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UPDATES
We have some great changes for The Grapehound Wine Tour
2010, our fifth year of tasting wine and celebrating greyhounds in
the Finger Lakes!
Winery Location
This year we will be at Silver Springs Winery, LLC, located just about
five miles north of Watkins Glen on State Route 414, the main highway along
the east shore of Seneca Lake. There are dozens of wineries within 30
minutes of this central location. By being at a winery we will never be far from the tasting
room of a great winery location. We will have registration, food vendors, rest rooms, vendor tents
with dozens of national quality vendors, our ice cream social, a Blessing of the
Hounds and our Friday evening concert
all at Silver Springs Winery.
Vendor Tent
We are renting two large wedding tents for our vendors so
that we can offer shaded "indoor" shopping throughout the weekend for our
attendees. We also want to have some tent space for resting and eating.
Hotel Rates
We are working with our hotel partners in Ithaca to secure a discounted
rate for the weekdays so that folks and their greyhounds can come for most of
the week and enjoy the many sights and attractions in the area in addition to
the numerous Seneca Lake wineries working with us. While there are some
hotels in Watkins Glen which take greyhounds, their rules are a bit more
restrictive and they sell out early.
Food
Food -- or should we say delicious barbeque and other meat and vegetarian menu items -- will be offered at our host location, Silver Springs Winery, LLC, all day long on Friday and
Saturday by Smokin' Bones restaurant of Burdett, NY. The
local folks love Smokin' Bones menu offerings and you will, too.
Music
For the first time appearing in New York -- Cindy McConnell of Reston, Virginia,
will be playing her acoustic guitar on Friday evening under the stars at Silver
Springs Winery, LLC, starting about 6PM. Bring your blanket and your
hounds, grab a glass of your favorite beverage, and listen to Cindy's musical
stylings with your friends and your hounds.
Blessing
Returning from last year's Grapehounds event to again perform the Blessing of
the Hounds is Pastor Diane Walker of Ovid Federated Church. Last
year Pastor Walker delivered a moving tribute to what our greyhounds mean to our
lives and we are thrilled to welcome her back to Grapehounds 2010.
Walk to the Falls
Our Walk to Taughannock Falls will be about 1PM this year due to an event being
held at Taughannock Falls State Park that morning. Once again, Balance
Photography will be there to take your portrait with your hound(s) in front of
the Falls.
Kidders Landing Restaurant
Once again Kidders Landing Restaurant, formerly known as The Lighthouse, located
at Kidders along the west shore of Cayuga Lake, will host a greyhound gathering
on Saturday evening, July 31st. You may bring your hound and eat on their
deck or let your hound sleep off the weekend's activity and come with your
friends. (Our hounds are so pooped by that time, we let them sleep in the
camper as we relax at the restaurant.)
If enough people register ahead of time, Kidders Landing will set up a tent for
us on the grass down by the lakeshore and provide a spectacular lakeshore
location for our Saturday evening dinner. They do ask that you reserve
your spot so they know if the tent needs to be ordered. Make your
reservation right away at 607-532-3446.
The New T-Shirts Are In!
You can now order your new 2010 Grapehounds T-shirt at a discounted price of $13
before the Grapehounds event and pick it up when you arrive. This shirt
will qualify you for a great prize if you wear it for our Secret Spy contest on
Saturday in Dewey Beach, not to mention the shirt is just way too cool anyway!
Greyhound Angels of New Jersey benefits from the sale of every 2010 Grapehound
Wine Tour shirt. (The 2009 T-shirts are still being sold and also qualify
you for the Secret Spy contest in Dewey. These sales benefit Greyhound
Friends NJ.)
Click here to use PayPal to get your 2010 T-shirt!
Buy your T-shirt here... or contact Steve at Greyhound Angels by email:
stevied12@gmail.com
Silent Auction
Ro Narbe from Finger Lakes Adopt a Grey has put together some wonderful donations for our Silent Auction this year. Please check them out on YouTube!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vJtrjs8EUI&feature=email
Registration
Registration
is open via mail and PayPal. You will need Adobe Reader to access the
Registration Form:
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Your registration will include
-- an E-packet sent about a week before the event with schedules, a winery list,
a vendor list, and other information and directions;
-- a welcome packet with snacks at Hazlitts 1852 Vineyards on Thursday evening
(7/29);
-- a wine tasting at Hazlitts 1852 Vineyards and Silver Springs Winery, LLC, our
host wineries for the weekend;
-- wine tasting at your choice of five additional wineries from a listing
of about 10-12 preferred wineries which have agreed to partner with us for this
event;
-- a commemorative wine glass to celebrate our fifth year of the Grapehound Wine
Tour;
-- a goody bag which you receive at check in;
-- access to all the facilities which are free throughout the weekend, including
the food vendor, concert, musical concert, the vendor tents and the walk to
Taughannock Falls on Sunday (8/1).
One on the smaller
waterfalls on the hike to Taughannock Falls.
Photo by Larry Bowersox
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