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Here are some photos from last night's Fall Harvest Party at the Niebaum-Coppola Winery in Rutherford, CA (near Napa). This is Jeanne and me sitting near the fountains on the winery grounds. It was a very nice night...although the Californians thought it was cool enough that they actually brought in portable heaters! Ha! They don't know what cold is!



Hey, why settle for just one glass...when you can have a whole barrel? This photo was taken inside the wine caves at Niebaum-Coppola. They're celebrating 125 years of winemaking at the estate. The winery name will change from Niebaum-Coppola to Rubicon Estate sometime early next year. I'm told Francis Ford Coppola wants less attention paid to his name...and more focus on the wines.


Here I am with my sister, Judy, and my brother, Bob. Judy and her husband, Dick, live near Tacoma, WA...Bob and his wife, Joetta, live in Novato, CA. This was a nice chance for all of us to get together.





Wine any one? I can only imagine how many bottles they went through at this party. In addition to the wine, they had lots of yummy food, too...everything from ribs and pasta to homemade pizzas and desserts.






This is our group at the Coppola party. (L-R) Me, Jeanne, Judy, Bob, Joetta, and friends Michael and Joanne Bordenet of Hoffman Estates, IL. Missing from the photo is Judy's husband, Dick.


I also picked up one of these for our Illinois News Broadcasters Association scholarship auction next month. It's a magnum of excellent Coppola cabernet sauvignon...with a DVD of the redux of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now tucked into a "secret compartment" near the bottom of the bottle. I hope there's an Apocalypse Now fan - who also likes great wine - in the bidding audience!

We return home to Chicago on Tuesday.