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| how behind can you be to actually put the words here
in May of 2008??? like way, way behind. As the saying goes, a
picture is worth a thousand words and hopefully that was the case
for you if you come back and read this now. I will try to
remember what I had intended to say... Because my back was messed up two days before we went tasting, we only went to three of the wineries that I had planned. Driving in a car (or riding in my case) was one of the hardest things to do once my back is messed up. Luckily I found a very good chiropractor and he helped me to "get back on the road".
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| The entrance to Horton Winery, not our favorite of the three that we visited on this day, but had a nice write up in the USA Today newspaper. | Horton Winery has beautiful grounds, the vines were in full leaf and you could see the winery in the background. |
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| The main entrance to the winery, it was beautiful on both the outside and the inside. They are known for their Viognier, but of course, since it had been written up in the USA Today, it was all sold out by the time we got here to do our tasting... | The next stop was at the Barboursville Vineyards. We had lunch reservations at the Palladio restaurant (Italian) on the grounds. |
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| Look at these luscious grapes, just waiting, wanting to be made into wine... | The view from the tasting room and restaurant. |
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| This couple (2 years later, I can't remember there names :( was also having lunch in the restaurant. We chatted with them while tasting waiting for the restaurant to open up. | Sitting at our table, enjoying our soup. |
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| I don't remember what I ordered, but I do remember that it was very, very good and we would definitely go back again! We also liked their wines, we bought several bottles. | This is what is left of the Barbour's original home (original land owners) designed by Thomas Jefferson, yes, that Thomas Jefferson. "Tom" just lived down the "street" (about 20 miles) in Monticello. |
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| The last stop was at Jefferson Vineyards. The vineyards are on Thomas Jefferson's original site that he had planted in 1774. This vineyard was planted in 1986. I am sure Thomas is very happy about that. | The tasting room and part of the winery. |
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What a great place to sit and enjoy a glass of wine, this deck is on the back of the tasting room at Jefferson Vineyards. |
| I hope you enjoyed this very short tour of the Virginia wineries that we were able to visit. Rest assured, I was not feeling too much pain at the end of the day from the wine and great lunch. Kim |
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