Fall 2024

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Across
  1. 2. This old-school figure deters birds from eating your crops
  2. 4. Charming coastal restaurant that pours our Heritage Blend by-the-glass
  3. 7. A tasting where you compare the same wine in a chronological vintage order
  4. 8. Another word for “spiced” wine
  5. 13. The change of colors within a cluster of grapes
  6. 14. Device you measure grape sugars with
  7. 15. This tiny town on the Mendocino Coast shares a name with a ghost
  8. 18. A tool you use around your yard in the Fall
  9. 20. shares a birthday with this Fall holiday
  10. 21. Another word for Fall
  11. 22. Flavor common in sparkling wine
  12. 23. This is something you can do while wine tasting to pace yourself that isn’t offensive
  13. 24. The “horn of plenty”
  14. 27. The big street fair our hometown of Ukiah hosts in October
  15. 28. Most widely-planted grape in the world
  16. 29. You do this during mushroom season
  17. 30. Thanksgiving dinner wine.
  18. 33. Scary dog movie filmed on the Mendocino Coast
  19. 35. Wine in French
  20. 36. An earthy, deep purple color
  21. 37. This wine has a magneta-tinged rim
Down
  1. 1. Pumpkins belong in this category of hard-shelled fruits
  2. 3. U.S. City where a massive hot air balloon festival happens every October
  3. 5. A group of witches
  4. 6. Name of the ship that docked at Plymouth Rock
  5. 8. Name of our little sister’s livestock dog
  6. 9. Where a toasted vanilla flavor comes from in a wine
  7. 10. These help a wine’s ability to age
  8. 11. An apple variety you can bake with
  9. 12. Secret ingredient in Whitney’s butternut squash soup
  10. 16. Our family has two of this shepherd breed
  11. 17. A wet and dry combination cooking method that often includes wine
  12. 19. Baby Jack tasted this solid food first
  13. 23. We call our bare-bones night crew this during harvest
  14. 25. A common spice in both egg nog and spiced wine
  15. 26. This type of wine is great with both oysters and fried chicken
  16. 28. The French name for Chardonnay
  17. 30. A type of ribbed fabric that has a retro Fall flair
  18. 31. A word used to describe a full-bodied, intense wine
  19. 32. Local spot in our county that makes apple cider
  20. 34. Popular Chardonnay clone in California