Playing with Photography, Part VI – The Vineyards

Channing's Daughters Vineyards, Long Island

We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears grapes season after season
without thinking of the grapes it has borne.
~ Marcus Aurelius

Atlantic breezes cool Channing Daughters Vineyards and create a climate hospitable to a wide array of grape varieties.

 

Channing's Daughters Vineyards, Long Island

The Vineyards are on a beautiful plot of land in Bridgehampton on the North Fork of eastern Long Island. Twenty-five acres of vines, a small winery and a bustling tasting room.

Channing's Daughters Vineyards, Long Island

Owner/Sculptor Walter Channing’s works are present in the vineyards, tasting room, and almost anywhere you look around the estate.

Channing's Daughters Vineyards, Long Island

Sculpture © 2014 Bo Mackison

Sculptures emerge unexpectedly the end posts of vineyard rows and less subtly in the form of towering inverted trees against the horizon.

Channing's Daughters Vineyards, Long Island

We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy,
even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry. ~ E.B. White

Stone’s Throw Winery

New Years Eve Party

New Years Eve Party

It’s been nearly a month since the turn of the New Year, and I just realized I had never processed a series of photos I took at Stone’s Throw Winery in Door County, Wisconsin during their New Year’s Eve Party. So before January turns to February and thoughts of Spring begin to take hold, I’ll share these winery photos.

It was a brisk day outside, but plenty of warmth was inside the winery. I do believe everyone who was on the Door that weekend made a point of stopping in for a wine tasting. I admit I’m not the wine drinker in the family, but Sherpa is a huge fan of Stone’s Throw.

Primitivo and Angelique

Angelique and Primitivo

Sherpa loves all the wines, but he especially loves the Primitivo. I toasted the New Year with a sparkling white wine with a hint of almond – yum! – called Angelique. It’s a cozy place to visit if you are anywhere near the area, and one of my favorite stops on the peninsula.