I decided to do a very different take on the Weekly Photo Challenge topic.
In the liquor business, spring means it is wine-tasting time!
Wine-Tasting Sign
The highly popular event started at 1:00; my friends and I arrived just after 2:00, and I was customer number 493!
My Tasting Book
Forgive the quality of some of the photos…there were hundreds of different wines to taste…and I was being jostled by the hoards of eager wine connoisseurs clutching the glasses and books, pushing their way to the many tables…
Sometimes it is hard to get near the tables…
My tactic was to head to the food table first for some meatballs and cheese and crackers. You can’t go to every table unless you are extremely patient or very aggressive (and you aren’t driving home). I studied the book in search of some rose’s. …after all it IS spring and summer barbecue season is coming…
It is hard to take pictures when you are trying to handle a book, a pen, and a wine glass. I just couldn’t couldn’t focus properly with one hand, and people were moving.
Despite the blurriness of some of the people in this shot, check out the one woman not moving: the one on the left in the neon green shirt, truly paused in her tasting…
Not sure if I like this wine…?
But don’t bother to come after 3:00, because this is what you’ll see:
Corks and empty bottles abound…
So how many did you Taste ?? And buy ???
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There are hundreds. I didn’t taste that many this time…maybe 12? I put a limit on myself before I went in; I bought 3 bottles.
The wine is 20% off at the event. The woman in front of me at the checkout spent over $400; the clerk was quick to tell her, “You saved over $100!” I tried not to let my jaw drop…LOL!
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Hahahaha…oh my.
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I thought wine tasting was a year-round event. glad you enjoyed yourself, xo LMA
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LOL, LMA! Believe it or not, there are seasons to the wine business…there’s another big tasting in the fall when the next season’s red wines arrive…
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We will be there!
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Corks and empty bottles – a very successful event, indeed!
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