Last night, we hosted a "grand opening" of our wine cellar. As with most construction projects, this one took longer than expected. It's still only 99% complete - there are about half a dozen small items that still need attention.
Here is a now complete photo album of the cellar construction, from start to finish:
About 16 people showed up for tapas and a sampling of four different wines. We put out a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, a Pinot Noir from Oregon, a Petite Sirah from Sonoma, and a Cabernet Sauvignon from the Coonawara area in Australia.
Caren worked for several days preparing all the food - she did a fantastic job. Jordan opened the wine bottles - very tiring work.
Our guests brought us gifts - wine to stock the cellar. We received a nice bottle of Caymus Cabernet (from Cinde - Caren's trainer), a Clos du Val Cabernet (from Bryan), a Beaux Freres Pinot Noir (from Ed and Elyn), a bottle of Justin Isoceles (from Joanna), a Stag's Leap Petite Sirah (from Ted and Amber), two French wines (from the Ammons), and a nice Sangiovese (from the D'Amicos of course).
We've been methodically stocking the cellar. We're up to about 400 bottles. And we keep getting shipments from the six different wine clubs we're enrolled in.
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