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It is the beautiful time here...Wish you were too.
Posted on: 16th October, 2009
This is a soft and indistinct morn. I like it that way. There is a quiet to the mist over the mountain; the Piedmont foothills are muted in the season's colors which match the pumpkins that we keep for the kids to decorate at the winery. Soon the fire pits will be lit, burning the weekend long. It will be warm in the winery and round the fires and in our hearts.
These days there are so many warm colors in the woods. The words that we use to capture these colors such as orange and red and yellow do not do justice to this beauty. Of course there is still the green in many of the trees and that makes the other tones so much more striking. This is the beautiful time of year.
It is nearly peak in the Piedmont. It begins here and now and will last maybe a week...two if we're lucky. Soon the leaves will be mostly brown. In place of the warm and strong shades wrapped in their remaining crisp greens, the forests will be turning away toward winter. Soon thereafter they'll shed their leaves and the smoke of our fireplaces will drape their bare branches like a shawl around grandmother's shoulders.
These are the great weekends to visit Barrel Oak Winery. We are deep into the harvest. Sharon and Rick are still hard at work crushing the grapes and crafting the wine. We are very happy with what is being created in the winery downstairs. Our customers continue to enjoy our wines and tasting room and patio views and our staff continues to work their hardest to make everyone's experience memorable. Combined with the show outside our windows, this is the time of year that puts the WOW! in BOW WOW!
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