Sunday, August 22, 2010  One Romance (25)  With Gewurztraminer
happily in the tank, and with the quiet at the tasting room
between Labor Day and Columbus Day, when all hell breaks loose
in the Finger Lakes, Nick figured it was a good time for that
trip to Northeast, Pennsylvania, on the shore of Lake Erie.
Based on past sales records, he chose the best day of the week
to close the tasting room and make that drive.  Soon, harvest
would be in frantic swing, and he would need a second transfer
pump. His new Zambelli reversible pump served him well on his
first juice run, but he was aware that equipment like that needs
to be backed up, as they seem to come with an internal mechanism
timed to breakdown at the most inopportune moments. He also
decided that it was time to get himself a filter pump and some
filters to have for the coming months—wouldn’t hurt either to
bundle up on a few other wine-making items.  Nick liked Doug,
who operated a winery supply business specifically set up for
home winemakers and for tin