Weather ~ Picture of the Day ~ Winery Stuff ~ Pecan Pie Dump Cake ~ John Bowler ~ Family/Dancin Winery ~ National Siblings Day

  

Good 48º dark cloudy morning with some rain predicted. 

 

 

Yesterday was great and we topped at 66º.

 

 

 

 

Picture of the Day

 

 

 

Interesting about wineries

 

A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feature warehouses, bottling lines, laboratories, and large expanses of tanks known as tank farms. Wineries may have existed as long as 8,000 years ago.

Ancient history

The earliest known evidence of winemaking at a relatively large scale, if not evidence of actual wineries, has been found in the Middle East. In 2011 a team of archaeologists discovered a 6000 year old wine press in a cave in the Areni region of Armenia, and identified the site as a small winery. Previously, in the northern Zagros Mountains in Iran, jars over 7000 years old were discovered to contain tartaric acid crystals (a chemical marker of wine), providing evidence of winemaking in that region. Archaeological excavations in the southern Georgian region of Kvemo Kartli uncovered evidence of wine-making equipment (containers called qvevri) dating back 8000 years. In 2017 the remnants of an 8000-year-old facility for large-scale production was found 20 miles south of Tbilisi, Georgia.

Purpose

Wineries typically employ winemakers to produce various wines from grapes by following the winemaking process. This process involves the fermentation of fruit, as well as blending and aging of the juice. The grapes may be from vineyards owned by the winery or may be brought in from other locations. Many wineries also give tours and have cellar doors or tasting rooms where customers can taste wines before they make a purchase. Winery architecture is very varied and rich and it is used by wineries as a way to promote their wines and cellar doors.

Types and locations

While some associate wineries with large wine making regions such as Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley in California, the Barossa Valley in Australia or the legendary wine regions of France (Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne) and Italy, wineries can be found nearly everywhere. The east coast of the United States also has winemaking regions like New York's Finger Lakes region, Aquidneck Island, RI and Long Island, NY and Cape May, NJ. Wineries do not have to be located adjacent to vineyards; grapes can be shipped anywhere. In addition, people make wine out of other fruits and plants (dandelion wine, apple wine, strawberry wine, honey wine, passion fruit wine), so these specialty wineries tend to pop up where the other substances are grown. For example, a winery in Hawaii produces pineapple wine.

Farm wineries

A class of winery license known as the farm winery allows farms to produce and sell wines on site. Farm wineries differ from commercial wineries in that the fruit which is the source of the wine is usually produced on the farm, and the final product is also sold on the farm. States such as New York have given a special permit to open a satellite store in a tourist area. New York's passing of the Farm Winery Act of 1976 set an example for other states to pass similar laws.

 

Farm wineries usually operate at a smaller scale than commercial wineries. Farm wineries are a form of value added marketing, known as agritourism, for farmers who may otherwise struggle to show a profit.

 

 

From Mr. Food

 

This has got to be one of the easiest ways to satisfy your cravings for pecan pie! Our Pecan Pie Dump Cake features lots of yummy pecan pie flavors in every bite. It's made from a cake mix, so you know it's going to be extra-easy!

 

 

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup corn syrup
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted, divided
• 2 cups pecans, coarsely chopped, divided
• 1 (15.25 oz) package yellow cake mix
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

 

1. Preheat oven to 350º. Coat a 9- x 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
2. In a large bowl, combine sugar, salt, corn syrup, vanilla, eggs, and 1/2 cup melted butter; mix well. Stir in 1 cup pecans, until thoroughly combined. Pour mixture evenly into baking dish.
3. In a medium bowl, combine cake mix and cinnamon; mix well. Sprinkle cake mixture evenly over nut mixture. Drizzle remaining 1/2 cup melted butter evenly over top of cake. Sprinkle with remaining 1 cup pecans.
4. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until golden and set in center. Let cool slightly, and serve or allow to cool completely.

 

***A scoop of vanilla ice cream goes perfectly with this yummy dump cake!

 

Special birthday today, John Bowler (LASD ret Lt.) is celebrating. HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN!! With his bride Trisha.....

 

 

 

 

Yesterday I went with son Brian, his Jen, their Sami and Tucker, and Jen's mom Jean to a winery called Dancin for brunch.

This is the winery....

 

 

 

 

 The food was great. The name of the winery, Dancin, comes from the owners Dan and Cindy. 

 

 

Historically this date.......

1866 – The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is founded in New York City by Henry Bergh.

 

1872 – The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska.

 

1887 – On Easter Sunday, Pope Leo XIII authorizes the establishment of the Catholic University of America.

 

 

1912 – RMS Titanic sets sail from Southampton, England on her maiden and only voyage.

 

 

1916 – The Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA) is created in New York City.

1963 – 129 people die when the submarine USS Thresher sinks at sea.

1970 – Paul McCartney announces that he leaves The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.

1991 – Italian ferry Moby Prince collides with an oil tanker in dense fog off Livorno, Italy killing 140.

2010 – Polish Air Force Tu-154M crashes near Smolensk, Russia, killing all 96 people on board including President Lech Kaczyński.

 

And births this date include......

1796 – James "Jim" Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (d. 1836)

 

1921 – Chuck Connors, American actor (d. 1992)

1929 – Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (d.2020)

 

1932 – Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor (d.2015)

 

1938 – Don Meredith, American football player and broadcaster (d. 2010)

 

 

1952 – Steven Seagal, American actor and martial artist

Interesting read... click on his name.

 

1988 – Haley Joel Osment, American actor

 

 

 

All I know. Nuff said. Have a good Monday. Ciao.

xo Sue Mom Bobo

National Siblings Day (also referred to as Sibling Day) on April 10th each year honors our brothers and sisters.

Siblings. They are sometimes our best friends or our worst enemies. At times, siblings will provide us with our biggest competition, strongest encouragement and remind us of our most embarrassing moments.

Fictional characters describe those siblings best who are both rivals and yet are best friends. In The Hunger Games, Katniss puts her life on the line to save her sister Prim. Both Bo and Luke Duke in The Dukes of Hazzardrisked their lives for each other. Author Beverly Cleary’s Beezus and Ramona’s longtime love-hate relationship between siblings depicted a normal childhood filled with angst.

Real-life royal siblings Queen Elizabeth and Princess Margaret had a different set of rules to follow making their relationship quite different from anything we would call normal. Being a queen will do that.

Queen Elizabeth’s grandsons, Princes William and Harry and William’s children, too have royal sibling relationships that engage the world.

Playing fictional characters who are siblings and being siblings in front of a television audience must have created a different lifestyle for Mary Kate and Ashley Olson. Their older sister is Elizabeth.

Another pair of sibling actors is Shirley MacLaine and Warren Beatty.

There have been plenty of presidents with siblings as well. George W. Bush has five siblings and William Jefferson Clinton has three.

How many siblings do you have? Are you rivals or do you support each other in all you do?

HOW TO OBSERVE 

Spend some time with your sibling(s). Enjoy looking at photos and videos of time spent with your sibling(s). Play a song or two from the 35 Best Sister Songs list. Use

NATIONAL SIBLINGS DAY HISTORY

In 1995, native New Yorker, Claudia Evart, founded National Siblings Day to honor and celebrate siblings.  After losing her two siblings early in life in separate accidents, she knew how important siblings could be in our lives.

Claudia created the Siblings Day Foundation (SDF), a tax-exempt organization, whose goals included the establishment of the national holiday. Claudia selected April 10th in honor of her late sister, Lisette’s birthday.