Love to Wine

In "Tastes Like Wine to Me," I introduced one of our favorite things to do....wine tastings! This area is conducive to producing so many beautiful wines, and we're doing our best to taste our way through all of them.

Because of Mike's school work, we decided to celebrate Valentine's Day the Saturday before rather than on Tuesday.

We ventured out to Salinas Valley for the River Road Wine Trail's "Valentine's Passport."We arrived to our first winery and each received a "passport," wine glass and chocolates.

To sum it up, the 14 wineries along the river road wine trail offered tastings with suggested food pairings. We visited six of the 14 :: Marilyn Remark, Paraiso, Hahn, Wrath, McIntyre and Boekenoogen. We had tasted some of these wines before, but only in tasting rooms. Here we actually got to visit the vineyards and see the estate, and the views were breathtaking! It was a perfect Valentine's Day celebration!

Paraiso Vineyard

My Valentine 

His Valentine

Who wouldn't love to taste yummy wine, food and play cornhole all while enjoying beautiful scenery?

 

Hahn Vineyard

Wrath Vineyard 

(McIntyre and Wrath teamed up for the event)

I really liked the McIntyre sparkling wines (aka champagne).

And my favorite is....

Doggies like wine tasting too!

Steel Barrel. I prefer wines aged in oak barrels over steel. 

Mike with Mr. Dave Boekenoogen

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