Friends of the Vineyards capped off 2015 with another successful holiday party. The FOV Holiday Party, an annual tradition, was a rousing success with wine, food, and music shared by all. The party was held at the Ruby Hill Clubhouse. Although it was cold and damp outside, the festivities indoors warmed body and spirit! Eighty members and guests came together to celebrate. The venue was decorated with pine cones, greenery, and seasonal lighting and colors. An abundant buffet of delicious food was served along with wines from Rodrigue Molyneaux Winery, owned by our board member Nancy Rodrigue, and Villa per Due winery, owned by board member Norm Petermeier. The attendees were serenaded with violin music performed by Jim Hurley while they celebrated the season. As usual, a good time was had by all! If you haven't yet had the opportunity to attend this event, we hope you will be able to make it this year. Our Twilight Tasting Event at Page Mill Winery was a great success! We raised over $1000 for our scholarship program for students in the Las Positas College Viticulture and Enology Program.
Special thanks to Page Mill and the vendors who donated raffle items and 10% of their sales proceeds from the event. Page Mill also donated the tasting fees collected for the evening. Thanks also to Terra Mia Restaurant for its donation of a $50 gift card which was included in the raffle prizes. Thanks to all who attended and contributed for making the evening a success. Everyone had a great time at Sunday's Wine Blending Party! This was a great opportunity for people to learn to blend their own wine. Participants worked in teams to craft their blend. Judges selected the best blend, and the winning group took home a small personal-size bottle of their blended wine. Norman Petermeier, FOV vice-president, presented the workshop. He is the enologist at Ruby Hill and Rubino Estates Wineries and winemaker for Villa Per Due Winery.
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