This is my first blog from the road. This is from my mother's computer and it's as slow as waiting until the Wind River Cellars' Holiday in Mexico trip. By the time I finish this entry, my kids will be in college. I should have just sent smoke signals. It would have been faster. Speaking of children, below is a picture of Hollywood out in the vineyard. I wasn't around for the last snow dumping but I hear that son number one spent more time in the vineyard today snowboarding than he did during all of harvest. This is just days after the beautiful day we had Saturday after Thanksgiving. What a difference a day or two can make. Truth is, this doesn't happen all that frequently, only when we're counting on lots of visitors or the snowmobile isn't running- both of which are currently the case. Speaking of a day or two, that's how long it has taken me to get this far on this !@#$% computer. Maybe when my mom is sitting down to watch Golden Girls or Hollywood Squares or whatever the hell it is she watches I can come in and fry this piece of crap. By the way, how come she buys a computer in 1999 and it still works and I buy the state of the art laptop in 2006 and mine is dead in six months and hers still works? She must download cleaner porn than I do.
I will be in Seattle until Saturday evening. I'm looking forward to one of my favorite appearances of the year at Corky Cellars in Des Moines. Those of you who are expecting Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon at this tasting will be sadly disappointed. Instead I brought Syrah and Merlot. I'll go ahead and take the blame for this mix up. Kris claims that she gave me the list but I must have set it somewhere and forgotten. Anyway, I think I'll just blame it on my mom's computer. I think it's one of those models that you get at Radio Shack that plugs into your TV.
When I'm done I'm going to play a relaxing game of PONG while I listen to 8 track.
Quick reminder: We're having a Port celebration December 8th or 9th, I forget. It's a chance for you to order a case of "Port of Celilo" with 750 ml bottles instead of the 375 bottles. For those of you doing the math at home, you get twice as much port for the same price. We only do this once a year. Given the weather conditions at the winery, I think I will allow you to order by email instead of coming out to Husum. (Although we would love to see you.) Hopefully, you will receive this blog before the 2010 vintage.
Check out the blog again soon. We will post a picture of the 20 or so elk that were in the vineyard the other day. I don't understand why people take a week of their hard earned vacation to go deep into the woods to hunt this animal. If you can't bag one of these stupid animals you're not a good hunter. Go to Safeway and buy a steak. It will taste better and save you hundreds of dollars. (Those of you so called "hunters", don't give me the "you haven't had my elk" BS. It all tastes like crap. You just need to justify your little trip up to "Brokeback Elk Camp".
To sum it up: There's snow in Husum, people that can't kill an elk are bad hunters, my mom needs to step into the 90's, it's a good thing that Connor wears a helmet, even when he's just sitting around, Kris is always right, and Corky Cellars in Des Moines is a great place for you to visit on Saturday afternoon.
Your technology is advanced, Husum!
Joel
