Photos Courtesy of Diane Schaefer
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
The set up for the grape stomping
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
Stompers
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
Another batch of stompers
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
The yield of one batch
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
Straining the juice
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
Squeezing out every last drop
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
David Gurule measuring the output of juice
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
Rinsing off purple feet
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
Gurule gives first place winner Peter Tha of Tucson a certificate for wine.
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
Carlton Thompson of Silver City receives the second prize certificate
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
Lenin Beltran of Juarez received one of third prize certificates from Gurule.
La Esperanza Winery 12th anniversary 091821
Jamie Wilder of Silver City tied for third place and also received a wine certificate from Gurule
La Esperanza Vineyard and Winery celebrated its 12th anniversary on Saturday, September 18, 2021.
After music by Brandon Perrault and family, grape stomping brought out folks wanting to win bottles of La Esperanza wine. A portion of the cover charge went to the Mimbres Cultural Heritage Site.
Prizes for the most juice out of a grape stomping were 1st Place, 6 pack of wine; 2nd Place, 3 bottles of wine; and 3rd Place, 1 bottle of wine.
Third place came out in a tie, with Jamie Wilder of Silver City and Lenin Beltran from Juarez, each producing 800 ml of juice.
Second place went to Carlton Thompson of Silver City for his production of 875 ml of juice.
First place went to Peter Tha from Tucson, who stomped out 900 ml of juice.
Each person was given a bucket with 5 pounds of St. Vincent grapes and given one minute to stomp as much as they could. The bar was there for support. When time was called, each participant emptied his or her tub into a bowl. The contents of the bowl went into a sieve and they could press the skins to get a bit more juice.
Dave Gurule, vineyard and winery owner with his wife, Esperanza, measured the juice. At that point, the competitors rinsed their feet and went to cheer on the next group.