Don't all of you rush out at once....

March 29, 2007, Santa Rosa, Calif. – For the wine and food aficionado looking to experience the 2007 harvest up-close and hands-on, “Sonoma County Grape Camp” is the perfect answer. Campers will harvest grapes, blend their own wine to take home, as well as learn about the wine and food that make Sonoma County Wine Country famous.

The camp also features “The Marriage of Food and Wine” seminar under the direction of renowned Chef/Author John Ash, a dinner feast in the vineyards by Chef Mark Stark of Willi’s Wine Bar, and a Paella party along the banks of the Russian River. Sonoma County Grape Camp will be held September 24-26 at the Vintners Inn.

Tuition is $1,500 per person per couple ($200 single supplement) that includes two nights hotel stay, all meals, seminars, transportation and all the delicious winegrapes that can be consumed during camp. An optional camp graduation dinner is available at John Ash & Co., along with an additional night at the Vintners Inn. For further information, the camp schedule and registration, go to: http://www.SonomaGrapeCamp.com <http> or call 707-522-5860. Space is very limited; early enrollment is encouraged.

Cheap at twice the price, eh?

They beat me to it. I was going to only charge $1,000/couple for people to help me harvest the grapes in my back yard next year. And instead of a paella party, I was going to have a wing party and a bonfire.

Hmm, $1,500 per couple to work in the hot sun picking grapes??!!

The spirit of Tom Sawyer and the whitewashed fence lives on.

Howie, yours sounds better by a country mile!

That's $1500 per person per couple, or $3000 per couple total. It's $1700 per person!

That's $1500 per person per couple, or $3000 per couple total. It's $1700 per person!

Even better, I mean funnier!!

And, of course, there will be a little "extra" charge for those of us living in the Great White North and paying in Canuck bucks!!!

March 29, 2007, Santa Rosa, Calif. – For the wine and food aficionado looking to experience the 2007 harvest up-close and hands-on, “Sonoma County Grape Camp” is the perfect answer. Campers will harvest grapes, blend their own wine to take home, as well as learn about the wine and food that make Sonoma County Wine Country famous.

The camp also features “The Marriage of Food and Wine” seminar under the direction of renowned Chef/Author John Ash, a dinner feast in the vineyards by Chef Mark Stark of Willi’s Wine Bar, and a Paella party along the banks of the Russian River. Sonoma County Grape Camp will be held September 24-26 at the Vintners Inn.

Tuition is $1,500 per person per couple ($200 single supplement) that includes two nights hotel stay, all meals, seminars, transportation and all the delicious winegrapes that can be consumed during camp. An optional camp graduation dinner is available at John Ash & Co., along with an additional night at the Vintners Inn. For further information, the camp schedule and registration, go to: http://www.SonomaGrapeCamp.com <http> or call 707-522-5860. Space is very limited; early enrollment is encouraged.

Cheap at twice the price, eh?

This was published when? Talk about cheap labour, i.e. they are saying, "You pay us to pick our grapes".

That's $1500 per person per couple, or $3000 per couple total. It's $1700 per person!

Or $1500 per night per couple...... or a mere $850 per night for a single person. I am so glad you included the contact info so I can sign up right away!

That's $1500 per person per couple, or $3000 per couple total. It's $1700 per person!

Or $1500 per night per couple...... or a mere $850 per night for a single person. I am so glad you included the contact info so I can sign up right away!

O how about the part "all the delicious winegrapes that can be consumed during camp" -- I bet no one leaves constipated.

Where do I sign up? Do you have a waiting list?

But Sue, the optional camp graduation dinner available at John Ash & Co., along with an additional night at the Vintners Inn (for which you shell out a few hundred more) is surely worth it. Surely there is a diploma involved; there may even be an 'I ate the most grapes' award. Of course the winning entrant will be in the loo...

And they say the only way people can afford farm labor is to hire illegal immigrants...

Howie, yours sounds better by a country mile!

Howie, can you throw in some birding and a trip to the local Hooters!!!!!

Howie, yours sounds better by a country mile!

Howie, can you throw in some birding and a trip to the local Hooters!!!!!

My brother recently emailed me this year's Hooter's calendar - a picture of a different owl for each month.