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JUNE 30,2016
Chris Granstrom and his daughter Sara enjoy the music on Friday at Lincoln Peak, their family-owned vineyard and winery.
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From the porch of Lincoln Peak Vineyards, the Vergennesbased band sent bluesy sound waves over a contented crowd of about 300 picnickers, wine-lovers and families this past Friday evening. To the west, the sun inched toward the horizon, and a sprawling 12 acres of vineyards. The music — an eclectic mixture of blues, jam and what Roadhouse Rehab calls “B-side ’70s you forgot you loved” — beckoned stomping toddlers and septuagenarians alike to a modest-sized HERGI ǼSSV EX XLI JVSRX SJ XLI WXEKI
“The scene is great,” the New Haven resident said. “There are lots of families and people of all ages. You can dance, and you can talk, because the music is at a level where you can hear each other.”
BY EMMA COTTON
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