Wine Club Event - July 23rd, 2011

I think we delivered on those invitation promises. 

We made a few changes to the event this year. 

The biggest change was in the food department. 

We had it catered. More on that below.

Once again, Davie talked "vineyards" on the deck.

While he gave his presentation

the wine flowed freely.

As usual, he brought vines & vine parts to help folks

understand what the heck he was talking about.

Due to the weird weather year, he was able to bring pre-bloom, bloom & post bloom samples, and explain the different stages of development.

Then it was time to take a walk in the vineyard above the deck.

It was a hands-on experience.

I was able to attend his presentation for a while and learned a few things myself.

But then I had to leave to start the Corn Hole tournament.

The tournamant prizes were impressive this year:

1st place was a 3 Liter of the '04 D'Adamo

2nd place was a 1.5 liter of the 05 Firehouse

3rd place was an '07 Mimbre

Not bad for 3rd place!

This shot provides an overall picture of the game with the 2 platforms and a bag sailing through the air.

As you will notice, pitching/lobbing/throwing/hucking & chucking styles varied considerably.

When all was said & done, the four winners were:

Will, Melody, Larry & Steve

So if we had 3 prizes, how did we end up with 4 winners?

That's easy... the tournamant director screwed up and had to make it right.

And Anna was asked to sign my mistake.

And in the food department

we did our best to convert the cellar appropriately.

Rolls & salads and

the Baron of Beef,

all professionally prepared & served by Inez & John.

Davie thanks John Sorensen for a job well done.

John runs a large and sophisticated catering company. He also does does amazing Lobster feeds. He get's recruited to cater special events all over the United states, and even a few places off the continent.  He was catering several other events that day, but he came personally to our event, and we appreciated it!

Check out his website:  http://sorensencatering.com/

Katherine, Anna & Larry

John, the old brother... Oops, I meant "Oldest"

Anna

Leslie giving out our gift bags that included a rose and a bottle of our Late Harvest Chardonnay.

Macario & Anna

Ranndy & son, Tyler

All of these great pictures were taken by Macario's Mom again this year.

My only complaint is that she didn't provide a picture of herself.

So I'm forced to re-use last year's picture:

In the picture above we have our Assistant winemaker

Macario, his Dad, Malaquias, and his Mom, Lezlie.

 

Thanks once again, Lezlie!

We thank you all for coming!

Ranndy, Davie, John & Larry