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The branded barrels are in place!
This past week, Clyde got busy taking barrels down, branding them, and putting them back in their proper spots. Here’s what the back wall of our cellar looks like now:
Although you see the ladder there, Clyde did not heft those barrels up to the ceiling by hand! There is actually a pulley system that he and a customer rigged up a few years ago to accomplish this task. Each barrel is tied to a rope which is threaded over the pulley; then a tractor does the heavy lifting. Once the barrel is up in the air, it can be slid into its place on the top shelf.
You can see the pulley hanging from a metal bar between the floor joists at the top left corner of this photo.
The barrels are empty while they are being handled, and now that they are in place, Clyde will fill them up with wine using his remote-controlled pump. All those Peaceful Bend-branded barrels are a fun sight to see in our cellar! Cheers.