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Foot Path Winery & farm

Feb 15, 2013

Foot Path is not your typical winery. It’s off the beaten path on Glen Oaks Road. The property and drive are marked by a banner. Footpath Tasting This isn’t a shiny tasting room that you are driving into, it is...

Wiens, Barrel Tasting Room

Feb 6, 2013

We have long been members of Wiens Wine Club. Wien’s Barrel Room from main room On our first trip to Temecula it was the last stop of our second day and we loved their wines. Not trusting ourselves, we...

Baily Vineyard and Winery – Wines worth stopping for

Dec 21, 2012

We have been to Temecula several times and I have done lots of research on the area and one of the wineries that our radar just kept missing was Baily. As you drive on Rancho California Road from Temecula it...

Wines you can’t forget, part three

Oct 31, 2012

On to Part three of the wines I can’t forget. We will venture into Paso Robles, Virginia and Oregon! Lone Madrone The Will. Okay it’s no secret that I have a wine crush on Neil Collins and I had done...

Wines that I can’t forget, part one

Oct 24, 2012

Michael and I do quite a bit of wine tasting on our vacations. As you know if you have read our blog before, we love to visit wineries taste and get the feel of a winery. Often you can get...

In Vino Veritas, A Long and Winding Adventure

May 28, 2012

Veritas was another winery that Kathy recommended. Located in Afton not far from 64 this winery is a stunning location for an event. The winding roads going in made us grateful for the driver. The tasting room is big and...

King Family Vineyards, Crozet Virginia

May 24, 2012

From Pippin Hill Farm we headed to King Family Vineyards in Crozet. As we headed out our driver pointed out that our last vineyard was actually closer, but…we had checked the times and the last vineyard was open the latest,...

Wine in the Commonwealth

May 16, 2012

Virginia is Wine Country! This historic part of our country was challenged for centuries to make good wine is indeed at last producing some VERY good wines! When the Pilgrims landed they found a countryside with wild grapes growing abundantly...