Chateau Migdal - Aging Area

Migdal uses both giant and normal sized oak barrels for aging.  They also have the metal chiller tanks for whites and roses.  Most of them are housed in a giant building toward  the back of the complex.  Also in the building is their largest tasting room, which overlooks the barrels.

Still Marching

March is so close to being done I can taste it.  There's backstitching on this square, too, so it's not just cross stitch like the first two.

Chateau Migdal - Second Hall

 This is the entrance to the second hall.  In the anteroom, there's a display of all the different products Migdal sells.

More interesting ironwork and a hallway full of wine cubbies.

Trying A Different Tack

I finished the first leaf, so progress has been made.  In looking at the pattern for the second leaf, I saw that it wasn't individual motifs like the last one.  For this reason, I decided to try the instructor's method of doing the whole piece as lines of running stitch instead of as motifs.  This is the start of that experiment.

Chateau Migdal - First Hall

 Chateau Migdal, also known as Chateau Cojusna, is an independent modern winery about ten miles outside of Chisinau.  They export mainly to China, the former Soviet republics, and Africa.  We went on a tour last Saturday.  Our tour guide was not a regular employee, as they have no English speaking guides.  She was a French teacher from the nearby school.  This means our tour wasn't nearly as insightful or in depth as it could have been, but it was still fun. 

There are huge wine aging vats, ceramic lined, in the front cellar hallway.  They're used to age whites and other wines that aren't oaked.

Lots of pretty ironwork throughout the complex.

And, of course, collections of wines in cubbies.

Sheepfully Done

I finished!  This is a Shepherd's Bush design called Hold Hope.  It was a pretty easy stitch, and a small one.  I'll be making it up into an ornament soon.  I'm trying to get a bunch of smalls stitched up before I move.  I also like that it's a finish for one of my Crazy January starts.

C House With Dawn

We went to C House with Dawn after our last visit to MolDeco.  Their margaritas are frozen, red fruit, and large.  They taste pretty good, too.  We shared a proscuitto plate and Andreas had his usual greek salad.   My salad was a beef salad that was truly a meal in itself.  Dawn had a pasta dish with cream sauce and pancetta, while I had a steak and Andreas had pasta too.  I don't know how this Italian chain decided to open a restaurant in Chisinau, but I'm glad it did.