Monday, August 14 - Weaver's Cellar Wine has been busy this summer fermenting additional flavors for winter enjoyment while on the road. That called for adding on to the cellar wine rack.
Time to add on.
Now that should hold just about all the wine Marsha can drink in one winter!
Now that is more like it.
She kept Paul busy bottling the wine. Here he is using the machine to install the corks in the bottle. Funny how easy it is to remove that cork when so much effort is needed to get it in there.
Speaking of making wine, Marsha loves a good party! She has had a summer wine tasting party for over five years. We enjoy visiting wineries during our travels, and Marsha enjoys sharing that wine with family and friends. This year, many of the attendees brought along a bottle of wine they purchased on vacation or at a local winery.
Dave, our son-in-law, volunteers to act as the sommelier, but no one ever told him he would have to wear an apron this year! Doesn't he look cute!
We were thrilled to have a good group at the party. Our youngest daughter, Carrie, was here from Houston to enjoy the event. She brought a couple bottles along that didn't fare well with the guests. They were voted the two worst among the fourteen bottles judged. She said we don’t have “real” wine taste buds…lol
Both wines Carrie chose didn’t fair so well.
Carrie was here for five days. We spent a couple days at Kelly and Dave's home in Chardon, OH, which is in the heart of Ohio Wine Country. So of course, we visited several wineries and enjoyed some tasters.
Kosicek Vineyards
Kelly took us on a hike in one of the local county parks, The West Woods, Geauga Park District. This is in extreme NE Ohio which is a very beautiful area. It is not far from Lake Erie which means large amounts of SNOW in the winter. Carrie enjoyed a few days of relief from the Houston 100 + temperatures. We sure enjoyed our visit with her! We'll see a lot more of her later this year with our stay in the Houston area over the holidays.
We had to watch our footing.
Sharon Conglomerate.
A couple of cute bridges.
We still have more planned for our Ohio summer. We have a trip to Gettysburg, PA, and then back to Ohio for Marsha's dad's 90th birthday in early November. Paul keeps saying we better get out of here before the snow flies, and Marsha assures him we will. Check back and maybe you'll see Paul high tailing it down the road with Marsha shoveling snow in the background!
Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!
I make fruit wines. Do you have a good blueberry wine recipe? Or peach?
ReplyDeleteSounds like a really good summer so far with good stuff yet to come. But November is pushing it so be safe.
ReplyDeleteGood to see the wine tasting party continues! Poor Carrie and her contributions:( Dave looks so cute in the apron.
ReplyDeleteLooks like great fun with the kids on the trails. I love the hikes you did!! Awesome!
Have fun in Gettysburg!! Safe travels!
November departure?! I hope that goes well.
ReplyDeleteGood times.
ReplyDeleteThat is some wine rack. I feel for Carrie. I was once told the wine I brought to a party had the essence of cough syrup. Hopefully, no snow for a while.
ReplyDeleteThat is a nice looking wine cellar, I made wine and beer for over 30 years, sure was a lot off fun. But once our house was gone, no more room to make it or even store it, as huge sacrifice we made to enjoy this lifestyle. But worth it for us.
ReplyDeleteGlad you are still busy enjoying Summer. That is quite the Wine Rack. The biggest we ever had was for Fifty Bottles.
ReplyDeleteWe'll be heading south before the S@#w flies as well.
Be Safe and Enjoy!
It's about time.
Whatta a party!
ReplyDeleteWondering if you ever did the wine trail in the Finger Lakes area of NY.
You are really getting serious with the winemaking!
ReplyDeleteI grew up in Erie, PA so am familiar with the snow in that area. Long winters!
What a great job Paul did in the wine cellar!! Now you have MORE room!! Glad you had your fun wine tasting party!!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome hike, fun and beauty all rolled into one!!
Enjoy Gettysburg!!!
Happy for summer updates.
ReplyDeleteWith all that wine makin', and drinkin' going on, I'm thinking you guys have recuperated from all the projects. . .way to go!
What fun! How many bottles of that stuff do you figure you'll drink in ONE winter?
ReplyDeleteSeriously jealous of that wine rack!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if you had time for your wine tasting party with all the projects you had going on. Very nice wine set up, Paul! All that wine making and bottling brings back memories of my dad. When we moved him into assisted living, he took his favorite chair and the last 2 cases of his homemade wine. He always enjoyed a glass before dinner.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great wine party and a great hike. Lots of wineries in north east Ohio.
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