Stacy and Sara came up this weekend, and we had a blast. We headed out west to do a little wine tasting/touring. We started at Wintergreen Winery on Friday. We also hit Hilltop (Fruit wines and meadery! I’m not usually a fan of the fruit wines, but I do love a good pear wine.), Cardinal Point, Afton Mountain and Veritas, where everyone was quite dressed up, it seemed. Also where one of the people tasting wines asked, “What’s a vintner?” (Answer: Something you should know before you go wine tasting.) We stayed in Charlottesville that night and watched 5 firework displays from the top of a parking deck near UVA.

Saturday, we started at Oakencroft Winery. (These wineries are all on the Monticello Wine Trail). We headed north towards Culpeper to visit two more, Sharp Rock and Old House. (I’m certain I’ve mentioned those before, which should be proof enough that I’ll go back to wineries, so if anyone wants to do a wine tour…)

We finished off the wine tour by hitting IKEA. As you do.