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[dananne]

Don't know if you saw it on my Ken Wright post on the Pinot thread yesterday, but Anne and I now own a farm in Saline County, about 45 min from Columbia. We're getting to know the area, and we had a wonderfully unexpected discovery.

One of the nearby little farm towns, Slater, has a general store (called, fittingly, Slater General Store). Amidst the aisles of hardware, plumbing supplies, and other typical general store items, they stock and carry a wine range of gluten-free grocery items! Go figure! Evidently, one of the owners has Celiac and was frustrated at having to go into Columbia all the time, so they started carrying gluten free stuff at their general store. Slater is only a few minutes away from our farm (which is between Gilliam and Arrow Rock, near the Missouri River), so it's fantastic news for Anne. How utterly random that they carry it, but I know she's not complaining!

Anyway, I'll be in touch as we plan trips up there in the coming months, and perhaps we could find the time to get together and share a bottle or three [img]http://wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img]