CHOCOLATE AND WINE

I have discovered something.  If you don't get out of bed and eat breakfast until 10:00 and then you go to the hardware, drug, and grocery store, there isn't much time left to go wine tasting.  Not that I ever want to taste any wines, it just seem to me that Kathe and Jim should get started a little earlier if they want to taste as many wines as there  are in Willamette Valley. They haven't even made a dent in the number of vineyards here.

They drove all the way out to Maysara Vineyards in Amity, only to find that it was closed for a wedding today, more time wasted. Maysara is supposed to be the number one winery to visit here according to Trip Adviser, but that may have to wait until tomorrow.

Thanks to a tip from cousin Fran, they took a trip to the Brigittine Monastery for some handmade fudge.  The property was beautiful and the chocolates were delicious, but still no wine to taste!

Next stop: Yamhill Family Vineyards  which is the oldest vineyard and winery in the McMinnville AVA.  The wines Kathe and Jim tasted were 100% estate grown on the 150 acres of grapes from their vineyard. Jim liked the Pinot Noir and Kathe liked their unoaked Chardonnay. They ended up taking home six bottles.

We do have a couple more days here, so lets home they get an earlier start tomorrow.