NEWS FROM THE GRAPEVINE!

   THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2024

  NEWS FROM THE GRAPEVINE!        

    I hear it through the grapevine. Or, rather, email.

The modern equivalent of the grapevine! Blue 

Ridge Estate Winery was looking for a few

volunteers to help with a grape harvest. My

wife and I liked the idea. I've enjoyed the wines 

at these vinyards so why not pitch in to help?

We headed out first thing in the morning and arrived 

about 9. Some other volunteers were already there.

The assignment was to harvest as many of the Aromella

grapes as possible. Their juices will enhance other

wine products naturally without adding sugar.

We were given shears with which to trim the

grapes from their vines (my wife, ever prepared,

brought her own). We were able to pitch in for

about 2 hours and our cuttings, coupled with

those of the other volunteers will produce

about 50 gallons of juice. It wasn't very

difficult and, in fact, proved to be a lot of

fun for the time we were there. I am still

convinced there is a huge vat somewhere

on the property where some bear-footed

women are waiting to mash those grapes

into a liquid form! No one would admit

to that! But I'm looking forward to

sampling the new wine once it's

bottled and ready for consumption!

Maybe you'll get to try some too!

Hope so and that all your

NEWS is good!