Wine Time!

Number 18 (Tour 3 Wineries) is complete! Hooray!!! I have a whole new respect and love for wine. Today my hubby and I toured Thornton Winery in Temecula. Thornton Winery is beautiful and one of the closest wineries to the town part of Temecula which makes it very convenient. All the wine tasting is done in flights with table service, which I felt gave the winery a snobbish feeling. I enjoyed a flight of Champagne and the hubby did a flight called Cal-Ital & Rhone. Both flights were good... but I wouldn't go as far as to say great. One of the most enjoyable parts of the afternoon was getting rained on... twice! Let me clarify that this rain was really just a quick 5 minute sprinkle... but I love rain! I haven't seen any rain since we moved here so for me it was really a treat. Many of the of the other wince enthusiasts were running inside, even though we were under a cheesecloth-esque tarp. Overall the experience was very pleasant but I can't say we will be returning anytime soon.

The three chosen wineries to complete #18 were Wilson Creek Winery, San Antonio Winery and Thornton Winery. As previously blogged I loved Wilson Creek and it is still the winery I judge all others against. Why? I have truly enjoyed and would purchase any of the wines they offer. Of course there are some that l love more than others, but they are all super tasty and delicious... thus they win first place. Winery tours have truly become one of my favorite things to do since we moved to California. I look forward to touring more wineries in SoCal area and hope to get out to Santa Barbara and Napa!

-K