drink some wine; save a life.

5 years ago, through a chain of random events, dave and his buddy conor bought an 8 acre cherry orchard nestled in the hills of walla walla, washington.

the first order of business was to tear down all those pesky cherry trees and plant some grapes.

that's baby avery, 2007




fall of 2009


supposedly, after you plant a vineyard, you can't even use the grapes it produces for the first 3 years.  say what? 



the first year that we had "usable" grapes we sold them to different wine makers in the walla walla valley, secretly wishing we could use our own grapes to make our own wine. 



after 4 years of waiting and wondering what to do with this little vineyard, the boys decided to go for it.  they hired one of the best wine makers in the valley and took a little harvesting trip a couple years ago. 





of course, after you harvest, the stuff has to sit in barrels for forever before it's ready to be used for toasts and swirled and sniffed at parties.

after years (literally!) of waiting,  look what came in the mail a few weeks ago.

ooooh syrah


my fav, the rose 


proper wines is here.  and we've been told it's pretty darn good.

we think it's pretty crazy and unique that we have our own wine.  it's a blessing and we don't want the blessed to bless concept to be lost on us even for a second. 

whenever you order our 2010 rose and type "stoves" in the special notes box, 20 percent of your purchase will go directly to the adventure project.  we can't say enough how much we believe in what they are doing and believe that we can use everything (even our little vineyard) to make sure heaven is happening right now. 

here's to drinking wine and saving lives. 
cheers!