Zin is at it again: Harvest Cat in Action

Inspecting the fruit

Zin checking the scale to make sure it is working order.

Zin  overseeing operations

Zin  inspecting the grape bins

Checking out the temperature on the bottom of the tank

Monitoring the power supply

Catherine and Calli's week at RustRidge

Catherine

Callie

Callie and Catherine with me (Zin)

With Rosie

riding Rosie and Lacey in the arena

Going out to ride in the Vineyard

Lacey and Catherine in front of the tasting room

Callie with Josef (in truck)

Winery Work: topping up Chardonnay

Catherine on top of the barrels

Pre-harvest grape sampling

Checking the brix

Ditto

sampling the must

Hanging with the girls

All dressed up!

Callie and Uncle Jim

I'm in love!

Tighten than cinch!

She's a lot of horse!

Tacking up

Uncle Jim and Catherine

Pulling leaves and thinning crop

Girlfriends!

Riding different horses

A walk in the vineyards...

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?

Cirque De Vin

Acrobatics in the vineyard...could be a new concept for Cirque de Soleil, or maybe they should consider agile felines like me in their shows, after all they use horses in Cavallia....

Zin is Zin

It has been a week of hot weather, over 100 every day!

Zin continues to act like she runs operations here

See her inspecting the wine hoses?

Here she is inspecting the bottling truck.

I'm still the main blogger here

Here I am with Josef and Sophie, we had a great time together: Up at the pond, in the vineyard and at the B&B!

I'm Zin and I am taking over, I think I've got this place figured out

I arrived at RustRidge almost a year ago. I used to live in Pope Valley at a very quiet house tucked in the hills. The guy who lived there was moving and one day Jim and Catherine came by to visit him. They saw me hanging out and asked if I would be staying or going. When they heard that I was not going, they decided I needed to move to RustRidge Ranch. I ended up in a totally different world. There are 13 other cats here and nobody put out the welcome mat for me. I had to fight for everything I have. Luckily, I got tough in Pope Valley and was able fend for myself.

Everything is about wine on this ranch. I know how to market wine. It is all about presentation.

Wine is made out in the vineyard. (If you don't nurture the vines, they won't produce good fruit, so it won't matter what you do in the winery.) I help Jim when he works out in the vineyard.

It is important to select the right barrels.