Exploring Wine Country

One of the true blessings about living here is how close we are to the fabulous wine country. Less than 5 miles from our home is close to 40 different wineries and field after field of fabulous grape vines to behold. As can be seen above, the grape leaves are turning gold and burnt orange as they prepare to fall away to the earth below.

Every other weekend or so since moving here we drive out to the wine country and explore 2-3 wineries. Today we chose 2 different wineries to visit. We started out having lunch at one of the larger wineries and had a wonderful lunch over looking the rows and rows of grapes. After lunch we saw the tasting room, gift shop and walked around the grounds and picnic areas. This particular winery has weddings often. What a perfect spot to be married!

After spending close to 2 hours at the first winery we moved on to a smaller, boutique winery that is known for its red wines. The pictures posted were all taken at this winery. Kevin tasted 5 of their vintage reds and loved every one! The best part of visiting this winery was talking to the owners. They opened the winery the year Kyle was born and have found great success. From Italy, they brought their love of wine and knowledge of old world style wine making to their little winery here.

The weather here has been perfect for weeks now. The average daily temp has been 70 and with cool mornings and evenings and endless blue skies, it just doesn't get any better than this.

Salute!

*I'm still waiting for several family and friends to become a friend on Facebook! I post twice daily what is going on in our lives and give details like the names of the places we go (like the wineries today) Since Facebook is private vs this blog which is public...I can be more specific. Go to Facebook.Com and it will walk you through the sign up, look me up and request me as a friend and we can chat live, post messages, leave private notes etc..I love keeping up with my friends on Facebook. I have re connected with many old high school friends. I spend approx. 5 t0 10 min a day on Facebook. It will NOT take up a lot of your time.