Blackhawk Winery

Had my first visit to Blackhawk winery with three of my friends. We enjoyed ourselves drinking the wine and listening to the music of the Mulligans. Everything was fine until we reached my car. A note was taped to the driver side window. The note said, “I know what you did. I have your license plate number.” Two empty beer cans were placed under my windshield wipers.

My three friends were baffled just as I was about who would do this. One of my friends went to go get security and brought back the owner. Come to find out it was the actual owner of Blackhawk winery that had written the note and had placed the beer cans underneath my windshield wipers!

The owner of the white truck, hat was parked next to me, had reported to the owner of seeing two beer cans near or under my car. During the conversation with the owner about what had happened, the owner assumed that they belong to the driver of the car and he admitted to placing the beer cans underneath my windshield wipers as well as taping the note to my window. The owner of Blackhawk winery went on to explain how frustrated he was with the amount of trash left on the grounds each time they have these free events. I pointed out to him that anyone could have thrown the beer cans underneath or near my car. Just because they were near my car does not make it that they belong to me. I said a note would’ve been fine, but for him to place the beer cans underneath my windshield wipers was vandalism and unacceptable. He said it was not a smart move, but even though I explained to him that I do not drink beer, he still felt that I had left the empty beer cans on the ground instead of placing them in a trashcan. His parting words were not to do it again!

After he walked away, my friends and I felt that he should’ve handled this situation much better. If you are going to run an establishment where people are going to be parking cars on your property, one should not be surprised that some trash is left behind because people can be inconsiderate by not disposing of their personal trash responsibly. Hopefully he will learn from this incident, and not make rash judgments about people, as well as taking out his frustrations on an innocent person.

This is a small, casual winery with really good wines. There is a nice indoor tasting room as well as lots of outdoor seating (usually the turkeys, chickens, and barn cats come to say hello too). They have music on Saturday afternoons and during the summer there are free concerts in the lawn. The winemaker, John, is usually somewhere nearby and will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about grapes, wines, and wine-making. The wines range from dry to sweet (but not overly so) but they also have a lovely apple cider (alcoholic) and wine floats as well. We always find a glass (or bottle) to suit our mood.