Friday, October 1, 2010

Wine Season

Bob & Bernie have sent this email to just about everybody who may be interested...but in case you missed it, here it is again.
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Bernie has just completed her chemo and will start the radiation sessions next week. This will take about six and a half weeks, which means that we will probably arrive at Sandpipers around Thanksgiving time.
We have been busy here in Indiana with Bernie's treatments, etc.
and managed to get to Europe twice.
We were in Sicily for a week and in the Piedmont
visiting vineyards and wine producers in May.
We were in the port producing region of Portugal for a week
just returning a couple weeks ago.
I took more that a thousand photos each week of all the sights.
Maybe someone can convince me to put on a "slide show" this winter?

We have been busy visiting a few wineries in Indiana to collect samples for the January Wine appreciation class - we are almost done.
The wineries selected have won numerous awards across the country.
We discovered a wine store here in Indiana that had an extensive collection of Ports from Portugal, so we purchased several of these for out Port Appreciation class in March in case there would not be a good selection in Texas.
Bernie has been working on several recipes for Mexican dishes to use in the February Wine with Mexican Food Appreciation class - Bernie has got all her recipes finalized and has tested them out on some of our Sandpiper visitors and they all liked them!

After purchasing the wines and checking out the recipes, we determined that we could do every Wine Appreciation Class for $10.00 each for each person.
The Bring You Own Wine Event in December
is free to all who bring a wine and a snack.
So, find a wine that you like, found this summer etc. and join us in December.
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The Schedule for Winter is as follows:
December 12th at 3:00 PM "Bring your Favorite Wine"
Free: Bring a wine and snack
January 9th at 3:00 PM "Indiana Wines Appreciation"
$10 per person

February 13th at 3:00 PM "Wine with Mexican Food Appreciation"
$10 per person

March 13th at 3:00 PM "Port Wine Appreciation"
$10 per person

Bernie and I are looking forward to an exciting winter at Sandpipers.
We hope to see all of you there.
We will be starting collecting money when we get to Sandpipers in November - remember you are signed up after you pay.
If something happens there is usually someone on the waiting list.
Last year all classes were filled up.

Hugs,

Bob and Bernie

1 comment:

Bob #36 said...

Thank You for putting the info in the BLOG, Bernie and I are looking forward to this Winter season.