Le gagnant du concours SweeTango remporte un voyage à L.A.

How does a free trip for two to Los Angeles sound? And while you’re there, how about a great dinner — on the house — at the acclaimed Animal restaurant?

This unexpected vacation sounds awesome to Sue Tomlinson, the lucky winner of our « Short and SweeTango Season » contest. After the contest entry period closed on Oct. 31, we picked Tomlinson from thousands of entries.

Tomlinson is a project management coordinator at a commercial real estate firm. She and her husband, who live in Homewood, Ill., have two college-age daughters.

Tomlinson is a huge SweeTango fan. She tells the story of how she first encountered the variety:

« It was last year when we were driving my oldest daughter’s things to her at the University of Minnesota. We stopped at Pepin Heights Orchards. In the store, there was a woman handing out samples of apples. »

« One of the samples was the SweeTango. My husband and I tried it, and immediately fell in love with it. It was the best apple I had ever had. »

« We bought bags of the apples to bring to my daughter at school and back home. »

« Since then, I tell everybody about these apples and want them to taste them. As a matter of fact, my younger daughter and I were just visiting my daughter at school in Minneapolis a couple of weeks ago, and I found SweeTangos at a store there. I was thrilled and I called my husband and told him I’m bringing bags of SweeTangos home!! »

« My whole family absolutely loves them, so this was a real treat! »

Tomlinson has since been spreading the word about SweeTango.

« I honestly could go on and on about these apples — just ask the people around me! »

Tomlinson’s prize includes dinner for two at Animal, the restaurant run by top chefs Vinny Dotolo and Jon Shook. She said she’s got a wedding anniversary coming up — and a trip to L.A. and a nice dinner at Animal might just fit the bill!