Finishing School

Posted 02/25/2008 at 08:12 AM by Dirk

While great wines must have a long, even lingering, finish today's blog is addressing the questions people have been asking about our horses that should be in the corrals by Highway 29.

Our horses are off at "finishing school."  If you ask me, "finishing school" is a misnomer. It seems that the whole idea of "finishing school" is to get one "started"...not "finished."

Penny and Pearl , who started as cute little colts last year, have turned into cute quarter horses that have to learn the tough realities of carrying a saddle (and someone on top of the saddle).

If you can't guess which one is the white horse and which one is the brown horse from their names, I am guessing that there isn't any point in reading further.

For a while, we have enjoyed seeing them learn to get used to a halter and to some commands as they trotted in the training circle, but now they have been temporarily moved away from the winery. It feels a bit like sending them off to college without the anxiety of the application process, the cost, the financial aid forms, or the beer...actually, it isn't at all like sending them off to college – Larry and I just have college kids on the brain!

That has left only Star and a "corral buddy" hanging out in the pasture in front of the Sullenger House. I think Star liked it better with the other two around but this leaves more of the spring grass for him.

We were thinking about Penny and Pearl because they seemed to love bottling last year. We are bottling Merlot and Syrah this week. In the past, they always trotted over to the fence to see if anyone wanted to give them a carrot. It made it seem as if they were interested observers to all of the extra activity that surrounds bottling.

It shouldn't be too long before they are back at the winery. Bring a carrot. They will put up with any of us for a carrot.

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