Well this weekend due to a family event we decided to keep it
local. All the wineries we visited we have written a blog about in the past.
With that being said, here's what we did this weekend.
After the family Christmas get
together at my Aunt's house, we headed over to City Scape Winery. We each had a glass,
I had the Green Apple Gewürztraminer and Dennis had Müller Two-Goats. We also
brought a bottle of the Winemaker's Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon home.
We
then headed to Mountain
Brook Vineyards for a little Christmas Caroling. We enjoyed a bottle of the
Rambunctious Rosé while singing carols
with Brin & Mir. For this vocalist who isn’t getting a lot of performance
time these days, this was a lot of fun. Also, while we were there, Ruah was grazing in the vines. We also saw some deer beside the driveway but due to it being overcast, the deer were blending into the woods to much for me to get a good picture.
From
there we stopped to grab something for dinner and then we headed to Old Rock Quarry Winery. As always, the wine and the company was
wonderful. Had a nice visit with Debbie, Lindy and Linda. We brought a bottle
of the Snap Apple Sassy and a bottle of the Strawberry Kisses home with us.
Sunday
morning we went to church and then we finally took some time to do a little bit
of Christmas decorating. Better late than never, right? After doing that we
decided it was time to go to Biltmore for a little bit as we bought season
passes and hadn’t used them yet. While on the way we decided that it had been
way to long since we had been to Burntshirt Vineyards, so we made a little detour. We each had a glass
of their Apple Wine and brought a bottle home.
We
then made our way to Biltmore Winery and decided to do a tasting again. MaryAnn
was our server and she was very knowledgeable as well as very friendly. We met
a sweet cute couple who were also doing a tasting at the same time. She
apparently likes wine more than he does, but he was a good sport and was trying
to learn more about it. We brought both the Christmas White and the Christmas
Red, (signed by the label artist – he was there signing bottles – happy coincidence
for us!) home with us as well as a
bottle of the 2016 Limited Release Chenin Blanc. After the tasting we went over to the wine bar and shared a charcuterie and cheese board as well as
a bottle of Zinfandel Blanc de Noir.
We drove around the property for a little
bit & then headed to see the lights at the Christmas House in Inman, SC. When
it comes to Christmas light displays, I swear we are like 2 little kids. We
drove through 3 times!
Sadly
after that is was time to go home & prepare for this work week. Until next
weekend we wish you all a Merry Christmas and as always, good wine!
