Friends and Family

NEW HAVEN. CT-April 28 Back on the road at 6 this morning. We have covered 5,338 miles. While Hank says we are now on our way home, according to the map, we are still heading east, actually northeast. We met one of our longtime distributors, Fritz Reisser for lunch in Park Ridge in northern New Jersey. It was nice to have a visit in his neck of the woods, it felt more like we were just a few old friends getting together.

We ate at Esty Street where they are serving our Sangiovese by the glass. The owner, Scott Tremble, has been a big supporter of AVV for a long time, pouring most of our varietals at one time or another including the Cabernet and CYRUS. We enjoyed talking to him and his wife and we had a lot in common since they are Cornell grads just like our son and daughter, Kevin and Margaret, and their son is now attending there.

The traffic up to New Haven where we were headed to see Margaret, was terrible along with the weather, so it was a tough drive after lunch. Partly to get away from the traffic and partly to have a break, we stopped and got new tires. We had originally planned to get them in Chicago, but the bad weather made us realize we really shouldn't wait. Unfortunately, that meant we didn't get to Margaret's until 5. The nice surprise was that Kevin was also there as he had flown in to go to Cornell and to visit a few of his eastern friends. What strange timing! Margaret's studio was very cozy for all of us, but it was great being together and Margaret fixed a delicious chicken dinner using the barbecue sauce we bought at the Budweiser brewery.