Cabernet Sauvignon Estate in Northern California

The only thing I knew about wine was that with a screw top, I didn't have to push the cork into the bottle. He was actually was speechless there for a second. I think it was then that he decided to later give us what they call a "barrel tour."

Its always awkward meeting residents. Its like they're nervous we'll see their dark corners. And though they've been cleaning up for a week and the place is literally perfect, they think we might find flaws or something. Meanwhile, wide angle lenses forgive dust that housecleaners could never imagine, but that's clearly not very obvious because we explain that almost every time, and generally to great relief.

So my favorite thing about Steemit may be that I can post images clients rarely pick. If the goal here is interesting content rather than attempts to sell something, then maybe we can show some of our more experimental images.

These varieties are selected for soil type, latitude, elevation, and the direction of the hill relative to the sun. This hill, as it turns out, grows a cabernet sauvignon that actually changed my mind. It was a bottle from this field that first showed me how wine can reach levels far beyond anything I knew before.

Every property will have about seven minutes to shoot any given angle. Which seven minutes depends mostly on time of year and the angle of the lens relative to the building. We get a fair bit of free time.

The hot tub actually works, the wood slats actually hold water. Apparently before electric heaters, people made little fire boxes and floated the box to warm the water.

Some of the older properties in Sonoma and Mendocino show signs of outstanding artisans having been around. If they're still here, they're either struggling or not worried about marketing because they're already 90. We've worked for about two of them in the last ten years. They have been around and some with exceptional skills.

Mark brought us, one wine glass, and some kind of turkey baster. He drew a few ounces from a vat, squirted it into the glass (to mix it with air) then took a sip. He made a slurping noise, then described it as his way to move liquid over the entire tongue. As we toured through his collection, he spoke about oak and moss, fruity smokey notes, and I can't honestly remember 90% of what he said. I was floating in a mix of disbelief and wine grown within 40 feet.

We struggled to get good interior shots. The lady was not interested in us photographing certain parts, probably because the entire place wasn't technically perfect. She didn't understand that no one wants photos of third floor bathrooms or the back closet behind the pantry. Some realtors think they need to include everything, but really, no one ever publishes anything except the overall living room shot and maybe one of the kitchen. We couldn't really deliver what we hoped, but the architect understood all very well. That we didn't end up getting paid for the whole project was, I guess, less inconvenience than her potentially having two photographers see (not display) evidence of hoarding or whatever it was she feared.

They built a tasting room in Healdsburg right by the town park. After the tasting room was closed for the day, I wandered around the park and found a few beautiful people. I asked if they were willing to drink free wine in exchange for being on the internet. I had a crew of models in about five minutes and a couple tourists got the highlight of the night.

All questions welcome. I don't really know what I should add about what. I'd love to hear what directions you think I should take. We have terabytes of images and no real clue which of them to post. I think I'm already better at formatting, I'll know more in a minute.

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