[Dixielandjazz] Wine tasting

[Marek Boym]

Hello Jim,
After all, we get notices of the Nappa Valley gigs on the list, so I
know there's some traditional jazz played there.
But here, it was not in a "wine country'' (although, taking into
account the size of Israel, It might be smaller than any "wine area"
in the USA).  The event took place on the farm of the father of the
winer; he himself came to Isreal from the US, and is a lawyer and a
notary; the Pelter winery  is located on the Golan Heights, where two
of three sons of Mr. Pelter live.  A fmily business, in which one
brother is the wine maker, while another brother is engaged in
marketing.  The Golan Heights are an apple country; and indeed, apples
were also served.
Cheers

On 11 September 2011 17:07, Jim O'Briant <jobriant at garlic.com> wrote:
> Marek Boym wrote:
>
>> Yesterday I ... went to wine tasting instead of the beach. ...
>>
>> When we ... were approaching the premises, we heard music, ...
>>
>> it was the sound of Swing de Gitanes.  ... two thirds of the
>> group - Yaakov Hoter (guitar) and Oren Sagy (bass) - were
>> there, playing live. ... We stayed much longer that we would
>> have otherwise; we just listened to music, making occasional
>> trips to get a glass of wine.
>
> It's not unusual to find something similar at California wineries. In
> California's "wine country" (not just Napa Valley and Sonoma County, but in
> other wine regions as well -- Lake County, Mendocino, Livermore, Sierra
> Foothills, Santa Clara Valley, Santa Cruz Mountains, Monterey County, Paso
> Robles, Santa Barbara County, Temecula, etc.). Here in the Santa Clara
> Valley (the south end of Silicon Valley), several of the wineries have live
> music one or two nights per week. Unfortunately, most of it is 80's cover
> bands re-hashing their re-creations of 25-year old pop tunes, and there's
> relatively little Trad Jazz.
>
> But there's some. My band, the Zinfandel Stompers, has played at Solis
> Winery in Gilroy every Memorial Day and every Labor Day since 2007. In
> October 2010 we played for an event at Cima Collina winery in Carmel Valley,
> CA. Next Saturday, Sept 17,  we'll be at TKC Vineyards in Plymouth, CA, to
> play for four hours at their 30th anniversary celebration.
>
> I try to book winery gigs when I can; the members of the band like what they
> call "food & wine gigs." We sometimes play for a little less money than we'd
> like, but the food is generally excellent and the wines as well.
>
> Jim O'Briant
> Gilroy, CA
> Tuba & Leader, The Zinfandel Stompers
>
>
>
>
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