Category: Wineries

  • Behind the Scenes at Crush with Pomum Cellars

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    This month I had the opportunity to work behind-the-scenes for a few days with Javier Alfonso, owner, winemaker and chief janitor (his words) of Pomum Cellars in Washington state. I helped check on the grapes, met with the farmers, brought grapes back to the winery for processing, hand sorted, crushed, did a lot of rinsing…

  • Behind the Scenes Winemaking: Pomum Cellars

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      I’ve been in Washington state for the past few days, volunteering as a winemaker’s assistant for Pomum Cellars, based in Woodinville. I’ve been checking on the grapes growing at the vineyards in the Yakima Valley, collected grapes that have been harvested and I have hand-sorted, crushed and pressed the grapes. And I have cleaned…