Mr. Penguin's Adventures: Salude

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Salude

Continuing with my northern wine tour, these were the other wineries we visited on vacation. This day was better than the first day, in my opinion. Overall, the wines were better and the wineries had more character.

This winery was pretty cool. It was in an old schoolhouse. There were huge windows all along either side of the building, and the interior was absolutely charming. They had a lot of cool antiques as well. The wine was pretty good; I liked the School House Red.

Moving on to the next place.

Outside, the grounds were beautiful.

The interior was also nice, and the bartender friendly. Perhaps a little too friendly toward my lady.

This winery also had brandy samplers. This pear brandy was their specialty. There was a pear in each bottle. At first I assumed it was some kind of trick or optical illusion, but upon closer inspection it appeared to be a real pear.

I wondered how they accomplished this and asked the bartender for more information. He showed us pictures of how they do it, they grow the pear in the bottle. How clever is that.

The final winery was a sleek, modern building set high atop a hill.

It had the most amazing view of the lake.

The wall behind the bar was all glass, so you could enjoy the view as you sampled the wine. I really liked the bright wall colors and all the natural sunlight.

On a side note, let me fill you in on how I was treated at these wineries. Naturally, Mr. Penguin was feeling a bit tipsy from all his wine tastings. The man and woman were concerned about me behaving myself in the different wineries so they would try to stuff me away.