The Grape Stomp

The winery I work at had a harvest celebration on October 13th. There were vendors selling art and crafts. There were even alpacas. They are the cousin of llamas. This leads to the first picture you see. And yes Abby, Noah, JD and Colten, your aunt did pet them. Quite soft, which I guess you would expect. But the noise they make is strange. They do this odd little humming thing. Like a worried hum or the noise you would make in the morning as you're trudging down the hall trying to wake up. The white one is Sir Edward. You can only see the rear end of the brown one and I think his name was something like Masterpiece or something like that. There was also a black one, who was quite camera shy named BT. Don't know what it stood for.

But I digress. We did do tastings. We are a winery after all. Plus we also did a grape stomp. Something we normally don't do. We normally press our grapes in a more modern way. Yes for those two or three of you that actually read this we did the I Love Lucy thing. Well I didn't. I was working. A few brave souls did though and I snapped pictures with my camera phone. I'm told it's better when there's two or more stomping. I guess the adage 'the more the merrier' is true in stomping. Not that I'm going to try it any time soon. I've also been told it was very cold and squishy. Maybe on a warmer day.

This is a picture of some friends of mine. Sarah and Jameson. You know I notice that as I grow older the number of Sarah's in my life is exponentially increasing. I bet I could do a research paper on this one. Hmm... No I don't think the world's ready for that. Much to frightening.

This of course brought to mind the song 'The Monster Mash'by Bobby 'Boris' Pickett. I'm sure everyone's heard it. Most radio stations play it close to Halloween. It's delighful. Of course I had to put my own unique spin on it. I don't own the rights to this and it's just done in fun. So please no anger flung this way. And I realize it's not as good as the original. It's just a bit of silliness. What can I say? Please refer to my blog title.

The Grape Stomp remixed Maniacal Michelle

I was working in the winery late one night
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight
For the events planner from the pavilion began to rise
And suddenly to my surprise

She did the stomp
She did the grape stomp
The grape stomp
It was a vineyard smash
She did the stomp
It caught on in a flash
She did the stomp
She did the grape stomp

From the laboratory in the warehouse to the east
To the pavilion where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a shot of Virginia Gold

They did the stomp
They did the grape stomp
The grape stomp
It was a vineyard smash
They did the stomp
It caught on in a flash
They did the stomp
They did the grape stomp

The GWWs were having fun
The party had just begun
The guests included Wolf Man
Dracula and his son

The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds
Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds
The coffin-bangers were about to arrive
With their vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five"

They played the stomp
They played the grape stomp
The grape stomp
It was a vineyard smash
They played the stomp
It caught on in a flash
They played the stomp
They played the grape stomp

Out from his office, Doug's voice did ring
Seems he was troubled by just one thing
He opened the door and shook his fist
And said, "Whatever happened to my Sangiovese squish?"

It's now the stomp
It's now the grape stomp
The grape stomp
And it's a vineyard smash
It's now the stomp
It's caught on in a flash
It's now the stomp
It's now the grape stomp

Now everything's cool, Doug's a part of the band
And my grape stomp is the hit of the land
For you, the living, this stomp was meant too
When you get to my door, tell them Michelle sent you

Then you can stomp
Then you can grape stomp
The grape stomp
And do my vineyard smash
Then you can stomp
You'll catch on in a flash
Then you can stomp
Then you can grape stomp