Josh and I are so grateful for our amazing wine club and your support. We celebrated 15 years of Gård wine at the vineyard tour last weekend and whether you were with us in here in Royal or supporting us from a distance, you are the reason we have been able do what we do all this time. The club has become like family to us and as a result, the annual tradition of welcoming you to the vineyard to connect over great food and wine, is something we look forward to each summer.
Josh and I are so grateful for our amazing wine club and your support. We celebrated 15 years of Gård wine at the vineyard tour last weekend and whether you were with us in here in Royal or supporting us from a distance, you are the reason we have been able do what we do all this time. The club has become like family to us and as a result, the annual tradition of welcoming you to the vineyard to connect over great food and wine, is something we look forward each summer.
Over the years, our team has so enjoyed celebrating life’s moments with our club family - like new babies (sweet baby Dallas Valle from the Royal City club was in attendance this weekend), as well as retirements, birthdays, anniversaries, engagements, marriages, graduations, celebrations of life, and all the milestones in between. It was so fun to surprise our oldest club member Val on his 99th birthday earlier this year in Walla Walla, and we've enjoyed celebrating our Norwegian heritage with the Solbergs in Ellensburg over the years.
We also love sharing our family with our wine club family as our kids have grown into quite the help at the vineyard tour, stewards of the farm, and budding wine and vineyard photographers and videographers. Addi was just a baby when we made our first wines in 2006, and Ava was just born when we opened our first tasting room in Woodinville in 2008. Hard to believe it was 10 years ago when Deb Brunner from Ellensburg (and sisters) were tending to our newborn son Kellen when we visited the tasting room! The connections we’ve made over the years bring lasting memories and lots of laughs – anyone remember the Bynams from the Woodinville club joining the virtual tasting from their hot tub!?! 😊
In the end, it’s so much more than wine and agriculture for us. It’s connecting with people and bonding in new ways that we embrace and enjoy immensely. We raise a glass to our club family near and far – skål!
Lisa & Josh
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