Ever since 2003, the middle of September brings a certain feeling of excitement to my mind. It brings to mind dusty, hot vineyards, absolutely full of virtually mature grapes. It brings thoughts of BBQ,
zydeco music and twisting mountain roads.
Walter and Syliva Georis welcome the middle of this month each year with their annual
Georis Winery Club Event, celebrating the harvest.
This vintage's party was last weekend 09/13/08, high in the
Cachagua Valley at the
Estate vineyards and
winery within the
Carmel Valley appellation. That morning Daniel, Christine, Beth and I all piled into Steve's car and headed off South towards wine and various predicted shenanigans. Beth and I have made all but one of the previous years' parties, indeed, I
wrote about last year at
my old personal blog on
my MySpace. This year's party proved to be just as much fun as the last one!
Sometimes life just nicely comes together. Sitting down at the end of the 2009 North American Wine Bloggers Conference in the sunny courtyard of Dry Creek Vineyard, I happened to sit across from one Jill Dever (Twitter). She being the Visitor Center Coordinator at Beaulieu Vineyard and the newly minted social media queen of all that is BV. We got to chatting and she mentioned that BV was really looking to expand its presence in social media, particularly with wine bloggers. A card swap, a few introductions and a new wine journey had begun!