Wow. The sun is rising in a thin sliver of light. I am looking out my office window westward toward the PIedmont ridgeline. The clouds are wispy and high and because the sun is just clearing the hills behind me, it fills that gap between the earth and the cloud cover. The light is falling intensely on the Oak Hill estate and on the trees surrounding the old house and it is lovely.
There are so many warm colors in the woods. The words that we use to capture these colors such as orange and red and yellow do not do justice to this beauty. Of course there is still the green in many of the trees and that makes the other tones so much more striking. This is the beautiful time of year.
It is peak in the Piedmont. It begins here and now and will last maybe a week...two if we're lucky. Soon the leaves will be mostly brown. In place of the warm and strong shades wrapped in their remaining crisp greens, the forests will be turning away toward winter. Soon thereafter they'll shed their leaves and the smoke of our fireplaces will drape their bare branches like a shawl around grandmother's shoulders.
These are the great weekends to visit Barrel Oak Winery. We are deep into the harvest. Later today I will drive again to central Virginia to our friends at Keswick Vineyards and pick up our Norton. Sharon and Rick are still hard at work crushing the grapes and crafting the wine. We are very happy with what is being created in the winery downstairs. Our customers continue to enjoy our wines and tasting room and patio views and our staff continues to work their hardest to make everyone's experience memorable. Combined with the show outside our windows, this is the time of year that puts the WOW! in BOW WOW!
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