January 2016
 
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Happy New Year! January came in with a little snow around here then the green yard was back for a while. Now the winter seems to have gotten here in earnest with the lake effect snow! Are we really ready for this???
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January White Sale
Winter Shipping Discounts Now Available!
Coming This Summer
Our January White Sale is Back!  
sparkling-snowy-trees.jpgThe January White Sale is back again this year! It will be the weekend of 23rd & 24th, and the hours are from 12 noon to 5 pm.

All WHITE wines will be 20% off with the coupon below. Also all the holiday craft items are 50% Off. Plan ahead and get what you've been eyeing on now!  
Winter Shipping Discounts Now Available! 
Can't you make it to visit us in winter? No problem; we'll come to you when you can't!

Our Winter Care Package Special is new this year. We'll ship our wine FREE within NY, DC and Florida if you purchase a case, which consists of 12 bottles of any wine from our current list, mix or match. Our regular 10% case discount will apply, too! We can ship it to someone you want us to also.

We revised our shipping charge for the winter as well so that it will be a little easier on you to have the wine shipped. Click here to place an order or to see more details on our website. Any questions? Just call us at 315-594-2502; email us at thorpevineyard@rochester.rr.com; or send us a message via Facebook. The Winter Care Package Special will run until February 29, 2016 (Wow, it's a leap year this year!).
Coming This Summer
Starry Starry Night at Thorpe Vineyard will continue this year as well. The dates of the event will be: August 20, September 3 and October 1. These are all Saturdays again, and will last about 1-1/2 hours each night.

In the last few years I found out that the participants were mostly interested in star gazing so I have decided to focus on describing the constellations for you to learn. I will present the background of the constellations from astronomical facts as well as mythological stories. I would be very happy if everyone will become able to find a few constellations on their own by the time they will leave for the night, and will continue practicing the skill as they see a clear night!

Sunset Tasting will be held during the extended Tasting Room hours before these events. We also plan to extend the tasting hours on some Saturdays for a Sunset Tasting when the weather looks favorable. Follow Us on Facebook to stay connected to catch the announcements!
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Crescent Moon

The first invasion of the polar vortex of the season to the Northeast was taking place earlier this week. The frigid air mass travels over the open water of the Great Lakes causing the formation of significant lake effect snow bands. If you are on the leeward of this air flow, you'll be getting feet of snow in no time.

Many of you ask us how often we get buried in the deep snow after seeing our proximity to Lake Ontario while visiting our Tasting Room. The answer is "not much"; at least not as often as you might expect.

The heavy snow fall occurs most often when the air travels the longest fetch of the Lakes: longer the path, more moisture supply for the snow bands from the Lakes. Thus typically the heaviest lake effect snow episodes occur with the westerly airflow to the east of the Lakes. So for us here the lake effect snow becomes an issue when the wind direction changes more toward northwest.

This Monday the weather pattern was a textbook case of the heavy lake effect snow to the east of the Lakes behind a strong arctic cold front. I saw the Lake Ontario band over the Lake a little offshore from us with lots of whitecaps surging toward the shoreline. I turned back to the vineyards and saw the Lake Erie band above the horizon. In between there was sunshine all day long with a few stray clouds every now and then, though it was windy and pretty cold.

At the end of the day the thin Crescent Moon was above the Drumlin when I walked out to pick up the day. The sun was already behind the Drumlin and the western sky was bright in the evening glow from the horizon to the mid sky. The Moon appeared to have started to be laid back --- when you see a crescent moon, it looks either standing up straight in fall, laid back in spring, or in the transition phases in between. In the piercing west winds in the middle of the lake effect snow bands I was confident to have found a sign of the coming spring.


Sincerely,


Visit our blogFumie Thorpe
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