Grape Therapy 4.0

This is how I spent my day yesterday.  : )..  That and finishing laundry.  Trust me, the wine harvest was a lot better than the laundry.  Lol.

 

 Beautiful, lucious Chambourcin grapes,

just hanging around, waiting patiently to be picked..

 The crates that held another 9,000

pounds of harvested grapes..

 A sunny morning harvest this time,

no rain in sight..

Needless to say, I got a little..

crispy?

Lol..  And I got stung again..

Those bees get pretty ornery when we want to

pick their delicious, juicy prizes.  Ouch!
"Bzz! Step away from my grape cluster
and put the pruning shears down! Bzz!"

25 people..

9,000 pounds of grapes..

Not too bad at all.

: )..

 

But the best part of yesterday, was the fact that

it was a wine harvest that occured one year to the

day that one of the owners was having heart surgery.

He has recovered since then.

The grapes that were harvested last year were

sold to another winery.

Fence Stile had one late harvest on November 22nd,

where those who volunteered stuck it out in the frigid

temperatures and huddled inside briefly in front of their

fireplace, sipping mulled wine.

Those grapes were harvested, crushed

and turned into yet another amazing and delicious

wine.  It is called, "Ishq", which is "Love"

in fourteen different languages.

They had to fight hard for the label and the name,

trying to justify why their wine should be called Love.

After a valiant battle, Ishq made it's debut at

the afternoon toast.  It's going to be another one of the

top sellers.

 

Also, I would love to give William and Shriti a hearty,

much deserved, thank you for their support of the Benefits4Tyrone

fund.  They were the first responders to our cause, and have

gone above and beyond with ideas for helping raise funds.

We are truly thankful and grateful for their generosity and support.