I never realized how many stupid puns one could use with the word "good"  but I am sure we will hear all of them by the time this is all over. 

I just left the Murphy-Goode tasting room after an hour of wine tasting and talking to most of the top ten finalists.  Below are some pictures I took with the iphone, but if you really want to see some amazing shots take a look at http://www.areallygoodetrip.com/index.php/photos/ where Adam has posted his images of his "Really Goode Trip" to Healdsburg.  It is great to see my little town through his eyes, and through the eyes of all the other tweets and Facebook updates from almost all of the candidates.

It is funny, when I posted a Facebook status update today mentioning the free tasting, I had a few comments asking if I had won the "contest."

Shana Ray will be visiting the Murphy Goode tasting room this afternoon to drink some wine and hang out with the top 10 finalists.... You should come too!! FREE TASTING and entertainment from 3-5.

Well, first off everyone and their mother would have already known if I had 'won."  I would be screaming all over town about my goode fortune.  Second, I would have had to enter to win.... Damn pesky rules.

The reasoning I never entered the job search was because I already live here in Healdsburg. My guess is that the Murphy Goode team was looking for someone who could come into the area and into the wine world and see it all from a fresh perspective and tell the world about how amazing it is here.  I already do that everyday.

The tweets and images from yesterday reaffirmed my guess.   All ten candidates were so excited to see vineyards, their hotel rooms and the Healdsburg square.... I don't have the same "new" excitement about all of it as I did when I first moved here, but I do get excited to see others reaction to my home town.

I am sure there will be more tweets and pictures to come because I hope to be able to see these awesome individuals again before they leave (as Adam told my mom in the tasting room, "we have been friends for about two weeks now").

For now, here are some images I took from today's goode tasting.

Cheers.

*shana.

(p.s. that blond lady with me is my mom, she came to harrass the candiates too).

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