My Apologies

From ABC - Australia:

Man hurt in grape harvester mishap

Wednesday, 16 February 2005

A man has been taken to hospital after becoming trapped in a grape harvester on a Lyrup property in the early hours of this morning.

It is believed the incident happened about 1:00am ACDT.

State Emergency Service crews were called to the scene and were able to free the man from the machine.

The man is believed to be badly bruised, but it is unknown what other injuries he sustained from the accident.

I think the timing should be a dead giveaway. Folks around here say that nothing but trouble happens after midnight. Of course, these same people are, for the most part, closet prohibitionists. But maybe they're right. Think of what all that 24% Alc/Vol Shiraz would do to your faculties.

The man is believed to be badly bruised? I would recommend he be de-stemmed, given a temperature controlled maceration, followed by a cold stabilization, and then racked for 18-24 months with someone coming by to occasionally stir his lees.

Again, I apologized in advance.