Sunday, November 10, 2013

11.10.2013: A Day of Temecula Wine Tasting

The day started out pretty chill for some of us.... 
This is how we do it:
 They are just too cute!!  Love the color coordinated outfits (jammies) too
 Mom and Dad offered to hang with all the grandkids today while the rest of us went wine tasting down in the valley.  Mom bought us a wine tour on one of those Grapevine buses that take you to 4 wineries and feed you lunch at one.  We started out at South Coast where we made instant friends with one of the wine guys (I wouldn't call them bartenders...so will just call them wine guys).  He actually hit it off with Olivia...a Costa Rica connection...and basically gave us all-you-can-drink free wine.  We literally could have ended the tour right here!  But we didn't...we moved on!!

We hit 2 more wineries before lunch.  One of them gave us a little vineyard tour and talked to us about their growing process and season.  I believe we were there just after the harvest, but there were still grapes on a ton of vines.

 

   






 We lunched at Mt Palomar...one of our favs for their outdoor seating areas!
 Longshadow was our next stop.  I had changed DRASTICALLY since we were here a few years ago.  They built a huge barn for entertainment events.  It is gorgeous now!  So many options here...and they have horses everywhere you can pet too...
Our last stop was Oak Mountain Winery.  It was farther than most, but set up on a hill and made for great sunset views!  Definitely a great one to end the day at.  They also have live music so that was a plus too!
We ended our wine tasting day back at South Coast where we found our wine guy buddy again.  We could have stayed there for hours...but Brent made us leave! :(  Just kidding...he was the driver though!! 

Back at the ranch, Mom and Dad had made a beautiful turkey dinner for us all to eat.  You would think we would be all wined out, but we weren't quite yet.  It was a wonderful Sunday family dinner together to cap off a great day and a great weekend!

Olivia needed a nap after all that wine tasting!
 Brent switched it up to beer....I knew it was too good to be true!! 
Thought we converted him...it was close.
 Guess Vince switched it up too...they must have been wined out!
Tubs missed her Bince!
 Thanks goodness Kenny was still on the wine team!


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