Showtime at the Vineyards

Saturday, April 12, 2014

After breakfast at the hotel, we drove to Shelton Vineyards.  Because the host hotel was full, we stayed in Mt. Airy which was only about 10 miles away.  We arrived at the Vineyards and were directed to our parking space.  The venue is very nice.  After passing row after row of grape arbors, we parked on a grassy area between  the arbors and the main building.  The landscaping in front of the building is very nice with trees, ponds and streams.  Since this is a Triumph club event, the Triumphs get to park in the landscaped area.

Triumphs under the trees

We took a tour of the winery which was very informative.  Two brothers who made their money in construction, sold their business and started the winery about 12 years ago.  After the tour, we tasted some wines and ended up buying two bottles to take home!  We then had lunch on the grounds, looked at some cars and then took a hayride around the grounds of the vineyard.

The Midget/Sprite class - 3 Midgets and 3 Bugeyes
A pretty disappointing turnout with more than 200 cars at the show.

An "English Ford" - '32 Ford powered by MGB!

This is the back seat of a new, $192,000 Aston Martin DB9 Volante -
notice all the legroom you get for $192K!

By the time we got back, it was awards time and then we said goodbye to several of the people we had met and went back to the hotel to rest before returning to the host hotel for a BBQ banquet.  After a few announcements, one of the Shelton brothers told us how much they appreciated us being there (an buying lots of wine, I'm sure!). The food was good and plentiful.  Feeling stuffed, we drove back to our hotel to get ready for the trip back.  We had a good time and will consider coming back next year.