[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Another big moment for us. We've now moved into the top 10 most 'liked' Missouri wineries on Facebook. We're up to around 3,250 and are adding 3-5 likes a day right now. We should be able to move into the top 5-7 in six months at our current pace. That may not seem like a big deal, but we're directly or indirectly hitting around 10K Facebook pages a day just by doing nothing more than providing regular winery updates. We've already passed several established wineries in the state. It's been a huge asset to the winery.

We're also going to be adding some new features to the winery in January. We're going to turn one of the smaller rooms into a consult room. We'll have couches and coffee table for guests who are interested in booking events. We'll also have a monitor showing pictures from previous events that can also be used as a computer monitor to produce contracts, show features, etc.

We are going to move to having one night a week where we stay open later than our usual 8:00 PM closing time. We're going to have music playing on the patio and in the building and are looking to stay open until 10:00 or 11:00 PM. We want to provide an option for those who want to stay at the winery later during the nicer months of the year. We're shooting for Spring 2013 on that.

We also are a few days away from beginning a schedule towards renovation/expansion on the property. We've been working on putting together a deal for some time, so it's very exciting to reach a point where it reaches a planning stage. If all goes well, we can start work in the latter part of 2013.