My Missed Opportunity in Lompoc

Day 3 of missing Lompoc
Today Valley Haven is celebrating their 30th anniversary and I'm missing it. Okay, at $50 a pop I probably wouldn't have been attending. A quick check of their Facebook page there are tickets available a the door. (http://www.lompocvalleyhaven.org/) It is taking place at Clos Pepe Vineyard with Live Music; a Santa Maria Style BBQ and of course beer and wine. The event from 5pm to 9pm.

But I'm still bummed out. Steve and Kathy Pepe have retired and another company will be leasing and working the vineyard. I hears about Clos Pepe at a presentation at the Lompoc Library about the local wine industry back in 2012. They used to have tours and work days where you could work at their Vineyard. Although I don't drink alcoholic beverages. I had thought I'd go pick grapes for the experience. Maybe I missed my opportunity.  Clos Pepe produced their last batch of their label in 2014. Can you tell I don't know much about wine or it's industry? How did a temperance colony become the center of wine vineyards and beer breweries? I luv Lompoc and I miss it. All of it,