Best place to be when wine tasting should be outside as much as it is inside. So much time and energy is spent by vineyards to show their attention to detail after all it is that same attention to detail that makes their wine the taste that you have come to know and appreciate. There is so much time spent in the detail in the vineyards as well.
Many winery’s are situated to allow you a view across a valley, a vineyard, great lawn or a botanical garden usually having large decks decorated and furnished with immaculately kept furniture. While it’s easy to “saddle” up to the bar for a tasting there’s often more to be seen. Eagle Castle, Niner Winery, Vina Robles, Peachy Canyon and Pear Valley, Harmony Cellars all have features that are becoming of their winemakers hideout and often worth the drive through the estates.
It’s easy to become consumed with trying to find the right wine and tasting through the flight as quickly as possible and only looking at the ribbons that the wines have won and watching the tasting room staff, don’t let this be your experience there’s often so much more to a winery than their staff. When purchasing a bottle of wine you’re actually taking home a memory of the experience and hopefully a great wine.
