A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of volunteering for hard labor…..ok, I don’t know how HARD it was, especially since they encourage you to drink on the job, but it was physical, and took thought and coordination.  That’s enough for me.  Although I have to tell you, ever since my broken foot and foot surgery last year, I have like zero alcohol tolerance, especially at 10am.  So I have a few sips and I’m running the bottle filling station, and filling the hopper, and…….a bit of wine sprays out of the top of the filling hopper.  They say it happens every time, but I still feel bad.  I like learning something new, and getting the hang of it quickly, so when that doesn’t happen I get upset with my self.

We clean up the spill and keep going about the job of filling, capping, sealing and boxing the delicious bottles of IMT Blind Watchmaker. It’s a wonderful morning, meeting new people and seeing friends (thanks Karen for telling me, “I do that every time” when talking about spilling wine). Then they were kind enough to feed us all lunch, a welcome thing with the wine I had consumed.  I had to leave early 😦 but I did get my own bottle to take home 🙂 I fully intend to help out–and not drink while working–with them again. If you’ve never had the chance to try any of their delicious varietals, please go seek it out. Infinite Monkey Theorem makes a drink to quench whatever thirst you might have.  And if any of my bartender friends out there happen to receive a case of 2011/12 Blind Watchmaker with a lovely Pollock-esque spray of purpley-red, think of me, save the box and if you want I’ll sign it. Cheers!