Wine Country

After a romantic engagement evening, we did the Spirits, Wine and Beer tour.

1. Finger Lakes Distillery where we tasted four different spirits did shots.  I can't remember the last time I took shots, ekk!! It was a chilly day out, so at least it helped us warm up.  We were able to get a quick tour of the processes ...

kinda gross looking

Next we were off to some Wineries! Yah!! 

2. Damiani Wine Cellars.  We tried a bunch of different wines, all paired with speciality chocolate from Hedonist Chocolates in Rochester, NY.  The chocolate was made to go with the wines.  We purchased a bottle of the Merlot (that we drank last night, it reminded us of the chocolate we had with it).  

glasses

While we were waiting for the rest of our tour group, Trevor and I decided to jump a wall and try some fresh grapes (with permission of our tour guide of course)!! 

Good thing Trevor warned me to 

spit out the seed and the skin, they were 

surprisingly good.

Another awesome thing at this winery was the art show taking place.  They were featuring work from photographer, George Cannon.  Check out his site, there are some awesome shots.

3. Bloomer Creek Vineyard.  The owner was laid back and knew his stuff (please view their page, he is the man on the tracker).  We tried all different types of wine paired with cheese and crackers.   Purchased 3 bottles of white. 

tasty 

gorgeous view

4. Red Newt Cellars was our last Winery, it was very busy.  We only got to try 2 different wines.  We purchased a bottle Merlot.  And saw this "interesting" limo:

pick up truck limo??

4.  We ended the tour at Rooster Fish Brewery.  My memory starts to get a little blurry here, but I think we tasted four different kinds of beer.  Our favorite was Aspen Wit (of course) and we purchased a growler of it for later as soon as we got back to the hotel.  

Overall we loved the tour, but it would have been much better if we did it with all people we knew.  Possibly a Merkl Family Outing?? 

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

xoxxo