OK - this is the final of the three posts today! I'll have to stay up on things in the future! On August 23rd (Saturday), 2008 we visited the Page Springs Cellars third annual Harvest Festival.
Being a very wet summer, we found rain again on this outing. I have to say, though, it was very pleasant at this outdoor event because it was a very light rain and just enough to cool things down.
We arrived a little bit early hoping to take some pictures of the vines for the magazine (we're always looking for that special "cover shot"). With the clouds it was a bit difficult and the ripened vines were covered in bird netting (placed over the top of the vines near harvest-time when the grapes become dinner for animals in the area!). I did, though, crawl under one of the nets and I think we have a winner for our winter cover! We'll see!
We met up with Fabian Grandoli the vineyard manager for Arizona Stronghold, Page Springs' sister vineyard. And also with Sam Pillsbury of Pillsbury Wine Co. When the festivities began we ordered a bottle of the Vino de Familia, one of my favorite Page Springs wines. A nice fruity yet bold red - I believe it's mostly Syrah. Eric is a master at blends!
We went down to the entertainment and enjoyed Fabian's son singing for the first time to the group that had arrived. He did a wonderful job! Not only was it his first time singing in public, it was his sixteenth birthday! Bravo, Thomas!!!! I think we'll be seeing this guy in the record stores in the future (oh, just dated myself). . . on MTV in the future!
Then we were treated to Keith Greeninger and Dayan Kai - formerly of City Folk in the Santa Cruz area of California. When Eric was a winemaker in that area he met Keith and we are happy he did! The band was energetic and everyone was up dancing! It was a family affair!
Next up was Po' Girl from New Orleans! Wow - they were fabulous! Their lead singer has so much energy and a beautiful voice! I was truly amazed.
For food we enjoyed burgers, dogs and veggie burgers! Staffed by volunteers, I was so impressed by how smooth everything was. All smiles and a fun time!
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