Cherry Wine

We are pickin’ and grinning’ !!

North Star cherries make the BEST wine!! While it WASN’T raining, yesterday, we picked and processed 90 pounds, (picture) and then went out again and picked another 30 pounds! That means enough cherries to make 120 bottles of wine. And we are only about halfway through picking, and that doesn't include the cherries picked before yesterday.

After they are picked, we go through and toss the bad ones, then wash and freeze the good ones. This will continue as long as the cherries continue to ripen and we can keep the birds away.

Gourmet Nuts!

The gift shop now carries BlackShire Gourmet Almonds. Here is what the distributor says:

These Gourmet flavored Almonds are shipped directly from the grower, The Almonds come from a family farm.The farm named, "S- B Ranch" is located Arbuckle, Ca.They are grown on a 10 acre parcel. The trees are hand planted and of the Butte and Padre varieties. The almonds are hand sorted, only grade A are utilized in the operation. Most companies ship grade A overseas! The operation is small in contrast to large commercial farms. They do most of the operation by hand. This assures very high quality, but a some what limited supply. Until recently, these Almonds were sold only by word of mouth in California.

After enjoying the product and believing these are some of the best Almonds ever tasted, I, Shawn Gordon decided to be thier national Distributor.

Thank you

Shires for Hire

Shawn Gordon