January 2010 Blog: Winter, REFB, Wineland
I am writing this in late Fall- true frosty December weather- some of the coldest temperatures of recent record here in Northern California and along Wine Road – not used to so much ice, frost and snow dusting the hills and peaks in the Alexander Valley—even have ice along the edges of the Russian River itself which is beautiful to see- and makes the drinking deer sound so crunchy- very unusual for us- the cold, not the crunchy deer sounds. This cold will make the vines even more dormant- certainly makes me sleepy, too. Our Wine Road offices and warehouse have been hovering around 54 degrees- after 7 hours of small space heater and forced air, temp just peeked at 72- Beth and I are just freezing lately in here! Winter Wineland ticket sales...
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Photo credit Laura O’Hanesian laurao14@comcast.net Holidays Along Wine Road Writing this just before Thanksgiving, still on a high from the most incredibly well-received, successful A Wine & Food Affair we have ever had! The cookbooks actually sold out with the advance pre-sale tickets- that has never happened before in all these 11 years of the event. Wineries and guests alike were very happy with the success of the event- it was great fun! Suspect that being on Facebook may have spread the word about the event better than ever before- and also, with the economy in such a state but starting to right itself, the event may have been recognized as a great deal- an economic way to have a great time up here. Next stop, Winter Wineland- tickets went...
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