Sonoita

Sonoita. About and hour's drive southeast of Tucson. This area has established a bunch of wineries in the rolling grasslands of the valley. The photos contained here are of the Blessing of The Vines event held on April 25th, 2009 at the Sonoita Vineyards Winery. It was a beautiful but windy day.
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It was still early morning and the booths were being set up and horses were being brought in to be used for horse rides.
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Headed home.
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Time to rest and talk things over.
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Vineyards and wind mill.
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Coming in from the lesson.
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Waiting patiently for a rider.
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The Sonoita grasslands as seen from the balcony of the Sonoita Winery.
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This cowboy was teaching the horse how to cut cattle from the herd.
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A little smack talk between two horses.
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The sorrel in the middle had some very interesting markings.
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Preparing the next horse.
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Little grassy area overlooking the vineyards and where we sat down to rest and eat.
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Folks going around and order food or buying jams, cheeses, trinkets. Picked up some loca[ly produced goat cheese which should go well with some of the wines I…
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The goats were brought in to provide goat rides for little kids.
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A bunch of cowboys coming in for the event.
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A little girl enjoying her pony ride as long as dad is not too far away.
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Watering the horses.
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Goat and pony rides. The kids really loved these.
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Waiting for a customer.
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This is Tiger the winery's dog. He spent a great deal of time going all around the compound making sure everyone was doing fine. He is a very friendly dog.