Fourth Annual Wine Tasting at grapestompers.com
grapestompers.com held its fourth annual wine
tasting event at the Burgiss
Barn in Laurel Springs, NC on Sunday, October 7, 2001.
The event was attended by more than 200 people, and offered tastes
of nearly 40 varieties of wine. Live mountain music was provided
by Wayne Henderson and Helen White, and a delightful dinner of barbecued
pork and roast beef was catered by Jimmy Benge of Jiff Catering
for all participants.
grapestompers.com would like to thank Keith Bumgarner of
Greensboro, NC for taking the photos during the wine tasting.
You can scroll down the page to see all the pictures from our wine
tasting, or simply make your pick from the list below:
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grapestompers.com's 4th annual wine tasting took place
on Sunday, October 7, 2001.
This photo shows Brant Burgiss, Webmaster and son of Crazy
Tom, pouring some Chianti for Ron Jelich of Greensboro, NC.
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October 7, 2001
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PHOTO 1
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Wine tasters enjoyed sampling over 40 varieties of wine.
The majority of wines served were made from the kits sold
by grapestompers.com, but lots of local vintners shared
their homemade wines as well. The wine must have tasted good,
for it nearly all disappeared!
The homemade dandelion wine didn't last 15 minutes before
it was gone, which made lots of folks envious of the lucky
samplers.
This photo shows Crazy Tom opening wine bottles as fast as
he can. Notice the intense concentration!
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October 7, 2001
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PHOTO 2
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Bob Edwards hosted a tasting table in one corner of the Burgiss
Barn. Bob makes some great wine himself!
Bob is shown on the far right.
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October 7, 2001
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PHOTO 3
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One of the advantages of a wine tasting is the ability to
sample several different wines to "zero in" on your
favorite variety.
It's a great way to try out new types of wine in an inexpensive
manner (our annual wine tastings are FREE - you just have
to bring your own wine glass); before you know it, you'll
become familiar with the wide range of sweet and dry red,
blush, and white wines. Of course, some folks enjoyed them
all!
In this photo, local winemaker Virginia Van Hampton offers
some tasting hints to visitors at her tasting table.
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October 7, 2001
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PHOTO 4
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We set up four different tables at this year's wine tasting:
- Kit Reds
- Kit Whites
- Homemade Wines
- Wine "doctoring" table
In this photo, Tim and Debbie Burgiss holding down the fort
at the white wine table.
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October 7, 2001
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PHOTO 5
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Everyone was eager to try out the newest kit wines for 2001.
The Ice Wine was really popular!
In this picture, Tom is getting ready to serve another sample
of wine.
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PHOTO 6
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Everyone enjoyed the musical talents of this duo. Wayne Henderson
(left) and Helen White (right) entertained the guests at the
wine tasting with some great guitar and banjo pickin'.
Wayne has performed at Carneigie Hall and makes custom instruments
by hand.
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October 7, 2001
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PHOTO 7
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All photos taken by Keith Bumgarner.
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