rev:text
| - From the LVRJ -- August 2007 / Here's a vintage idea. It's called the Grape Expectations Nevada School of Winemaking. Located at 1971 Whitney Mesa in Henderson, Grape Expectations allows students to get their hands -- or is it feet? -- wet as they experience the winemaking process and end up with bottles to take home. The school is run by Charlie Peters and Louis Sodano.
Here's my update: I just spent 2 hours corking a full barrel of wine -- and it was a total blast. I was there with friends who'd gone through the whole process -- choosing their grapes, stomping them barefooted, the blend, several barrel tastings and today's bottling/corking/labeling. Ok a barrell is roughly $2300 -- but that's 40 cases of wine -- which averages about $9+ a bottle. You get to make, barrel, taste, bottle, cork , seal and label -- and it's a total blast.
I'm blown away by Charlie's passion. Even more so that he's so close to our home and we knew nothing about this... people - this is a brilliant team building exercise, holiday gift, wedding favor, 21 year old gift -- and more... Charlie's expertise is in handling the full experience --but if you have more talent, talk to him -- he's phenomenal -- plus he's a whiz at magic...
He did a card trick that I'm still freaked out about...
This is the real deal, people. Cannot wait to get more folks involved...
|