Stacked Cases

The not so glamorous or romantic side of the wine business is receiving wine (125 cases at a time!).  This task was graciously done in 90 degree Portland, OR heat by Ann, Greg Long and Keith Monaghan today. Receiving a shipment is no walk in the park as the 70′ delivery truck that comes up from Napa, where we do our bulk storage after importing the wine through San Francisco, is too long and tall to use the receiving dock, so the wine is first manually unloaded from the back of the truck, onto the sidewalk and then taken inside into the climate control storage. Thanks again to our great friends Greg Long and Keith Monaghan who volunteered to help Ann while my ankle heals from surgery (ruptured Achilles).