Wisdom from the sorting line
There will be earwigs. Don’t get too upset about them and don’t spend all your time brushing them away because there will be more.
It’s useful to know the difference between bad clusters and funny-looking clusters, but if in doubt, throw it out.
Focusing on every little detail takes way too much time. Relax and try and see the whole belt in front of you.
When pressed and fermented, ladybugs and stinkbugs make a flavor aspect that is not found in pinot noir naturally. If people taste your pinot and it’s got that characteristic, they will know that your sorters weren’t doing their job.
Which reminds me, it’s not just earwigs. Disaster can strike in all sorts of forms, and some of them have six legs and others have eight, or stingers, or wings, or an unshakable determination to climb up your pants.
