September 20, 2003
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This is what ended up getting me a free case of wine. Lots of labor!
This is a pic of my Brother in law Andy, his brother, Mark and wife Terry are the owners of Piasa Winery. (pie a saw)
I worked for wine and Andy worked for money. He had the much harder job, ha ha. I did more helping than working, though one day before grape harvest I did some weed whacking and I did get paid for that. I loved being at the vineyards and helping at the winery. We processed literally tons of chardonel and traminette grapes.
Next time I’m going to borrow my AllieMcNallys camera so I can take some decent pictures. This is a shot of the vineyard from the winery. The water is the leading edge of the acre pond that Mark and Terry had built.
My old man would be thrilled that his face is so blurry that you can’t get a good look at him. That’s him and brother in law Andy. Those shapes in the background are more grapes. Really I’ll do better next time.
This is in Alton Illinois at the Robert Wadlow memorial.This is a life size bronze. He was 8’11″.1 and he was only 22 when he died. They called him the “gentle giant”.
The original chair was specially made for him by a furniture manufacturer who saw how uncomfortable he was in a regular chair. (I was very comfortable behind my sis and as you can see her feet are a long way from the ground.) This is an exact bronze replica of his chair which is now in a local museum. If I can get copies of the pictures on my sisters camera you’ll see our second trip here in the rain.
Also in october the Norton grapes will be ready for harvest and I’m going to try and go back with a real camera.
Comments (5)
The vineyards make me dream and when my wife and me are among them we feel ourselves live again . I like your picture . “The boat on the pond ” looks like a painting .
I like this blog
LOve Michel
Cool pics– I’m gonna have to research Robert Wadlow– how’d he die so young?
your sis and you look almost conjoined in that picture.
wow thats awesome. i always wanted to go to napa, ca and see the vineyards there. im glad youre back,
i was wondering if you would post again!?
Ah yes, I have fond memories of Alton – right across the river from St Louis, right? I had a “friend” there.
I see you corrected the Steve McDonald spelling. I don’t know where I got the extra A! Did I mention the CD I had was Highland Farewell?
The pics are nice. I can do grape juice as long as it’s not fermented!
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Oohhh, that’s my kind of work….working for wine! Hehe…I had a discussion recently about what it must have been like in early colonial days in Australia when rum was the local currency.