Opening A Winery Gifts

'Do you do anything with the old casks?'

Opening the Barrel

"To tourists this just looks like a pile of rotten and damaged grapes. But here at Trendy Vineyards, we look at it and see Special Select Reserve."

'I wouldn't say this wine's name is long, but it's continued on the bottle next to it.'

boy plugging leak in a barrel with his finger

Pete Townshend Vineyards

A Good Batch.

'Have you tried our home-made wine?'

The Vineyard

'... And this is my cellar.'

'Plastic corks, then screw caps; when they come out with a flip-n-sip Chateau Petrus I'm hanging up my tastevin.'

'If you're having trouble finding what you want, try our other store--'Cabernet Sauvignons Starting with the Letter B'.'

'I swear, if he didn't always pick up the tab, I'd never go drinking with him.'

'You wanted to be a wine maker in the worst way, Paul - and you've succeeded.'

"We're hoping for a really smooth wine here."

'This is the last time we hire former Cirque du Soleil members as stompers.'

'How do you folks get away with such flagrant violation of Prohibition?'

'Note to self: Like coffee, homemade coffee wine should be available in decaf, too.'

"I make it myself!"

"Is Pinot Noir where you want to be?"

"Can you recommend a wine that would compliment a divorce?"

'That may be what the wine glossary says, but to me, terroir means a fantatic view.'

'So much for your theory that mixing two 50-point-rated wines equals one rated 100.'

"If the weather stays good, we could end up in a very prestigious 1992 Cabernet Sauvignon."

'They say you have to drink 4 times as much merlot as pinot noir to get the same level of anti-oxidants. Isn't that just too, too bad?'

'We drove 800 miles for this? If I wanted to look at a roomful of dusty bottles, we could have visited your mother.'

My therapist says I should take up basket making as a pastime!

'According to this, she began making wine in her laundry room 30 years ago, and now she's moved on to the garage.'

Man with wine glass face looks unhappy.

kangaroos hopping around in a vat of grapes to make wine for Australian wine company.

'When we bought this place we thought we'd only be making wine. Apparently, we're also into spirits.'

'It's a little varietal I bottle myself...Type A positive.'

'Who's the new guy?'

An Excellent Nose for Wine.

'Would you like some of our house wine? I just made it.'