It blows my mind how many of you email and bitch at me when I go more than 7 days without
throwin' down some blog. This past week may well have been the busiest of my life. My memory is fuzzy but last week we hosted what seems like millions of guests, friends, salesmen and colleagues. I think a relative or two even came by. When it all unfolded I think I enjoyed the guests the most. Friends tend to drink all our wine, salemen seem to waste all our time, colleagues can't talk about anything that doesn't have to do with wine and relatives either stay too long or not long enough. (Felix and Michelle, it was the latter.)
On top of all the people, we also hosted the Wind River Cellars Golf Scramble on Saturday. I wasn't able to attend because a group of people called earlier in the week and said they were coming up so I stayed in the tasting room. The group never showed up and I hope they die. When I did get to the golf course for the post scramble party I got the feeling that some of the participants had been drinking. I can't remember the last time I was the most sober person in a room of 100 people. Husum locals, Jill and Steve, along with Steve's father and Gumby won the cup and $10,000. Most of the other participants went home with one of the many prizes donated by Josh and Ryan (Not to be confused with employee of the month runner-up, Ryan).
Visitors of the week include the wonderful people from Kansas, all 30 or so of them. It's lonely without them and I feel like "Dust in the Wind". Other favorites include Joe and Amy from El Mirador Winery, Bob and Denise from Cascade Cliffs Winery, Regan, Andrew, Sarah, the group from Arkansas, the brewery accountant, Josh and Ryan and most of all, Alicia, Paula and Jon. Those of you who were 1 of the hundreds to come up over the weekend had the opportunity to enjoy the great fun that Alicia, Paula and Jon bring when they work in the tasting room. Alicia worked so hard on Saturday that she had to lay on my couch all day on Sunday. She said she wasn't feeling well. She barely touched her pancakes at the Husum Fireman's Breakfast. I had so many great tasting room guest this past week that I'm forgetting several. I'm sorry for that.
This Friday and Saturday I will be pouring wine at the Camas Days Wine/beer Festival. This is always a great time to come out and buy me a cold one. Employee of the month runner-up, Ryan will be slingin' samples in the tasting room all weekend. He might even get out the guitar.
You can crash on my couch any time, Husum!
Joel
