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Mastro Scheidt Family Cellars

1083 Vine St #278
Healdsburg, CA 95448
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Wines by David Scheidt

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Wasting grapes

2016 Dirty Job of Harvest

2016 Dirty Job of Harvest

Wasting grapes

Wasting grapes

Not all the grapes make it and this is just one of the times they get washed down the drain.

High proof alcohol cleans things

High proof alcohol cleans things

Use this to spray on all manner of equipment or as a mouth wash

My hands will be stained

My hands will be stained

Grape must will stain everything it comes in contact with.

The hot pressure washer is your friend

The hot pressure washer is your friend

After the press, lees and seeds

After the press, lees and seeds

More wasted grapes, but it's ok. There are a lot of seeds in this must.

Delivery...not on time

Delivery...not on time

It's amazing that things get to me at all when my name is spelled wrong

Leaky barrels

Leaky barrels

Don't panic, it's just water.

Hard pressing moon rocks

Hard pressing moon rocks

Some wineries like to press their grapes really hard, this is the result. Moon rocks.

Gravel pile of hard press

Gravel pile of hard press

When this hit the floor it sounding like pea gravel. Dried up press grapes after a winery presses really hard for extra juice.

Nowhere is safe from grapes

Nowhere is safe from grapes

Grapes are found everywhere. Your car, home, lab, and on any flat space. Cleaning is essential.

Punch Down Workout

Punch Down Workout

While performing a punch down of the fermenting cap, it's highly likely that you will splash some juice. Your clothes will stain.

I hate fruit flies

I hate fruit flies

The farther away this waste is from the crush pad, the better. It's fruit fly bait.

I don't do whole cluster fermentation

I don't do whole cluster fermentation

This pile of stems shoots out the back of the destemmer (hence the name)

Healdsburg, California