I’ve learned something new every day since I started working here. Some days are packed with technical information and others are just trivial tidbits. Today I learned that all 6 of Sokol Blosser’s cats have names. I know that this might seem inconsequential to many of you, but I’ve worked here for almost a year and I never knew. I’m blown away by this, quite frankly.
Now many of you have never seen, and probably didn’t even know, that we had cats here. Well, in keeping with our organic, sustainable practices we hired “the rodent patrol” – 6 feral cats (all spayed and neutered by the Feral Cat Association) which go out and catch the mice and voles that attack the vines.
“What is a feral cat, exactly?” you may be asking yourself. Well, according to my friend Wikipedia: “A feral cat is a cat which has been separated from domestication, whether through abandonment, loss, or running away, and become wild. Adult feral cats that were born feral usually cannot be socialized.” That pretty much describes our cats. Only one of them lets people touch him, or even come close to him. The rest of the cats scatter at the sight of people.
I consider myself to be quite an animal lover – I even joined PETA for a couple of years. However, I’ve never bonded with these cats (and how can I when they run away as soon as they see me coming) and maybe that’s why I’m so excited to know that they all have names. So next time you come in to the tasting room, do some name dropping and ask about: Tigger, Grandma, Babygirl, Filbert, Sniffles, and TJ (aka Pickles).
