May.  I love May.  Balmy, sunny days.  Flowers blooming.  Critters frolicking in the meadow.
 
Where the heck is it!?
 
Right this minute, the wind is blowing, the temperature is 56 degrees, and there is the threat of more rain.  Right.
 
Well, the vines are still growing, length about four to six inches.  This is just right for this time of year.  It appears as though we are keeping disease at bay, and that the crop level will be good.  Let's hope we have another year like 2007.
 
We have lots of new and nifty items in the retail store.  Our "Group Therapy" shirts with the sparkly thingees on the front were so popular, that we have added two more shirts of the same type.  One says "Wines Constantly" and the other says "Its 5 O'clock Somewhere".  They are really cute, have the sparkly, girly glittery stuff on the front, and are sure to go quickly.  To my friend, George--- sorry, Bud.  We don't have them in your size.
 
Biker notice.  If you didn't make the blessing the bikes because you were too wimpy to ride in the driving rain, I have good news.  Your bike was blessed in absentia by Jim "Pappy" Strous, Chaplain of the local HOG.  We have on hand several of the "Blessing of the Bikes" pins for you for the asking.  Special thanks to Battlefield Harley Davidson for donating them to us.  Three bikers showed up.  Cathy, our Tasting Room Manager who rode in the rain all the way from Greencastle, me, and friends who rode their brand new Honda from Hanover.  Then another couple came a bit later.  The rest of you.  Wimps.  But get your pin anyway.  (Note to Big Biker Joe.  The "wimpy" does NOT apply to you.  I haven't gone all stupid.)
 
Festival report.  For the first time ever, we participated in the Gettysburg Blue Grass Festival this past weekend.  I was excited because Rhonda Vincent was playing.  Her pulchritude is surpassed only by her angelic voice.  So I was excited.  Except for the part where Gavin scheduled me to be at yet another festival in Annville, PA on the day that Rhonda was performing.  Guess which one of us got his photograph taken with her.
 
Coming up this weekend is FlavorFest at the Mt Hope Winery.  These are the people who organize the Renaissance Faire, so it's sure to be a good time.  You can get a discount coupon for the tickets if you go to this website:  http://www.padutchcountry.com/our_world/flavorfest.asp   AND, the highlight of the whole event is sure to be my talk on wine appreciation.  Hope to see you there.