Festival!

Work has been slowing down recently and the last of the harvesting will be done later this week. One night while a crossflow filter was processing wine, I heard a loud pop and saw a wave of wine flying through the air in my direction. It mostly missed me, but it was still a funny moment. I guess a lot of pressure built up in the machine and that was the result.

The way it looks now, I will go to Tokaj on October 20 to harvest there and stay until I want to leave. Unfortunately, they will not be making much of the sweet aszu wines because the weather was too dry, but it should still be a good experience. Alain put me in contact with a winemaker in Australia for the harvest in February of next year, and he also asked me where I would like to work in France. He knows people in South America, Hungary, Australia, and France. He's a very good guy to know.

My parents sent me a package full of good American stuff like peanut butter, so I can make PB&J's again. It made me happy.

This weekend is the Villany Wine Festival. There was a very good parade, live music, dance troupes, food and wine. It has been a lot of fun, and I even met some other Americans. One of Alain's friends, a French guy, slept at our house Friday night and brought us a bottle of Bordeaux as a thank you. He was a fun guy, but he woke up to watch a rugby match and France lost of Tonga, which is embarrassing for anyone who cares about rugby. He sells corks in and around Hungary.

Yesterday I saw the small wine school in town, went to the parade, and of course had some wine in the evening.