Red Hat Hattitudes Wine and Dine

What a fun group! The Red Hat ladies came to Windswept Winery and enjoyed a "Wine and Dine" event.

One thing is for sure....Red Hat Ladies know how to have fun.

Here's a picture of the group, all decked out in their Seasonal attire.

Thank you, ladies, come back and see us soon.

Shriner's Christmas party

Windswept Winery was honored to host the Shriner's for Christmas Party and Wine Tasting.

The event included sumptous meal of Windswept Brisket, Chicken Land Rush Alfredo, veggies, rolls, potatoes, salad, and an amazing Chocolate and Raspberry Decadance Dessert.

The evening featured a very entertaining gift exchange...you will have to ask one of the attendees for more information on that....
Lack of a picture here is testimony to my new camera; and my lack of understanding of the new camera...haven't given up, though.
Thanks to everyone of this fun, fun group. We had a wonderful time with everyone.

Whispering Wind White

The sweet beauty Whispering Wind White is now back in the bottle! It is delightful to savor this tropical fruit, asian pear-tinged and apricot-hinted luscious wine. We are happy to have it back on the shelves, and ready for you.
Don't delay if this is one of your favorites. We have many cases pre-ordered, and want everyone to get their share!
Look for the green label.
Made with the Vignoles grape.

More bottles!

Windswept Received a new bunch of bottles this week, and you know what that means.
More bottling just around the corner. I will try to get pics posted of the process. That will be fun.
Stay tuned for the new releases.

Fall in the Vineyard

Finally a frost this week, and the vines in the vineyards have lost their leaves.
We couldn't have asked for a longer or more gentle fall for the vines to harden for the winter. Hopefully the vines will have a nice gentle winter's nap, and be ready for spring.
There were a few snowflakes late Friday night, and the wind was blowing. It certainly felt like Winter had begun!

October

Wow, today is the normal first-freeze of the year, and it is still warm and wonderful. There is no freeze in the forecast, and that is wonderful. Hopefully, the freeze will hold off just a little while longer, so the vines will fully prepare for the approaching winter.
The normal first freeze date plus a week or so would be awesome for the vines

Harvest time again

Grapes coming in, wine bubbling away, the winery smells wonderful! We love this time of year. It's the end of one portion of the season: growing grapes, and the beginning of another, the WINE! It is awesome to bring in the crop, and get it moving towards that wonderful wine.

Hot, Hot Hot

Whew, It is hot.
We always get the question; is the hot weather hard on the grape vines?
The answer is yes, and no. Generally speaking the hot weather is not a problem, if it is hot and dry, it tends to keep the fungi away. If the temperature gets above about 98, the vines tend to really slow down their processes and start stressing.
So we don't like it to be too hot, but it can get pretty warm and still be ok with them.

So now you know if you ever wondered. ;-)

Winery is Busy-Winfield Outlet is too!

Things have been so busy. We are barely keeping up.
Windswept Winery hosted a private tasting at the Outlet at 6 o'clock Friday night May 14.
What a fun time!
Call the winery if you would like to have a unique experience fo you club or group.
(Now if someone sends me picture, I'll put it on the web!)

Blush and Rustling Leaves Red - Coming Soon

We have some lovely sweet wines that we are going to be bottling soon.
Our award-winning Blushing Beauty and the sweet velvety Rustling Leaves Red.
Coming right behind that is the Dry crisp refreshing Chardonel in our Leaning Tree White.
You all have been so patient and we sure appreciate it. We are hoping in the next few Weeks we can get some bottled for sale.
News from the cellars is that these are going to be awesome!
We will post a banner on the website and announce when they come out.

Udall High School Prom -2010

Wow, what a wonderful event!
Everyone laughed and ate, and danced, and have a terrific time.
The DJ knew how to rock the place, and the dresses and ties were amazing!!!
These young people really know how to throw a party, and we were thrilled to have the Udall High School Junior Senior Prom.

If some of the young people that attended send me their coolest pictures, I will get a couple of pics in here.

(OF course, folks, it was non-alcoholic but there was some sparkling grape juice in attendance!)

The Vineyard is Budding

Pruning is done - WOO HOO
We are always thrilled to have that little chore behind us.
And just in time, too, because the leaves are coming out and spring is on the way.
We planted a few new types of grapes to see how they are going to do here in our vineyards.
Later this year I will try to get some pictures on the blog so you can see how they 'look', and we can decide together if you like the way they are growing.
Try not to be too hard on them, they are babies!

Valentines Dinner 2010

We had a wonderful and well-attended Valentines' Gourmet Valentines Dinner Event - the chocolate pasta dish was too fun!
Windswept Winery had six courses (The best we can remember after all the fabulous Windswept Wines and eating and eating and EATING.)
Everyone had a fabulous time, and of course we are already planning the next one! We have a 'zinger' or two planned for next year.
Remember very limited reservations are taken, and we can get you on the list anytime during the year.

Snows on the vines

We have had some snows...have you noticed?
The vines are all safely in dormancy, so all is well with them.
We are just hopeful that they will not bud early and then have a late freeze. That is very hard on the vines, and on the wines that come from them.
The last few years have been tough ones for the freezes in the spring, so hopefully we have a 'gentle' spring in store.