Today's adventure was a group effort and oh what an adventure it was. We hopped into two cars and headed west at 8 AM. In my car, we started out with our Bible lesson for the day. The book of Judges says "wine which cheers God and man". Wild West sent some uplifting quotes the day before we left stating "Wine is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" ~ Benjamin Franklin. The next topic of conversation was how to go wine tasting. For this DY had found “The 5 S’s of Wine Tasting.” See, Swirl, Smell, Sip, Savore. And my favorite, even though it makes 6, SPIT!
The first stop was Raffaldini Vineyards. We were a little too rowdy for the wine server and BM and P were yelled at for talking too much. Just what were you two talking about? The wine was very good. This was agreed by most, if not all, to be the best winery of the day. It was a little early for us to be drinking wine (10:30AM) so we left feeling pretty good. Wild West had brought some espresso beans for us to munch on. I believe these were a hit. The next stop was Laurel Gray Vineyards. Somehow between winery 1 and 2 GC got glued to the seat of BM and JM’s van. No one is really quite sure what it was that GC was glued with, something black and sticky. As GC peeled stuff off of his butt, the rest of us filed up to the counter to taste more wine. At this winery, DY got out of control. Not only did Laurel Gray have wine, but more importantly they had sauces. DY was completely SAVORED with the “Crazy ‘bout Butts” BBQ sauce. The caption on the sauce said “Legs and Breasts are good too.” DY even got a t-shirt with Crazy ‘bout Butts on it. This winery also had other great sauces like chocolate and balsamic.
We stopped off at Crackle Barrel for some lunch; I ate too much. LC and I played some checkers, I lost. Although this is not surprising since 3 people were helping here. We headed onto RagApple Lassie. GC is still sticking to thing like his wife’s newspaper. They had a couple playing some oldies and singing. We listen to the oldies as we SAVORED some wine. We even got a tour of the store room since DY knew our wine pourer. CS and I talked about adventuring together. I’m always looking for a partner in crime. She has done some cool trips. The final stop of the wine trippin’ was Sanders Ridge. This place was beautiful – a mountain chateau sitting beside a pond. This was the second favorite winery. Daisy served up our tastings and flirted with Wild West. After the tasting, we sat on the deck and socialized for some time. Mysteriously someone had paid for all the tastings. THANK YOU! We learned a lot sitting on the deck at Sanders Ridge. LC and JM seem to have some mutual acquaintances. Some of my fellow Soapstoners have some interesting stories to tell.
- When Wild West wins the lottery, we are all going to go wine tasting in Italy and France and then go on lots of mission trips.
- Vanagons and VW buses (my dream house)
- Our next adventure (hang gliding and the lost city)
- Proms, wrecked cars, flowered pants- What is stuck to GC’s pants?
- DY is lovin’ some butts…and legs and breasts (we’re talking about chicken and pigs of course)- The final conversation of the day was….so when are we sitting on GC and LC’s porch for some wine and sauce sampling.
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