So maybe I let my last heavy blog linger a little long but now I am finally getting around to posting a lighter blog on the subject of wine tasting. The longer I am married the more amazing my husband seems to become. I really think I married one of the most thoughtful men out there which is good because I am not the most sentimental person on Earth. Anyway, on Valentine's Day 12 years ago my husband asked me to be his girlfriend, I will spare the very romantic story of how he did this. So Valentine's Day has twice the specialness to me and in some ways I still see it as our anniversary more so than our wedding date, probably because we have been celebrating it like 5 times longer. For this special day he booked us a surprise weekend trip. We hopped in the car Sat. morning and found ourselves in Temecula, which is like an hour south east of where we live. It is known for its vineyards but I didn't realize what a cute downtown it had. It was kind of like Gatlinburg but much smaller and slightly less cheesy.
We checked in to our hotel and then he informed me that we would be going on a jeep wine tasting tour. So someone came to our hotel to pick us up and we met up with our fellow passenger. There were a couple of older women who were friends and assured us they weren't lesbians which the I guess they commonly get mistaken for and a mother daughter duo. Everyone was very friendly and intrigued with our accents as usual. On a side note I have found a KY accent often gets mistaken for Australian, I think they just aren't sure what an Australian accent sounds like. So we went to the first vineyard and had several delicious wines outside with live music playing. I was already feeling a little tipsy after the first stop so I wasn't sure how the other stops were going to go. Apparently a lot of people just have a taste and pour out part of the glass, I found that out to late. After the first stop we went off-roading up to this hill where we could look out over the valley. Then we headed back down the hill to the next vineyard. I thought the jeep ride might have straightened me out a little but after a couple more taste at the second place I realized I needed to start pouring some of these samples out. We headed off to our final vineyard and there we had some cheese and crackers to snack on which I shoveled down thinking it might get me straightened out, not so much. Everyone was very friendly and touchy feelly by the end of the night and it provided many laughs.
We got dropped back off at our hotel and then we were going to get some dinner down town. There was one place we really wanted to eat at but it ended up having a 3 hour wait, what! So after driving around some more looking for a new place I informed John that the only thing I needed was somewhere to lay down. So he grabbed some take out while I feel asleep at 8 PM. It was so much fun though, despite how rough I might have felt at the end. The next morning I felt fine and we went back to that same restaurant and had lunch with no wait. The thing about these cute little tourist towns though is that they are outrageously expensive. I paid 2.12 for a 16 ounce coke, I couldn't hide my shock when the man rang me up.
Normally you would be sad to have to come home from a fun little trip but luckily it was sunny and 75 so I was able to head down to the beach and lay out while napping. It really helped damper the sadness. I would definitely recommend this type of trip to others, just pace yourself.
On a side note John finally got a new surf board, made by a guy from Bowling Green that lives in San Clemente, small world. He also got a new wetsuit so he is really turning pro, just kidding, but he is excited.
My pictures from the trip are not on this computer so I will have to post later but they are also on facebook.
We checked in to our hotel and then he informed me that we would be going on a jeep wine tasting tour. So someone came to our hotel to pick us up and we met up with our fellow passenger. There were a couple of older women who were friends and assured us they weren't lesbians which the I guess they commonly get mistaken for and a mother daughter duo. Everyone was very friendly and intrigued with our accents as usual. On a side note I have found a KY accent often gets mistaken for Australian, I think they just aren't sure what an Australian accent sounds like. So we went to the first vineyard and had several delicious wines outside with live music playing. I was already feeling a little tipsy after the first stop so I wasn't sure how the other stops were going to go. Apparently a lot of people just have a taste and pour out part of the glass, I found that out to late. After the first stop we went off-roading up to this hill where we could look out over the valley. Then we headed back down the hill to the next vineyard. I thought the jeep ride might have straightened me out a little but after a couple more taste at the second place I realized I needed to start pouring some of these samples out. We headed off to our final vineyard and there we had some cheese and crackers to snack on which I shoveled down thinking it might get me straightened out, not so much. Everyone was very friendly and touchy feelly by the end of the night and it provided many laughs.
We got dropped back off at our hotel and then we were going to get some dinner down town. There was one place we really wanted to eat at but it ended up having a 3 hour wait, what! So after driving around some more looking for a new place I informed John that the only thing I needed was somewhere to lay down. So he grabbed some take out while I feel asleep at 8 PM. It was so much fun though, despite how rough I might have felt at the end. The next morning I felt fine and we went back to that same restaurant and had lunch with no wait. The thing about these cute little tourist towns though is that they are outrageously expensive. I paid 2.12 for a 16 ounce coke, I couldn't hide my shock when the man rang me up.
Normally you would be sad to have to come home from a fun little trip but luckily it was sunny and 75 so I was able to head down to the beach and lay out while napping. It really helped damper the sadness. I would definitely recommend this type of trip to others, just pace yourself.
On a side note John finally got a new surf board, made by a guy from Bowling Green that lives in San Clemente, small world. He also got a new wetsuit so he is really turning pro, just kidding, but he is excited.
My pictures from the trip are not on this computer so I will have to post later but they are also on facebook.
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