Greatest of the Grape

Here's our area for serving wine at the Greatest of the Grape.
Linde (my Dad) and David (winemaker), aren't they handsome!
The three of us after drinking plenty of wonderful Oregon wine.

There's this wonderful event in southern Oregon called The Greatest of the Grape. It's put on by the Umpqua Valley Winegrower's Association and it takes place at Seven Feathers Casino. Anyway, why am I writing about it? We go down every year and serve our wine and have a great time. Throughout the night people vote for their favorite wines and wine/food pairing. We took down our Huxelrebe wine and we got the People's Choice award for the Best White. David (winemaker) accepted and was "very pleased". Of course, I was jumping up and down and a little more than very pleased (I am somewhat excitable).

This week so far has been good. We are working on getting our next labels set up at the printer and bottles ordered. There are a lot of things that have to be done before wine can be bottled. Proofs have to be checked and double checked so things don't slip through. Everything from spelling, bar codes, year, alcohol and description. Wow, I'm sure this will get easier the more I do it.

The contractor has been jackhammering outside the winery since Monday. We are removing all the sidewalks to put in a new deck and seating area. I'm looking forward to the noise stopping but I can't wait for them to start building. It is good to see things moving forward and improvements happening. Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures along the journey. We hope to have the building done by June 1.