Author Event: Friday, May 6, 2022 from 3pm to 5pm

Please join us on  Friday, May 6, 2022 from 3pm to 5pm when author Patricia G. Kay will be signing copies of the book The Passage of Vines: Clara.

Clara, a successful Chief Financial Officer of a New York investment firm finds herself faced with a life altering decision after her mother’s death. She discovers she has inherited the Long House Winery, in Walla Walla, Washington, as the fourth generation woman.

Prepared to travel to the family winery put it on the market and return to New York Clara becomes entangled in unplanned circumstances. As Clara’s explored the winery home, she reflected on childhood memories, discovered her Native American roots, and sought soul searching answers of owning the winery as another generational woman. Clara becomes a captive student of local history by reading letters written by her grand grandmother, a Native American Nez Perez from 1901.

After accidently injuring her ankle, she found herself in the care of Stephen, the most eligible bachelor in the valley and owner of the award-winning Bennington winery. As she is recovered, he begun to teach her about wines, wine making and she acquired a taste for both red and white wines. Stephen offers to oversee her winery, assuring her he will wait patiently as she determines where her life’s journey will take her either returning to New York or moving to the wine valley permanently.

            Passage of Vines invites the reader to learn about Walla history, become familiar with wines and wine tasting through the unpredictable storylines.