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Did you know that September is California Wine Month? Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed that for the third year in a row. You should have been seeing wine specials at your favorite store and supermarket all month in honor of this important segment of the economy of our state. Let's raise a glass together. Cheers!
We residents of Kern County, living and traveling amidst miles and miles of rows and rows of grapevines should have seen numerous pickers in the vineyards all summer long, as our very important table grape crops were harvested, boxed and transported to market. People of my age (ahem, old) who grew up in this area, remember sitting under the grape arbors that were fairly common in our backyards, picking and enjoying the yellow, small Thompson Seedless in their heavy clusters, or climbing the neighbor's back fence to get at the wonderful, big, juicy Muscats. Ahhh....
As the weather cools, the time arrives for the picking and crushing of the wine grapes....
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