DH learned something valuable this trip - He LOVES red wine. Out of all the wines we've tried over the years, I've never seen him drink red wine. No that's all changed. I'm the white wine and he's the red. Actually it works out pretty well because now he won't drink my wine = good for me!
Any who, here is a list of wineries we went to:
Fox Run: As wine tasting virgins this was our first stop and I'm glad. It was about 11 am and it wasn't too crowded, which was nice. We got to feel it out and ask the bartender questions about different wines and how it works (tastings). We got to taste 6 wines for $2. Not too shabby huh?
Finger Lakes Distilling: Yes you read that correctly. I said Distillery, Do I need to say it again? While I'm not a liquor person, DH is so I thought he'd enjoy it. And he did! He ended up getting a MapleJack liquor and a new rocks glass. This tasting was also $2 for 3 liquors. The only difference about the distillery was that you are limited to 3 tastes a day. My favorite part? The 12 year old dog that wanders around and hangs out behind the bar - sooo cute!
Penguin Bay: This is officially the only type of Penguin I like (I'm a Flyers Fan born to hate the Pittsburgh Penguins). The wine's here were delicious and to make them even better, all the ones we liked were buy 2 bottles get 1 free! Free wine?! It was pretty cool.
Wagners: Great people, great views, good wine. We came in about the time they were closing but stayed long enough to try about 10 wines each. I swear he was determined to find a red wine that I would enjoy, but no such luck. The most expensive tasting at $0.50/glass we should have paid $10 for our tasting, instead we each paid $2. Love it.
Hazlitt 1852: The group of women at this bar made my day. They were so funny we couldn't stop laughing. The tasting room had a very country feel to it, complete with stuffed animals in the floor and the walls. The tasting was the same as the others at $2 for 8 wines.
Glenora: We did this winery on a separate day, knowing it was the largest on the lake and on a weekend it would be very busy. We were right. There was a long line to get in but it moved very quickly. The woman at the front door did a good job of finding out how many people were in each group and did her best to move everything along. Since this winery is the biggest and the oldest we decided to take a tour, but since we got there 3 mins after the tour left we had to do our tasting first and tour second. The tour was $7 and included a tasting. We got to go down into the barrel room and taste wine straight out of the barrel. We also got to go to the wine makers office and see how he does everything.
