Houston
It’s Business As Usual!
The second half of 2021 found our chapter’s Board of Directors meeting at Café Caspian. This meeting occurs annually in preparation for our Annual Business Meet‑ ing in August. Two weeks later, on July 28, our Cadre met at Lee Slataper’s home to lay out the plans for events through the end of the year. When August 7 arrived, 42 members gathered for our Annual Business Meeting which we call our Summer Chill because we hold it in a wine warehouse which is at 65 degrees. It’s a nice break from the Houston summer temperatures! After reviewing financials and electing officers for the next year, we enjoyed a delicious pot luck supper and wines from our KOV cellar. It is also the time of year when we present our check to the University of Houston’s Conrad Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management where we established the Knights of the Vine Scholarship Endowment in 2011. Our new contact there is Chris Miller. Chris and his wife, Jane, joined us for this fun and casual event where our gift this year of $7,500 was presented.
By Trish Hagner
Later that same month, one of our favorite restaurants announced plans for a wine dinner. We contacted them and asked if they would reserve a private room for our group and allow us to join in. Obviously they said yes or we wouldn’t be talking about it here! So on August 26, 24 Knights, Gentle Ladies and guests had a great meal and Liberation de Paris wines celebrating that date in history. On August 26, 1944, Paris was liberat‑ ed and for the full story you can search the internet or watch the moving Is Paris Burning? We were fortunate to have the winery owner with us. On the Liberation de Paris wines website, you will see a quote: “In August 1944, a convoy of US soldiers liberated a small village
The Arbor
