Thread: Visit to the Vineyard

On 8/30/2010 8:04 PM, koko wrote:
>
> Saturday morning I had the chance to visit one of our local San Diego
> County Vineyards. Stan and I happened to meet the owner in Albertson's
> a few weeks ago and we were invited to visit. We got a private tour
> and were thrilled, what a treat!!!


Ask the owner if he needs help harvesting the grapes. My DH and I were
visiting a vineyard in Missouri near Cape Girardeau just doing some
tasting and we got to talking with the owner. He asked us what we were
going to be doing the next day. We told him were just hanging around the
area (this was when we lived in our RV) and he hired us to harvest
grapes. We came back the next morning and picked grapes next to some
very interesting people. One was an artist, another a college professor
another a foreign exchange college student. It was lots of fun and they
fed us a really nice lunch, too.

We each got paid $32 in cash so we bought some wine and I made DH take
me out to eat as I had labored in the vineyards all day and was not
about to start cooking.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

"Janet Wilder" <[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
> On 8/30/2010 8:04 PM, koko wrote:
>>
>> Saturday morning I had the chance to visit one of our local San Diego>>
>> County Vineyards. >
>
> Ask the owner if he needs help harvesting the grapes. My DH and I were >
> visiting a vineyard in Missouri near Cape Girardeau just doing some
> tasting and we got to talking with the owner. He asked us what we were >
> going to be doing the next day. We told him were just hanging around the
> area (this was when we lived in our RV) and he hired us to harvest >
> grapes.

That's considered a privilege here, at least for the small or private
vineyard. I help my neighbors but don't get paid, however I can help others
and get paid AND lunch, like you. There's a tradition not to take money
from neighbors unless you are hiring them to do their specialty, like mason
or plumber.

On 8/31/2010 3:35 AM, Giusi wrote:
> "Janet Wilder"<[email protected]> ha scritto nel messaggio
>> On 8/30/2010 8:04 PM, koko wrote:
>>>
>>> Saturday morning I had the chance to visit one of our local San Diego>>
>>> County Vineyards.>
>>
>> Ask the owner if he needs help harvesting the grapes. My DH and I were>
>> visiting a vineyard in Missouri near Cape Girardeau just doing some
>> tasting and we got to talking with the owner. He asked us what we were>
>> going to be doing the next day. We told him were just hanging around the
>> area (this was when we lived in our RV) and he hired us to harvest>
>> grapes.
>
> That's considered a privilege here, at least for the small or private
> vineyard. I help my neighbors but don't get paid, however I can help others
> and get paid AND lunch, like you. There's a tradition not to take money
> from neighbors unless you are hiring them to do their specialty, like mason
> or plumber.
>
>

Wow! Now I can add that we were privileged to the story. Thanks!

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.