Hello, I've been waiting here for you...everlong.
- The Foo Fighters

Early June,

What a weird spring! We can't seem to get two days without rain.   It's
been pretty cool for the most part, but we really didn't have any killer
freezes.  Those are baby grapes in the picture which finally decided
they had better come out or we'll never get them picked before
Thanksgiving!  Now all I have to do is fuss over them for the next three
to four months; pick and squeeze them; fuss over the wine for another
three to four months; and then we've got something to drink.  Man!
Makes me tired and thirsty just thinking about it.  We've got a few
stretches of vineyards where the grapes are few and far between, but
considering we had 15 below temperatures in January it is something of
a miracle the vines look so good.  I don't think a miracle every once in a
while is too much to ask for.

Tasting room traffic is picking up, as is the temperature of Lake
Michigan.  We are getting ready for the big Weko Beach wine event in
Bridgman in a couple weeks; Saturday, June 20th from 1 to 10 p.m.  If
you want to see all the area wineries in one convenient, beautiful, and
cool setting you really need to be there.  Music, food, and of course
spectacular wines are the course for the day.  The week after that is
Sue's birthday (she's worried about her age, but I tell her she's really
not that old in Celsius).  The week after that is the Fourth of July.  The
week after that we start cherry harvest, then comes peach season.
Summer hasn't even started and it's half gone!  I'm sure eventually we
will be complaining about it being hot and dry (we farmers are a fickle
bunch).  But right now that seems like a good problem to have.

Saw Roger McGuinn and John Sebastian at the Dogwood Festival in
Dowagiac last month in a small, intimate school auditorium.  Wow, was
that cool!  If you have to ask who they are you are much too young in
Celsius or Fahrenheit, and I feel sorry for you.  We're going to see
Crosby, Stills and Nash in August...so I've got that going for me.
There's great music every summer weekend somewhere around here just
waiting for an audience.  I have a feeling this is going to be the best
summer yet!  But in the mean time, I guess I've got some grapes to take
care of.  This “work thing” is cutting into my social life.