Harvest and Thanksgiving to me go hand in hand. The crops are in and the process begins anew. The Temecula Valley Winegrowers Association is getting pretty good at this. 31 wineries participated in the 20th Annual Harvest Celebration over the weekend of November 6 and 7. Each participating winery not only offering a taste or two of yet-to-be released wine, they also offered tasty morsels of food. This year’s celebration also marked the 1st Annual Scarecrow Festival. You still have a chance to stop by the wineries and vote for your favorite, although many of the entries have been taken down.
Phil Baily
Here again are photos from this fun-filled weekend and my gratitude to the participants: Baily Vineyard and Winery, Briar Rose Winery, Callaway Vineyard & Winery, Inn at Churon Winery, Cougar Vineyards & Winery, Danza del Sol Winery, Doffo Vineyard & Winery, Falkner Winery, Foot Path Winery, Frangipani Estate Winery, Hart Family Winery, Keyways Vineyard & Winery, Leonesse Cellars, Longshadow Ranch Winery, Lorimar Winery, Maurice Car’rie Vineyard & Winery, Miramonte Winery, Monte de Oro Winery, Mount Palomar Winery, Oak Mountain Winery, Palumbo Family Vineyards & Winery, Ponte Family Estate Winery, Robert Renzoni Vineyards, South Coast Winery Resort & Spa, Stuart Cellars Winery, Thornton Winery, Van Roekel Vineyards & Winery, Villa di Calabro Winery & Olive Oil Company, Vindemia Vineyard & Estate Winery, Wiens Family Cellars and Wilson Creek Winery.
Les Linkogle - Briar Rose Winery
Best wishes for a very happy Thanksgiving from our family to yours.
Callaway Scarecrow
Cougar's Living Scarecrows
Damian Doffo with 2010 Syrah
Deane Foote
Which One's Joe Hart?
Longshadow Ranch Scarecrow
Mark Manfield & Lawrie Lipton from Lorimar
Gus Vizgirda from Maurice Car'rie & Van Roekel
Craig Boyd from Mount Palomar & David Vergari from Thornton
Nick Palumbo
Temecula Valley Wine Society Volunteers at Ponte
Wiens' Scarecrow