Moonlight Cellars

Holiday Party

A wonderful afternoon of holiday merriment at Debra's. We had a blind Cab tasting, awesome food, and party poppers.  Click here for how to make one!

Dream Dinners

We had a really fun day at our Taste & Sip at Dream Dinners- thank you Pat & Terri!! We had some scrumptious meals & appetizers while we sipped on Crystal Light Mango Peach Tea. Here are some photos from the afternoon. Thank you to all the gals that attended and Dream Dinners thanks you for all the new orders. You are gonna love it!

Here's what they served us:

Pecan Crusted Pork Chops with Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Chicken Mirabella, Coconut Shrimp with Sweet & Sour Sauce and Jasmine Rice, Herb Crusted Flank Steak and Sesame Teriyaki Glazed Meatballs with Jasmine Rice

Update: A note from Margaret:

I went Thursday to Dream Dinners and prepared my meals, ordered for January and prelim for February. THANKS. So far, Gene has liked everything I've prepared.

Frost Me Sweet / Cork Class

Great day at Frost Me Sweet on the Parkway. Lots of delicious food (and the BEST cupcakes in the Tri-Cities!), wine, and an informative cork class by Morgan Ganzer- she was AWESOME!

Wine trivia

Plants expected life in years...40

Years to optimal quality......12

Tons per acre................2

Barrels per ton..............2.54

Gallons per ton..............50

Bottles per ton..............759

Plants per acre..............2,000

Bottles per acre.............1,519

Bottles per plant............0.76

Cases per barrel.............24.9

Bottles per barrel...........299

Berries per cluster.........124

Barrels per acre.............8 to 10

% of cost per bottle

Grapes.....................49%

Packaging................21%

Barrels, labor, facility....30%

Bonair & Two Mountain

After going to Two Mtn., a few of us went over to Bonair. Afterwards, we stopped at the Old Teapot Gas Station.

On Oct. 10, we went to Zillah to Two Mountain Vineyards & Winery. We were able to see what a winemaker does all in one day. We went out to the vineyard, tasted the grapes, picked a bunch (with SHOULDERS!), mashed them in a baggie, put the juice on the refractometer to check the brix, and then brought them back to the winery where we learned about yeasts, barrels, storage, etc... Matt, Pat, & Rachel went above & beyond our expectations in sharing the whole experience with us all. Rachel had our lunch all laid out for us and we had wine from the barrel to go along with it. A truly FUN & educational day!

Hard Row To Hoe, Lake Chelan

9/12/11

Randy shared his knowledge with us during lunch. One of the things we learned was about what it means to be a bonded winery. His family has been doing this for many years. Sharon and Randy really made this tour special.

Sept. 12, 2011 Chinook

Kay from Chinook giving us the tour, history, and nice wine tasting.