Free Wine Sipping Event: Red State produces White Wine - Toast to the Minority in the Red States
We're suckers for the underdog. So, after we came to terms with the fact that we would be enduring another four years with George W. we realized we aren't the true victims in the situation. We are safely nestled away in our blue state delusions. The people to be concerned about are our liberal sisters and brothers trapped in the red states where they live.
They are attacked on both sides. On the one hand they must they live among the defenders of corporate welfare and folks who vote not with their brain, but based on their simplistically hypocritical interpretations of a translated text that wasn’t actually written when Jesus was still alive. But should our southern friends venture north they must defend their sweet south from those simplistic Yankees who think all southerners are uneducated racist bible thumpers. Luckily for our liberal Virginians, god is ignoring the preachings of the Baptist ministers and instead has divinely designed an antidote for their suffering souls. Vino!
Since 2001, the count of vineyards in Virginia has swelled to over 75. Considering there were merely six little wineries in 1979 we can’t help but conclude the surge in Virginia wine production is a much needed miracle. Or for the non-believers who are dubious of miracle speak, the economics explanation is that after presidential appointment of 2000, what else could a liberal Virginian do, but drink herself into a stupor until the cloud of evil had subsided. The wine producers recognized the demand and sprung to action creating a supply that many say is only second to the wine produced in Napa Valley.
In a state that can rightfully boast of June Carter Cash, the Blue Ridge Mountains and some seriously-sized portions at the family restaurant, certainly it’s possible to produce a delicious beverage that symbolizes the blood of Christ that has some wonderful numbing qualities.
Now there’s an opportunity to taste theses delicious wines and toast to our liberal Virginian comrades.
Virginia Wine Tasting with Kluge Estate
Place: Sherry-Lehmann, 679 Madison Avenue (btw. 61st & 62nd), New York, NY 10021 Date: August 10, 2005 (Wed)
Time: 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Phone: (212) 838-7500
Taste fine wines from Albemarle County, Virginia, the area Hugh Johnson has called “the most promising wine growing region in the United States after Napa Valley.” Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard lies here, in the heart of the birthplace of American viticulture, next to Thomas Jefferson’s famed Monticello Estate. The tasting will be hosted by Kristin Moses, daughter of Patricia Kluge and William Moses, the founders of the Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard. After seven years as a publicist in Manhattan, Kristin traded concrete for the rolling green hills of her hometown Charlottesville, Virginia and has been working side by side with her parents at Kluge Estate since the launch of their first vintage in 2002. Kristin will taste guests on two of Kluge Estate’s finest wines, New World Red 2001 and their 100% chardonnay sparkling wine, Kluge SP, which will be paired with unique cheeses from Artisanal Cheese Center. From 5 to 6pm, Kluge Estate founder Patricia Kluge will join the tasting and share her inspiration for starting a winery on the estate she had already lived on for 20 years and her philosophies on creating serious wines that reflect Virginia’s terroir. Learn about her vision for Kluge Estate and how she and her husband, Bill Moses, who is also the Chairman of the Virginia Wine Board, are working hard to pioneer the growth of the Virginia wine industry. More Info: KlugeEstateOnline.com
