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2011 Harvest Wine Boot Camp®…
join AFFAIRS of the VINE, Pezzi King and Blue Rock Vineyard for the incredible mission.

Live Your Dreams: Be a Winemaker and a Film Star!
Are you a passionate and photogenic Wine Lover?

Star with us in Harvest, John Beck’s new feature length film.

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Sonoma County Harvest Wine Boot Camp®
Saturday, September 24, 2011

Wine Boot Camp®, the extreme insider experience for adventurous Wine Lovers, challenges recruits to dive into wine by rolling up their sleeves and plunging into winegrowing and winemaking during a one-day reconnaissance mission.

Wine Boot Camp, the extreme insider experience for adventurous Wine Lovers, will be the focus of award-winning documentary filmmaker John Beck’s new feature-length film, “Harvest.”

Beck’s “Harvest” will capture the frenzied, magnetic, and intoxicating excitement of the harvest on Saturday, September 24th as Wine Boot Camp® recruits experience the hard but rewarding work that it takes to produce wine. Filming them as they reach down and touch the soil at Pezzi King, under the guidance of Winemaker, Christopher Barrett and the watchful eyes of owners, Jim and Cynthia Rowe, owners. Recruits will pick the grapes and taste their sweetness as they are harvested. At Blue Rock Vineyard, the mission continues, under the tutelage of owner, Kenny Kahn and winemaker, Nick Goldschmidt. Recruits will blend a bottle of wine from the wonderful wines in barrel at Blue Rock Vineyard.

And that’s just the beginning of the day and the story!

Recruits will enjoy an aromatic workshop, wine tastings, breakfast, lunch at poolside overlooking the vineyard, and a sumptuous gourmet dinner. All of this packed into an intensive 12-hour day.

This will be the best Wine Boot Camp in 20 years!

Wine Boot Camp has always provided an insider’s view to winemaking but this year, our Harvest Wine Boot Camp missions will be at two amazingly beautiful wineries that are not open to the public and until now, have never been experienced as our recruits will.

Pezzi King in Dry Creek Valley will host the morning vineyard mission and Blue Rock Vineyard in Alexander Valley will host the cellar mission, dinner, and the graduation ceremony for our recruits.

The Dry Creek Valley is unmistakably beautiful. Lush vineyards rise from the valley floor to the hills. The combination of climate, soil and exposure produces stellar wines recognized as some of the best in the world…but Pezzi King is the jewel in the crown of this fabulous appellation. Wine Boot Camp® is honored to include Pezzi King as our vineyard mission site.

Alexander Valley, world-famous for Cabernet Sauvignon is the home of many well-known producers. We’ve discovered a small vineyard and winery that produces incredible wines on a breathtaking property. Blue Rock Vineyard is not open to the public so you must know someone to gain access. The wines and personalities of Blue Rock Vineyard should be on your bucket list. Wine Boot Camp recruits will be immersed in this fabulous experience.
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“I’m very excited to be sharing these amazing properties with our Sonoma County Wine Boot Camp recruits,” declares Major Drady, Director of Wine Boot Camp.

Wine Boot Camp groups are small so that all of the recruits can work hands-on in the vineyard and the winery.

The cost of the one-day WINE BOOT CAMP® adventure includes all workshops, educational materials, lunch in the vineyard, a gourmet dinner paired with wines, extensive wine tasting, a bottle of wine created by the recruit, transportation to all events, a WINE BOOT CAMP® cap, and an “I Survived WINE BOOT CAMP®” T-shirt. Enlistment is $600 per person plus tax. To register, contact Major Drady at 707-874 -1975 or camp@affairsofthevine.com

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