MEANWHILE, in Germany...

[Blue_Tires]

Link to tweet

I know the Lounge is rampant with grape guzzlers and wineheads, so I want a confession from anyone with insider knowledge about this...

[Submariner]

1. Be on the lookout for bargain sales of boxes of Thunderbird and Boones Farm wines soon

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Meanwhile, in Virginia:

Public Safety

Stolen: Two-and-a-half tons of grapes from the vines of a Virginia vineyard

By Dana Hedgpeth
September 13

The thieves allegedly arrived in the dark of night and worked quietly and meticulously to steal their items — 2½ tons of grapes that the owner of the Virginia vineyard says were on the cusp of being harvested. ... It’s a loss worth $50,000 in supplies, labor and potential wine sales for Firefly Hill Vineyards in Elliston, near the Blue Ridge Mountains, about 20 miles from Roanoke.

David Dunkenberger, who has owned the family-run vineyard for 12 years, said he doesn’t know who could have taken the grapes or what the thieves might plan to do with them. He said he doubts another winery would purchase grapes without knowing their history and suspects the thieves might try to sell them outside the area.

“I can handle losing a crop to Mother Nature, but to come in and take my crop in the middle of the night and steal what we’ve worked for for eight months, that’s disheartening,” he said.
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Dunkenberger estimated it would have taken his team of eight people about 12 hours to pick the grapes and process them properly. Vandals probably made away with his crop in much less time, he said.
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Dana Hedgpeth is a Washington Post reporter, working in the early morning to report on traffic, crime and other local issues. She joined The Post in 1999. Follow https://twitter.com/postmetrogirl

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vincent7520 2 weeks ago

All this seems pretty suspicious.
I'm sure cops will get more and better information from the grapevine …

[Blue_Tires]

4. That wasn't me...

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. "Thanks for your continued support."

[Mme. Defarge]

3. I'll be there in a week

and will investigate.

[rurallib]

6. How will Trump launder this ill-gotten lucher?