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Sixth Annual Wine Tasting at grapestompers.com

grapestompers.com held its sixth annual wine tasting event at the Burgiss Barn in Laurel Springs, NC on Sunday, October 5, 2003.

The event was attended by several people, and offered tastes of over 20 varieties of wine. Live mountain music was provided by Alfred Michaels, 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 Monty Combs 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:

Photo 1 - Crowd gathers around the red wine table
Photo 2 - Wines from Rag Apple Lassie were a big hit
Photo 3 - John Brady shows his woodworking
Photo 4 - Tom Burgiss demonstrates the "Magic Magnet"
Photo 5 - Candy Porter serves wine to participants
Photo 6 - Brant meets a couple from South Korea
Photo 7 - Tom runs the show
Photo 8 - We need more wine

grapestompers.com's 6th annual wine tasting took place on Sunday, October 5, 2003.

This photo shows Tim Burgiss, eldest son of Crazy Tom, explaining the health benefits of drinking red wine (made from a Cellar Classic wine kit).

Tim Burgiss describes the red wines at his tasting table

PHOTO 1

	Wine tasters enjoyed sampling over 20 varieties of wine. The majority of wines served were made from the kits sold by grapestompers.com, but another winery - Rag Apple Lassie - joined us for the event! In this photo, you can see Walt and Sara McMillan pouring Chardonnay for a wine taster. Yum!
Rag Apple Lassie Winery poured their line of fine wines	PHOTO 2

While enjoying the wine and food, the crowd was treated to the craft talents of John Brady, a local woodworker.

The handmade Lazy Susans and trivets look like they would come in handy and enhance anyone's kitchen.

Neat stuff, John!

John Brady shows off his craftsmanship

PHOTO 3

In this photo, Tom has challenged a taster to compare the taste of a young red wine before and after the application of a "Magic Magnet" coaster, which softens the tannins of a tart red wine in only a few minutes.

Everyone was amazed at the difference... "Vive la magnet!"

Tom Burgiss introduces tasters to the "Magic Magnet"

PHOTO 4

We set up four different tables at this year's wine tasting:

Dry Reds
Dry Whites
Sweet Wines
White Zin "doctoring" table

This photo shows Candy Porter pouring wine for Adam, the official chef of Thistle Meadow Winery.

Candy Porter pours a sweet wine

PHOTO 5

Folks came from all over the world - literally - to enjoy the wine served during our 6th annual wine tasting.

In this picture, Brant is serving wine to a young couple from South Korea. These folks must have liked it... they bought 4 bottles before catching the plane home!

Tasting inside Grapestompers' retail store

PHOTO 6

Always ready with a gift of gab, Tom emcees the opening ceremony.

Joining him is a volunteer (or should we say victim??) from the audience. Boy, is she brave!

She'll know better next year!

Welcoming folks to the wine tasting

PHOTO 7

Jeff tells Tom he only has 3 bottles remaining

Of course, it wouldn't be a normal wine tasting if everything went smoothly... what fun would that be?

In this photo, Jeff is telling Tom that we only have three more bottles of wine left at the table... should he get another case??

Tom, we only have three bottles left!

PHOTO 8

Be sure and join us for next year's Wine Tasting, scheduled for Sunday, October 3, 2004. Remember, our annual event is always the first Sunday in October.

All photos on this page were taken by Monty Combs. Thank you again, Monty!

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