Friday, March 25, 2011

The sweet smell of lumber!!

What a sight to see the parade of semi trucks coming in carrying the materials that will be used to construct our tasting room.  Along this long process of starting a vineyard and developing a winery, there are moments that you just feel are unique and special….this was definitely one of them. 
Materials rolling in!

It is amazing to see the structure start to form, and to finally visualize the true scale of the building.  While the building is pretty big, when you just have a slab of cement to gauge its size with, it’s amazing how small it seems when sitting in the middle of 112 acres of open land. 
Who knew cement could be pretty?

Now Morton Buildings is doing their handy work and will have the building structure developed in about 2 to 3 weeks!  It is amazing how efficiently the process flows when the wheels start turning.  While the Morton team is finishing their work we will be able to bring in some other sub contractors to start their process, so we can have two teams working simultaneously.  The crews are ready to work long hours (and I am going to let them) to see this tasting room open very soon!
Side Wall

Putting in Porch Framing

Back Patio - Looking West

The Dormers are forming!

Stay tuned for pictures, pictures and more pictures.  Progress is a good thing!  Can't wait to tell you more real soon.
Craig