California Poppy

On a visit to the Buttonwood Winery between Santa Ynez and Los Olivos, in Santa Barbara, CA, after sampling their tasting-room's selection of wines, out back I found a garden, California Poppies in bloom; enchanted light shone through the trees, and there I snapped this picture.

California Poppy

Wine

Bottle aging at the Gainey Winery near Solvang, California.


Wine glasses ready for tasting.

Winemaking

Chardonnay Grapes.


Cabernet Franc Grapes.
These grapes are growing on garden vines adjacent to the Seth Ryan Winery and Vineyards.


The crush at John H. Bookwalter Winery begins here as grapes are dumped from the bin to a conveyor on the way to the stemmer-crusher.


Workers sort the grapes and reject those that don't meet their quality requirements.


From the sorting belt, the grapes drop into the stemmer.


Stems.


Out of the stemmer, the grapes drop into the crusher.


The crushed grapes and juice are pumped through this hose to fermentation.


The crushed grapes and juice reach the liquid-cooled stainless steel fermentation tank.


Crushed grapes, called "must" sitting in a vat.