Today I got to cross off one thing on my bucket list (BTW Jessica Lee is now in on the list as well). Anyways, my house and I went to the Cross Keys Vineyard. Although it was the ugliest day out, it was still so much fun to visit! This vineyard was my first vineyard to ever go to. It was about 20 minutes away from Harrisonburg (down 33). We sat down at a long table and they served us 7 different wines. Beth asked if we were allowed to bring some appetizers while we taste the wines and they said sure! Little did they know how much we were going to bring. We brought hot dogs, cheese cake, cheese, candy, lots of crackers and pretzels! In a way they were probably glad because we were counter acting the alcohol with all the food, ha ha.
We started off with a white chardonnay and moved towards the reds. It was really cool to see what types of wines go with the different foods! My favorite wine was the first one we tasted, a 2008 chardonnay. This delightful wine was barrel-fermented in new and used French oak for nine months. It is pale straw in color with a bouquet of apple, flowers, honey and vanilla. Apparently it is a perfect complement to semi-soft cheeses or seafood and roasted poultry dishes. I guess crab would be perfect for this wine...
After we all bought our bottle of wine (mine is the one in the picture), Meg asked if we could buy the wine glasses we tasted the wines in. They told us that we could have them for free! I don't know if this is something that Cross Keys vineyards does, but it was really nice! I hope that every vineyard I go wine tasting at allows me to take the glass, it would be a fun collectable! I can't wait to come back to this vineyard when it is nicer out!!
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