Normally we concern ourselves here with serious topics about growing grapes, making wine, building brands, and occasionally irreverent chatter about the mathematically proven variability of scores, points, and contests. And occasionally we make light-hearted fun of the egomaniacal nature of wine marketing – i.e. “here is the perfectly groomed smiling vintner with his trophy wife and ideal vineyard dog standing in their magical kingdom of smug happiness.”

So this will most certainly be the silliest post on the Hydeout blog for 2017, but right in line with our society’s current compulsion with all things social. And so I bring you news from the 1st annual Hydeout Wine and Music party…

In early August we launched the 1st annual Hydeout Sonoma wine and music party, a little private affair for friends and family to kick back on the lawn and enjoy a picnic and the summer evening.

When the evening first got started, everyone arrived in their Saturday best…

Picnics were organized with friends…

The pool was opened…

175 people enjoyed each other’s company…

And as the sun set and the music cranked up a notch…

And things remained under control until the young people kicked it into high gear later in the evening, but fun was certainly had by all…

And by Sunday, the hot tub had to be drained! Until 2018…