[OL - FB3] Vineyard of Light Winery

[CapOnBOBS]

From the dining terrace, guests from here in Lavalette and across the Brick Seas love to listen and watch the massive water wheel of the Winery's automatic grape press slowly turn with the current of the creek. 

Just listen to the creek of the wheel and the water dripping off the blades.... nice...

The newly licensed large factory is the real engine of the vineyard, where grapes become wine... Let me show you...

It all starts with our freshly harvested grapes going in to the patented automatic grape crusher... water powered. 

The heavy turned granite column does not turn fast, but at 400KG, it doesn't need to.

From there, the red haired gentlemen, Mr. Mullet (pronounced like Buffet, cause he is an Oleonder) and his team add yeast (the white powder in the bottles) to the barrels of crushed grape juice to jump start fermentation.

Once the yeast has been added, the whole mixture is dumped into the fermentation tanks. Here pipes circulate the mixture and the fires speed up the fermentation process. 

The fermented grapes are then pressed and screened to remove sediment as the aging barrels are filled. 

Mr. Mullet's team hammer lids on to these barrels,

and down into the cellar they go for aging... watch your step, it is pretty dark and always damp. 

As you can see, we have ample space for aging wine down here. Large casks one the left and standard barrels on the right. Cats help prevent rodent prevent rodent problems. 

After 9 to 18 months, depending on the size of the barrel, we bring it up and then, for wine destined to be drank on the island, bottle it. For the rest, we ship it in the aging barrels. 

The finished "Vineyard of Light" wines are moved across the street to the warehouse for sale and delivery.

Yes, it is quite the operation, but we can do it start to finish right here in the vineyard. Grow the grapes on the plantation, make the wine at the factory, store and ship at the warehouse, and enjoy at the restaurant. Admiral Beauchamp has a team working around the clock to expand the cultivation to double the grape harvest. 

(Note: I had to google how wine is made, it is actually pretty accurate I think. Also, if this were real bricks, 15K+ of them at this point, turning the waterwheel would actually turn the crushing stone I think)

The West and East Vineyards produce the grapes, grapes are turned into wine at the winery, some bottles go to the restaurant, while the rest is distributed from the warehouse or sent to the wharf for shipping around the Brick Seas. 2 x Large Plantations, Large Factory, Large Artisan, and 2 x Large Commercial licenses. 

Edited April 15, 2021 by CapOnBOBS

[Bodi]

Very nice scene, I like how huge it looks like, the amount of details of impressive too.

[Fraunces]

very nice indeed ! A very big plantation/factory after all. 

[NOD]

Nice factory. I particularly like the wine press that is driven by the water wheel. The finished "Vineyard of Light" looks great.

[evancelt]

So many cool details! I especially love the pouring grape juice, press design, and water wheel. Great job!