Wine-making is generally considered the best way to get to know wine, narrowly beating out writing it letters and getting stuck with it on top of a ferris wheel. Make a delicious new acquaintance with today’s Groupon: for $109, you get a wine-making party and 30 bottles of homemade wine at Lakeland Winery (a $218 value).
Under the guidance of Lakeland Winery's grape gurus, you and up to 29 friends will craft 30 bottles of Island Mist Series wine-based fruit juice. Wine-whisperers commence the 90-minute soiree by choosing from Island Mist's easy-drinking incarnations of grape goodness, including pomegranate zinfandel, peach-apricot chardonnay, and black-raspberry merlot, while munching on snacks brought from home. Once a flavor is selected, it's poured into a fermenting bucket, mixed with ingredients like elderflowers and oak, stirred, sprinkled with yeast, and air-locked to hibernate for seven weeks at the Lakeland warehouse.
Following the fermentation, guests return to Lakeland to exorcise, bottle, cork, label, and dress 30 wine bottles. Finally, guests head for home with the bounding bundles of bottled joy, then let them nap in the cupboards, and wake them up just in time for dinner. For an extra fee, customers can upgrade from the Island Mist Series to one of Lakeland's Estate Series wines.
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The Groupon Guide to: Summer Cinema
As the onslaught of summer movies nears, the average filmgoer is likely flabbergasted by all the choices. Here is a demographically themed breakdown to help you choose the right upcoming feature for you:
For the lovelorn teen, Rebelheart: High-school junior and avid blogger Kayleigh (Gillian Partridge) begins a correspondence with handsome 19-year-old Civil War soldier Johnny (newcomer Kash Packard) after lightning strikes her computer. The two quickly fall in love, forcing evil, love-hating time-scientists to try to drive them apart and keep the universe from implosioning. Rated PG-13 for intense longing.
For the vest-wearing adult, Twins of the Father: A small town father must grapple with issues of identity when his more successful double appears one night during a mysterious lightning storm. Rated R for frank depictions of brief events.
For the regular kid or fragile grown-up, Pixar's Volt: When the titular lightning bolt's (Jaden Smith) dreams of joining the Army are dashed by his thunderclap father (Brad Garrett), he finds his true calling: existing for 0.2 nanoseconds in an empty field. Rated G for existential despair.
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