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We
and our friends and kin enjoyed red and
pink Kiger wines
at home and on the road. Fun photos below!
| Family |
Friends |
| Mary
& John Kiger |
Jon
Saxe |
| Chuck
& Sheila, Sandra & Lou |
Jesper
& Chie Jorgensen |
| Sam
Kiger |
Jenny
& Dave Paquette |
| Dad
again |
The
Pickerings |
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Rob
Shomo & The Koss Boyz |
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Cousins
Mary and John Kiger (yes, yet another
John Kiger) visited San Francisco and
Sonoma Valley wine country from Charleston,
SC. Before taking them to some of our
favorite local wineries, we had lunch
on our back patio with our favorite local
rosé.
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At their home in Healdsburg, Sandra and
Lou Phillips hosted a wonderful dinner for
us and Dad and Sheila; we took this photo
with a self-timer after a few bottles of
KFV. Sandra, in the middle with Mozart,
worked with Dad at Boston University back
in the 70s.
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John's
cousin Glenn, in Nashville, entrusted us
with his son, Sam, for a week in late June.
Also shown working hard on the Farming
page, Sam lavished attention on all our
animals who became thoroughly spoiled. Sam
tasted the KFV Odyssey and proclaimed it
"way better" than the Aussie shiraz
his parents usually drink.
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Our longtime ski buddy, London-based Jon
Saxe, was in SF for a conference and spent
a day with us. We made our way through a
few west county tasting rooms and Jon made
a new friend.
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Jesper
Jorgensen was a co-worker of John's at BEA.
He and Chie, who's now his wife, were grape
crushers at our first harvest party back
in 2005. Currently "on sabbatical,"
they detoured from their Napa excursion
to swap stories and taste the fruits of
their long ago labor.
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Dave Paquette is an old NC college buddy
of John's. He and Jenny stayed overnight
with us in June. In addition to drinking
plenty of KFV, we did major damage to Dave's
credit card at some of our local wineries,
and Deb got behind the bar at Muscardini
Cellars' tasting room to pour and extol
the virtues of Michael M's sangiovese and
barbera.
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Another longtime ski buddy, Dean Pickering,
spent an afternoon with us. We talked
him and wife Donna, and daughters Katrina
and Emily into staying for dinner. Katrina
dug up some new potatoes and Emily harvested
onions.
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Rob Shomo, whom we know through old tech
days and mutual friends, came to visit
with his friends Greg and Alek Koss. It
was mostly an easy day of sipping out
on the back patio, but Alek got a chance
to harvest some squash, cucumbers, and
carrots, and marveled over being able
to eat them as soon as they were pulled
from the garden! Rob's moving to Asheville,
NC, so we hope to return the visit at
some future Christmastime.
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Deb's
dad with us out on the Sonoma State Beaches coastline.
It was 100 degrees just two miles inland, but
was a comfortable 65 degrees at the beach.
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