Glamping Among the Grapes
Tonight we used our Harvest Host membership to spend the night at a local business—Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery, located between Vero Beach and Fort Pierce, Florida. As I write this, a live cover of the Grateful Dead’s, “Friend of the Devil,” is floating over the darkened landscape through our open windows—the Junior League is having their fundraiser here tonight.
It’s a beautiful and unique location, thanks to the various whims and interests of owners, Gary and Susan Roberts. Stock for his landscaping business blends with the vineyard to form a dense green backdrop that frames the tasting room, pond, and indoor/outdoor event space. The former and latter are both decorated with some of Gary’s extensive collection of classic longboards, acquired, he tells us, in the 70s, “when everyone was ditching them for short boards.”
We’re his first Harvest Host campers. He’s let us have our pick of locations in a field behind his shed. We end up happily ensconced near hole 3 of their disc golf course. Tomorrow they’re hosting a Sunday Jazz Brunch. We could end up staying.
Shop: You could spend the better part of a day (or, with a Harvest Hosts membership, a night), at Endless Summer Vineyard & Winery. Visit during a live music event and make yourself comfortable at one of Gary’s longboard picnic tables. EDIT: Endless Summer Winery is now Summer Crush Vineyard.