Fun with Friends Who will Work for Wine!

Spent a delight weekend just past with good friends from Ft. Wayne. We were together earlier this summer in Indiana to celebrate their daughter's wedding and decided we had to get together again before the summer was over. That weekend coincided with the bottling of our 2008 Seyval out at Rolling Meadows! We spent the day filling, corking, labeling and sealing the new vintage into its bottles and then we had a really nice lunch provided by Gret and Leon who came out to the vineyard to enjoy the afternoon. Two customers made the day an all around success! This new wine is a winner... but sharing it with old friends made it even better!

A Lovely Day at the Meadows

This past Saturday we had such a beautiful day at the Vineyard that I had to shoot photos and tell all about it. First, it was a "classic" Missouri fall day... not too warm, nice in the sunshine, light breeze... the works! Next, we had some really great visitors at the winery. We hosted our first ever BOOK group! It was wonderful. They brought snacks, had a wine tasting, and then spent about 3 hrs or so discussing their book of the month while laughing and sipping wine. Very mellow, totally neat and what an obviously great group of friends! We are hoping they'll come back again for a repeat... however, the weather was amazing and something we told them was made to order for their day!
Later in the day, our son-in-law, Leon, brought out his youth from St. Charles. They came for "fun on the farm" night... and we had a bonfire, roasted hotdogs, did the classic s'mores... and discovered that creative teens can make croquet a hilarious sport when they really put their minds to it! Again, what a fun bunch to have hanging out with us at the farm!
Finally, our neighbor did some haying across the lane, which made for a chance to get some rather "scenic" and idyllic photos of the farm from out on the lane... I love the look of the round bales in the fields. All in all... a great Saturday!

The book club ladies!

The croquet champions start their match!

Brad Rogers supervises the bonfire!

Ahhhh Fall!

Fall arrived in Missouri since my last post. It was a long-awaited thing too. Finally the temps cooled, the trees started to turn into something quite gorgeous, and the it was sweater and bonfire weather. Weekends at the vineyard became something to look forward to as they meant relaxing and enjoying a sunset with friends. Check out the latest shots!

Bella Notte! August 24th, 2007

I am a little behind in getting this post placed, but wanted to post the first ever "Taste of Tuscany" Dinner held at Rolling Meadows. The dinner was purchased by the Hoenigs and 3 other couples at the LHS Dinner Auction last March. The date was finally set for Aug.24th. The candles were lit and Italian music was playing in the background, as my best friend, Carol Gaunt, and Gretchen put their phenomenal chef skills to work and created a dinner that will long go down as the most sumptious ever served in our little dining room!

It all began with Antipasti and Bruschetta starters with a wine tasting and walk in the vineyard as the sun set low in the west. Next came salad... a pear and bleu cheese with light balsmaic/vinagrette dressing, then a dash of sherbet and champagne to prep the palate for the next course. The main course included fire-grilled Tuscan vegetables, Italian Saliccia roasted and served on cheesy bread, and Spinach and Cheese Cannelloni. All served with the diner's choice of wine. Finally, dessert was a parfait of chocolate brownies, vanilla icecream, and raspberries, layered with homemade hot fudge! OH MY it was good!


The Rohlfings, the Schmidts, the Boyers, and the Hoenigs arrive for their "Taste of Tuscany!"


A pretty table awaited the guests.


First comes the antipasti!


Gretchen and Carol were in their element assembling this dinner!


Ed took the diners on a tour of RMV wines.