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Our new friend, Merlin, arrives from Germany to assist with the 2008 Harvest
Preparing for Red Newt's 10th vintage, we have purchased a Willmes Merlin 4300 grape press to bring crushing and pressing operations home to Red Newt. This segment chronicles some of arrival day.
Every day at Red Newt starts early with fresh bistro-baked bread.
Everything from scratch is what I do. Bread, desserts, dressings, sauces, you name it. The way I look at it, if I didn't want to spend all the time and effort to make everything as close to perfect as I can, I should be doing something else. Fortunately, I do love what I do!