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LOCAL MAN PILLAGES ITHACAN VINEYARD, CALIFORNIAN VINEYARDS JEALOUS

Recently, local magician, Craig Vinholtz, 38, pillaged an Ithacan vineyard. Vinholtz claimed to have seen some rascal "animal" scampering away with paws full of grapes. In an attempt to stop the animal, Vinholtz decided to run through and terrorize the other un-plucked grapes. "Well... I didn't want them to feel left out, you know?" said the out-of-breath thief.

Fortunately, the vineyard-guard dog was on site to help keep Vinholtz's petty theft from turning into grand theft.

Successful vineyard owner, David Connor, 32, rolled his eyes when he found out it was Vinholtz again. "This is the third time it's happened. I've about had it with Craig," said the proud owner, "more or less."

Mr. Vinholtz's wife, Edy Vinholtz, was unavailable for an interview, though she must be undoubtably ashamed.

Luckily, a local film crew -the incredible and dedicated Park Productions crew- was there to record the entire event. The crew was largely shocked by Vinholtz's heinous actions:

"The grapes, man... the grapes..." said Mike Blaney, sound designer extraordinaire.

AD Alyssa Traitz and AC Luigi Ramos both mourn the fateful endings of the grapes while, admittedly, also devouring them by the handful.

Executive producer and sort-of-most-of-the-time director Carol Jennings described the vineyard as, "stunning."

The rest of the crew remained completely silent the whole time and were unavailable for an interview.

*Exclusive footage of the incident will be online soon*

Connor will not be pressing charges against Vinholtz, though, ironically, offered tours of through the vineyard's beauteous landscape.

David Connor's winery has won numerous awards including "Best Organic, Red Wine" of 2008, 2007, 2006, and 2003 at Ithaca's annual Organic Wine Competition. (Which Carol Jennings also describes as, "stunning.")

-Angela

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Shooting Uncorked!

Uncorked! production is officially underway. We have finished 3 full days of shooting now.

The staff has had to overcome many unforeseen obstacles, such as pouring rain while shooting the exterior vineyard shots, but the outcome has been amazing. All of the cast has been absolutely perfect - exactly who everyone was imagining for these characters when writing the script.

Here is a pic of a bunch of the crew hard at work.

A picture of the monitor with a very intense scene from Uncorked!
Some of the crew set against beautiful Cayuga lake.

Josh and the cape that I made for David Moreland/Craig Vinholtz. Filling it with the delicious grapes from the vineyard.
As you can see from these pictures, we had a lot of fun, and did a lot of hard work.

We all learned so much from doing this and had such a great time.

Thank you to our sponsor, Sheldrake Point vineyards, for hosting us.

I can hardly wait to keep shooting!

-Jen