Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did. ~Newt Gingrich
It seems as if we've already had a momentous year, getting the EVOO certification, two silver medals, our Processed Food Registration Permit, bottling and labeling all the oil, pruning the vines, racking the 2011 and 2012 wines and keeping those adjusted, updating the rancho website and beginning to get the e-commerce functions up and running. We are additionally working on promotional materials, and of course, fine-tuning our products so that they are the best we have to offer. One would expect that one could rest on one's laurels a bit. However, we've come to the conclusion that there is no laurel resting. We had a reminder as to how very fast the year is flying by, the cattle left the property today -- literally, for greener pastures. 2013 has been one of the fourth driest years on record in California since the 1880s, and consequently, it was not a bumper year for grass, which feeds many cattle. Since the entire property, as well ...