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September Events at Riverwood Winery
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Late Summer and
Early Fall in the Vineyard!
The weather has been delightful this week and
perfect for harvesting grapes. Several weeks ago we
crushed and pressed Cayuga White grapes from the
Platte County vineyard operated by Mark Merritt.
That juice has completed its primary fermentation
and is now rough wine settling down to be bottled as
a completed product some time next year. The
Cynthiana vines (also known as "Norton") in our
vineyard are full of fruit and are a beautiful deep
purple. The deer are beginning to sample the grapes
so we know the Cynthianas are almost ready to pick.
We'll be crushing and pressing Chardonel grapes next
week, followed by Chambourcin and Cynthiana/Norton
in the following weeks. We have been in a bottling
frenzy trying to get our tanks emptied for the new
round of juice to come. We recently bottled the
Cayuga from last year's harvest, as well as the
Cynthiana and the Chambourcin. We also bottled a
white Port-style wine made from Cayuga grapes and
will bottle our red Port-style Chambourcin Dessert
Wine this week.
Soon the days will become shorter and the trees will
begin to change color. That's a great time of the
year for a trip out to the country to visit a winery
close to home. Sip some wine or a cold domestic or
imported beer, enjoy some cheese and dry-cured
salami, and listen to the breeze as it blows through
the leaves of the trees and the tall corn. We have
some fun things going on at the winery this month.
Please join us!
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Two Dates for Jeff Lux -- Sunday, September
5th, and Saturday, September 18th -- Live Music
on the Patio, 1:00-4:00 p.m., Free!
Jeff will make two appearances at the winery
this month. On the Sunday before the Labor Day
Holiday Jeff will make a speci  al
Sunday visit to the winery to entertain us with
his great sounds! The weather forecast is
calling for clear skies and cool temperatures on
that day -- it should be a great time to sit
outside and enjoy some wonderful music! Jeff
will also perform at the winery on Saturday,
September 18th. For more information visit
Jeff's website ( www.jefflux.com).
- Saturday,
September 11th, Live Music on the Patio, Dan
Bliss, 1:00-4:00 p.m., Free!
Come on out to the winery for some outstanding
jazz guitar and wonderful singing by one of the
best from
Kansas City -- Dan Bliss!
Learn more about Dan and his music at his
website ( www.danbliss.com).
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Sunday,
September 26th, 12:00 - 4:00 pm.,
International Wine Tasting -- Free Tasting!
We have not yet settled on a theme for this
month's tasting. Last month we featured six
interesting wines from Italy -- two whites, a
blush and three reds. We will work with our
distributors to come up with something equally
interesting for this tasting as well. The wines
will be available for purchase so you can relax
with one of the wines and a selection of cheese
and sausage from our refrigerator case while you
watch the Chiefs battle the San Francisco 49ers
on the large screen in the auditorium. If you
wish you are welcome to bring your own picnic.
Of course we encourage you to do a free tasting
of
Riverwood wines as well!
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Pro Football Season is Upon Us!
Bring your picnic and join us at the winery to
watch the Chiefs on the large screen in the
auditorium. On Sundays when the Chiefs play at
noon we will open the winery at 11:30 am so you
will have plenty of time to choose your wine or
beer and get settled with a good spot to watch
the game!
Asian Pears Now Available!
The trees in our orchard are bending
with the weight of the fruit. We will
be picking pears each day until they are
gone or have fallen from the trees. If
you've never had an Asian Pear try a
sample when you visit the winery.
Crisp, sweet and juicy, there is nothing
like a fresh-picked Asian Pear! We will
have the pears available for sale in the
winery gift shop.
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Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. We
hope to see you soon!
Sincerely,
Ginah and David
Riverwood Winery
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