It took five truckloads of cement, delivered over two days, to fill the space:

Our four dogs were confined to the kennel until the cement dried. The cats, however, did not get the memo about certain areas being off limits. Our driveway is thus decorated with paw prints:

The areas of cement include a long driveway that leads to a wide parking area, which will double as our crush pad during harvest. We are really looking forward to having more space to work. It was rather cramped this year when we had four fermenting lots, two macerating lots, and two bins to press out, all crammed into our little two-car carport. Here’s what it will look like next year: