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#ThrowBackThursday to 2009 and a visit to Becker Vineyards in Fredericksburg.
Happy Thanksgiving and Holidays to you all!
We will be closed for Thanksgiving Day and for Christmas Day, but we will be open the day after each holiday at our Grapevine tasting room. So make your plans to come visit us, and try our High Plains Sunset Rosé that would be wonderful for your holiday’s celebrations. Blessings, Betty
The Fragileness of Spring in the Vineyards
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Groundhog Day 2010
Well, this is what Groundhog Day looked like yesterday in our neck of the woods. Pretty foggy all day. I wonder if that will mean an early spring or not? I didn’t even see any groundhogs out at all. We don’t really mind either way. Just as long as when it warms up it stays…
