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Chef Tommy
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Ask me advice on food, cooking and wine! Husband & Father of Two Human Resources. Private Chef & Sommelier. Hobby Vigneron. Grapes priced in Sats. Everything becomes cheaper on a bitcoin standard. Node runner and Bitaxe lottery miner. Bitcoin is an ego test. Never stop learning.
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ChefTommy 2 months ago
Sunday morning punchdowns. I pressed the first lots from Secret Vineyard and barreled the wine for malolactic fermentation. These lots from my vineyard are slowing down perfectly as they near the finish of fermentation. Punchdowns require a gentle touch to rewet the cap and coax color, tannin structure, and aromatic lift from the gross must. Those elements will unfold over the wine’s life. Low intervention timing and restraint now are as strategic as stacking Bitcoin. image
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ChefTommy 3 months ago
Harvesting my vineyard! 2025 vintage under way. My other fermentations from Secret Vineyard are humming along beautifully. Now to get these Cabernet Sauvignon crushed! #winestr image
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ChefTommy 3 months ago
Harvest 2025 is underway at a secret vineyard in the Oak Knoll District AVA, it was 75 at 7am. Paid via the Lightning Network to one of my favorite Boomers. This year delivered a steady, balanced cycle of growth and an encouraging amount of rainy season, with ripening accelerating right after a lovely heat spike. The secret vineyard is dry farmed and biodynamic. Cabernet Sauvignon, 250 lbs of clusters queued for hand de-stemming. I expect my home vineyard to reach 23– 24 °Brix within the next week or so. It’s at the edge of Carneros which is a cooler microclimate and gets the bay breeze. Completely different growing conditions than Oak Knoll. It’s been five years in the making. This is a labor of passion. Remember to keep your dreams close and work hard on them whatever that may be. Find something you love to do when bitcoin “rocket ships “. I will meet you there Beyond the Pines. My 2024 vintage is bottled and will rest for six months in bottle before release. #winestr