Ronnovations

Working on the winery today, painting window frames and cutting grapevines in the sun. A long way to go. There is so much work to do but like the saying goes "you can eat an elephant, it takes one bite at a time." Above are pictures of the double basket hydraulic wine press, barn boards being painted in the barn/winery cellar, view out one of the front windows, window frame being restored and painted.

More photos of the barn

Here are a few more photos of the barn.

Sawing logs from trees on our property for the barn floor and the front of the barn. getting ready for paint in the spring of 2011.

SOLAR PANELS ARE ON THE ROOF

After months of efforts the solar panels are on the newly painted roof of the barn and ready for the sun. There are 44 230Watt panels and that should be enough to run our house and then some.

Cleaning out the Barn For Electric

As the electricians came in I wanted to clean out the barn area where they would be working to wire up the Tasting Room. The wiring is in now and all the outlets and lighting fixtures are ready to go. But first the drywallers need to come in. Here's the barn Tasting Room all cleaned out waiting for drywall. The portable saw mill will be coming out in a few weeks to mill the fifteen trees we took down to make floor boards for the Tasting Room. More on that later.

Today we tested the wine press and things looked good. Sorry, it is sideways.

It's All Coming Together

Stone Barn Cellars should be a reality in less than two years. This year we are getting heating and air conditioning, solar panels, electric, drywall, new paint and if we're lucky a deck.