Last week, on our way home from our mini-vacation in the mountains (well, a different part of the mountains, as we do live in the mountains) David, Bug and I made a very important pit stop. After spending 4 days with 5 children under 5 years old, really the only thing that will make you feel better is wine. That's just how it is. Lucky for me, I'm privy to this bit of medical science and added a winery stop to our trip home.
Not too far out of our way between our mini-vacay and home we had our choice of wineries. We had to play a bit of eenie-meenie-miney-moe and picked Lake James Cellars in Glen Alpine, NC. We pulled into town and stopped at a nice little dive for lunch (I had a burger named after some lady named Mary, and it was flippin' amazing) and then scooted on to the winery.
In all honesty, I cared little for the small wineries cozy interior, the polished wooden bar's recessed lighting (I'm a slobbery fool when it comes to recessed lighting), or attached store of mish-moshed antiques, because I just needed some wine. Though I suppose it says something about it that I even recalled these details.
The wines were good. Quite reminiscent of my other NC wine experiences. Almost all of their grapes are purchased from North Carolina vineyards, one of which was just down the road. We left the winery much happier and with our usual four bottles of wine (I pick two and David picks two, Lily has to wait about 19 more years before she can pick 2). David chose the Syrah and Riesling, and I got the Cabernet Franc (which smelled and tasted fabulously) and a blush Pinot Noir.
It was a fabulous trip, and another winery happily marked off the list. And definitely,definitely a perfect ending to your mini-vacation.
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