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!
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