Wreckless Blenders

2009 Cabernet Franc blend – Winner on the left

Mad science

Mad science

2009 Sangiovese – Winner on the left.

2009 Cabernet Sauvignon – Winner on the right.

The line up: Merlot, Sangioves, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc

The 2009 Sangiovese Mix

The 2008 Breakfast Blend

Pouring at Wine for Wheels in Danville, CA

The bottling crew 2010

Bottling Merlot

Wait… Aren’t the bottles supposed to be *in* the box?

Merlot labels

Rocket Station!

Don at the Blending Station…

Food!

Jim Brown running the Library Wine station.

Wreckless Blenders, Blending Day, April 18, 2010.

Pre-party planning. By the way, the staff at Ambrosia was amazing!

Time for their close up! They’ve been too long in the Cellar. Time to come out and be…

Rocket admiring his label-work…

(hey! pssst! lemme tell you, this party’s gonna rock!)

Rocket and good friend Pat…

The Wreckless Cake!

How did those labels get on the cake?

John and Sister, the Master Cake-maker Wendy!

The awesome Krishna, order-taker extraordinare!

Rocket and lovely wife, Lisa. Lucky man!

Rocket, lovely wife Lisa, and sister Wendy. Reverse order if you couldn’t tell.

Aftermath…

Aftermath continued…

The superstars of the party!

Incredible! We made this?!?

Never cause a Wreck with your Sampling Clamp.

Sampling Clamp… Good to the last drop.

Wait, Jim! Are you sure that is the right thing to do?!

Wait a tick! That isn’t oil you’re putting in the barrel, is it?

Whew! Good thing the funnel is labeled properly.

The Wine Funnel. Just in case there were any questions.

The 2006 Cabernet won Best of Show at the Placer County show.

We’re on fire!

Get you’re ear protection and safety glasses! We’re plugged in now!

A big grin for Best of Show at the 2009 Placer County show.

Ensuring proper levels are established and maintained.

Rocket in the Rocket-mobile

Impressionist Clouds

More Impressionist Clouds

Rocket is in the clouds… Impressionist Clouds, that is!

Sampling Clamp… To ensure a better grip on your wine…

Palm trees and grape vines… California!

It is early so coffee is needed.

Prepping

Capsules

The fill-monster!

Check us out, we’re filling!

Rarely does this happen… The filler is ahead!

Photographic evidence is required.

Our sample bottle for the day…

Talking wine-shop

Taking a break from the fun…

Sangiovese… we get our grapes from Bob Gibson in Mendocino. Can you guess the signi…

Stacking in the winery… Want to come taste some? Send us an email at info@wreckessb…

The labeling crew worked hard this day…

Labels! Our first set of production quality labels. No more cut and glue… ah, the l…

Too wet to take the trailer to get bottles.

Picking up the bottles.

Bottle stash!

Wait a second… who unloaded that pallet??? Oh wait, we did.

Filled to the brim and the front seat.

Stacking the bottles for processing

Getting the production line established…

Looks like R2D2, but is our best friend… the filler-bot.

Jim Brown gets the corker ready.

Oil can ready.

Oil can in action!

Stand back! I have a corker and I know how to use it!

Any bottles you’d like to cork? I have oiled the corker to its prime operational effi…

The labeling crew…

Stack them this way…

The Master Filler.

The proud papa. Wow the labels look great!

JT, Master of Ceremonies!

Every last drop..

First batch done…

What do you mean there is another batch!?

After all this, only half a bottle is left over.

The view from the Loomis property

The prototype label applicator…

Big screen in the winery!

Rocket establishes base camp.

Don K showing off.

Revisiting the label applicator. Graduated from prototype to beta version.

The exhaust fan for the cold room, newly added.

Don and Gayle…

JT arrives

JT arrives and appears to be stuck.

JT arrives and escapes the convertible. Whew! We were worried.

Rocket finds his techno camp.

We have to determine what stays, goes, gets mixed, or goes it alone… Nice work if y…

There are four groups, each with tasting notes.

The other side of the line up.

View from the barrels.

Okay, okay… who put the carboy on the table saw!?! A whole new meaning to wracking.

Techno camp!

Wreckless corks!

Wreckless corks!

Taking a rest from being Wreckless

The big container.

Original artwork for The Breakfast Blend http://wrecklessblenders.com/2007-breakfast-…

Ah! A new pump! Mmmmm… the new pump smell.

Rocket (John) get’s ready for some wine-ninja-tastic tasting! Shirt courtesy “Ask A N…

Peek inside and see how good it is…

His and her barrels of wine. What more could you ask for!?

What the barrels see when we’re not looking.

Contemplating the outcome… Dave, Don, and Jimbo.

Successful day of sampling – Dave, Rocket (John), Johnny, Jimbo, and Don

Successful day of sampling – Dave, Rocket (John), Johnny, Jimbo, and Don

Bottom’s up! – Dave, Rocket (John), Johnny, Jimbo, and Don