An Unofficial Wine Trip

On Friday, with Deb and Mike somewhere in PA, Diane and I decided to make a short day trip to a couple of our closest wineries. We started out for Saude Creek to visit their new tasting room. Unfortunately, we missed the exit, so we decided to go all way to James River, about 30 minutes up the road. Our first visit to James River was at the end of our very first wine weekend, and we weren't impressed. But that was so long ago, before we really knew anything about wine. We had a wonderful visit, sampling of about a dozen wines (with nice size pourings.  Our favorite is the Chambourcin, a slightly sweet red wine, great for this time of year.  We also made a return visit to New Kent Winery, about our 10th time.  Again, for this time of year, we love a slightly sweet wine -- their white Merot.  We ended our trip at Saude Creek, which we had some trouble finding.  The new tasting room is beautiful with plenty of places inside and out to sit back with a glass or bottle.  However, by that time, we were about spent, so we enjoyed the tasting and headed home.  This was a great 3-stop trip for us, with minimal driving and lots of worthy wine choices.