Sunday, 16 May 2010

Temecula Balloon and Wine Festival

Another summer event in Temecula is the balloon and wine festival.
The area round Temecula is all wine growers, I believe at last count 25 wineries, so once a year they all have a wine fair, advertising their wine, wine tasting, selling the product.

Most mornings, not long after dawn, the first thing you notice is the sound of a big gas burner, if you look up you will see a huge multi coloured balloon drifting over the vineyards, usually there will be half a dozen of them, champagne dawn flights.

In the evening, a number of tethered balloons have the burners lit, lighting up the inside of the balloon in all the fantastic colours, a balloon burn off.




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