Got Wine?

Since I didn't have to spend all my energy doing Thanksgiving dinner and entertaining this year (we went to a family friend's house), I decided I didn't want to just sit around the house this holiday. My mother- and father-in-law were in town, and we decided to hit the local wineries in Clarksburg just a short distance from our home. In the 10 years I've lived here, I can't believe I've never been to this particular location. Beautiful scenery, great wines, and it took us no more than 20 minutes to get there!

We visited Bogle Winery, which had the most beautiful grounds and free wine tasting (always good), which seems be pretty much the norm when you avoid the pricey Napa/Sonoma area of California. We bought a 2006 Ghost Du Roam there. We also stopped in at the Old Sugar Mill, which really is an old sugar mill that houses several different winery's tasting rooms. It was one room after another...You could get really snockered with just this one trip if you weren't too careful! We got a 2004 Petite Sirah from Heringer Estates and a 2006 "Lockwood Oaks" Cabernet Sauvignon from Todd Taylor. We splurged on the Todd Taylor one since he only made 214 cases of this particular wine. He was there in the tasting room too. My husband made sure we visited this tasting room merely because he and Todd share the same name. When you know nothing about these wineries like us, I suppose that's a good enough reason to pick one to visit! I ended up being the one who really liked his wines, however.

Anyway, I thought I'd share some pics of our short but lovely excursion; a bad but fun excuse to spend a lot of money on wine!

My husband and son at Bogle Winery

Beautiful vineyard that's changing colors in Clarksburg

Old Sugar Mill

My attempt at being artsy-fartsy at the Old Sugar Mill

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! If you would like to avoid the mall crowds like we did this year, be sure to visit our online store for some great holiday deals!

~Jeannie