It is Tuesday afternoon and I am still smiling from an amazing Sunday full of adventure and fun.This Sunday I had the pleasure of competing in a Grape Stomping competition at Gaspereau Vineyards for Charity. Gaspereau Vinyards is nestled in the center of Nova Scotia Wine Country and boasts some of Nova Scotia's great tasting wines. The Vineyard has competed and won yearly in different international competitions. Most recently Gaspereau Vineyards took gold for their 2010 Rose.
On Sunday, Gaspereau Vineyards was hosting the: Fall Harvest Festival, and Charity Grape Stomp Now most days I do not need an excuse to visit a winery, however if I needed one this would be the best possible reason to go.
Stomping for Charity - Absolutely -
So I wrangled together 3 other stompers, a coach for our team, donations for our charity of choice and found inspiration from this clip.
We arrived at Gaspereau Vineyards and made sure to talk up the judge while getting to know the rules of the stomp (Incredibly important) The stomp in full lasted for 10 minutes. I am not to sure how many of you have actually participated in a grape stomping competition... If you have i'm sure you'll agree that 10 minutes is a LONG time to grape stomp. I have a lot of respect for professional grape 'stompers'. And so the stomp began! 
INTENSE Teamwork was happening here.
A HUGE thank you to my favorite valley band for playing wonderful stomp worthy tunes to keep our excitment up and energy flowing.
We may not have come first but we had a blast and it was all for a great cause. The winning team of the grape stomping competition had all money raised by the individual teams donated to their charity of choice. Thank you Gaspereau Vineyards for an amazing day with a great cause.
Eat drink and enjoy!!
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