Irish and Celtics at Stonefield Cellars

Happy March!

We are gonna get our Irish on this Saturday for our Soup & Sing (see details below)
and then will be bottling all day Sunday (wanna come watch the fun?) while also 
hosting a reception for Melissa Blackwell, glass artist.  And winery hopping on
Easter Sunday? Why not? .....All the events for this month are listed right here
and on our website too - yet feel free to pass this email on to your friends and
encourage them to have a splendiferous Stonefield Cellars Winery experience!


Saturday, March 16th, 2012 Special St. Patrick's Day Soup & Sing - 6:30 - 11:00 
pm

Reservations for Soup and Sing are Required - Please call 336-644-9908. Soup & Sing
is held once a month on a Saturday night.  This is a combination pot-luck dinner,
jam session, and folk gathering for local musicians/singers that harkens back to
a time when there were no radios or TVs and music was what we made together, face
to face, an essential part of our soul as necessary as the food that nourished our
bodies.  Many different genres of music may be represented during the evening (bluegrass,
celtic, blues, folk, rock, gospel, etc.), but usually it is acoustic (we do mike
vocals though, so singers can be heard). THIS MONTH WE WILL PLAY LOTS OF CELTIC
TUNES!!!!!  If you are not a musician but are a friend or family member of a musician
or are a Friend of Stonefield Cellars that loves wine and music, you are welcome
to come.  We appreciate your support of local music and local wine!  (Beverage
sales provide the financial support to make this event possible.)

Large Parties/Groups Policy:  Due to our policy to preserve the intimacy of the 
gathering and the need to stay within our capacity limit, Soup & Sing is not an 
event for large private parties or groups (more than 8 people in a single party/group).
  We do however rent our barrel room for private parties and we can provide you 
with contact info re: bands for hire.  We also hold barrel room concerts and outdoor
music events at the winery during which we can provide concert/festival seating 
for large groups.

If you are interested in attending, RSVP Natalie Wurz at 644-9908 or email nwurz@stonefieldcellars.com
[mailto:nwurz@stonefieldcellars.com].  You will be given more details about the 
evening.

Sunday March 17th, 2012 - 2-5 pm Artist Reception -

Melissa Blackburnis a glass jewelry artist who grew up in the foothills of North
Carolina. She now resides in Greensboro, NC, and creates her unusual glass work
in a little shop in her backyard.

Her jewelry is made from Bullseye fusible glass and from recycled wine (and other
beverage) bottles, including our smoky blue Midnight Moonlight wine bottles.She 
fires all her glass in an electric kiln to at least 1500 degrees to melt it into
a solid mass. Then after it has cooled, she uses a diamond wet saw, diamond grinder
and engravers to slice, carve and drill each piece individually.

The pieces are fired again in the kiln after grinding, but just until the outside
of the glass starts to melt and creates a brilliant glossy surface.