You Reap What You Sow.. : )..

I like my job, but sometimes the continual loud, unwarranted

noise that co-workers make tends to make me irritable, cranky

and stressed out.  I don't know what it is about having a job at

an alarm company's call center makes people think

it's ok to stand around talking as loud as they

can across pods to their friends non-stop,

but by gosh, that's my life 40 hours

a week.  It's enough to drive

me absolutely

insane.

Sigh.

 

But!

There are times like this that make up for the stress

and irritation that my co-workers rudely create.

 

I helped one of my favorite local wineries

harvest their first grapes last year.

They called it their "First Harvest" and it

was the first time that I had ever

done anything like that!

 

It was....  Awesome..

I called it "Grape Therapy!"

It was soooo peaceful,

walking around snipping grape clusters,

listening to the music playing

on their outside speakers.

 

Ahhh.

I loved it so much that I also helped

another winery with three of their grape harvests,

and I plan to do them all again this year.

 

Yesterday?

I ventured out with my mother-in-law and

friends to Ladoga Ridge in Smithville.

They were the first winery that

I helped.

 

What did I see?

This.

Ladoga Vignoles "First Harvest".

Squee!

I helped pick those grapes!

Ooooh.

You know that I had to buy a

bottle of that!

Not only was it delishus!!

It was suhweet just knowing that

it was part of my

Grape Therapy.

Ahhh.

Nice.

Luv, Luv, Luv, Luv, Luv it..

: )..

I got to enjoy that memory with

every sweet sip of wine.

Awesome.

It was great back then,

and it was super great last night.

Can't wait for this year's harvests!!

Ooooh yeah.

: )..

Ahhhhhhhhh.

Best.Therapy.Ever.



Yes! Please!! : )..

Oooh, here is some super suhweeeet ear candy for sure!  Where, oh where
has Daniele Silvestri been hiding all my life?  I love this song.  : )..  I
finally heard it while sitting outside on the patio at Fence Stile Vineyard &
Winery yesterday.  Ooooh, yeah.  Right on.  Love, love, love it.  Or more
appropo, being at Fence Stile, I should say, "Ishq! Ishq! Ishq!" That's their
newest wine, which means, "Love" in 14 different languages.  Ahh.  I truly
thank Shriti and William for such a lovely, relaxing, super day.  Awesome.

Misty Harvest..

Soo, after soo many days and weeks and months of drought conditions, this morning's grape harvest at the Fence Stile Vineyard in Excelsior Springs started out a little misty.  I stopped and grabbed a couple 88 cent rain ponchos on my way to meet my co-worker, who also braved the rainy start.  We were harvesting the Vidal Blanc grapes this time.  There were twelve full, lush, vibrant rows, and less than 30 people who volunteered to help.  Amazingly, twelve rows later, we gathered over 9,000 pounds of grapes, and filled eleven full crates of fruit.  It was too rainy and muddy for them to run the crusher this time, so they popped the corks on their newest wine, "Sejour", which means, "Visit".  It was pretty delish.  These were the first bottles of the new addition, they hadn't opened any before.

 

All in all, despite the mist, it was another great, therapeutic harvest.  Here are some of the pics..  : )..

 Genea pickin some of the taller grape clusters..

 We had some long, lush grapes this time..

 Some of our pickin group volunteers..

 I'm betting those grapes are going

to make one heck of a delishus wine!

Enjoying a little sweet Missouri Vignole

at the end of a long morning..

Hmm..  Missouri wines don't

taste like asphalt to me..  Of course,

then again, I don't remember ever tasting

asphalt before..  Even Missouri hicks know

better than to lick the asphalt..  Wine snobs

can keep away from alllll of our Missouri

wines.  We'll be more than glad to drink it all.

Ha!  Yummy!



Fall Harvest Harvest.. : )..

Here are some of my favorite things about the fall harvests I participated in recently.  A picture with some great friends, some great wines, and a little grape vine votive candle to boot.  I found the photo holder at Hobby Lobby one of the days where I scored a bunch of items and still spent less than $6.00.  It was my regularly priced item that I got an additional 40% off, while just about everything else from that trip was on clearance sale.  : )..  I've been waiting and waiting and waiting to finally use the photo holder, knowing that I was going to get the chance to help two of my favorite local wineries harvest their grapes.  Such a great time, such great photos!