We started the day at Lovingston Winery in Lovingston, VA. I loved it. It is a small property in the rolling hills with a pond. The tasting room is part upstairs from the wine making facility. Being able to see the tanks and barrels was beneficial when our pourer was explaining how the wine made at Lovingston was made, example using gravity to move the wine instead of hoses that can add unwanted tastes to the wine. The cool factor was the knowledge of our pourer, the relaxed atmosphere of the tasting and yes, this is called not just about the wine, but this wine was good. Really good! That does not mean you will like it, our tastes are all different, but let me know if you want to come over and have some with me. I like to share my wine.
On we went just down the road to Mountain Cove Vineyards also in Lovingston, VA. This is the oldest winery in Virginia. The pourer at Lovingston Winery told us about the owners, how he is retired military and that he and his wife were neat people and that the tasting room was rustic. The owners were not there when we visited but the substitute they brought in was a lovely lady with a standard poodle named Polly Anna and yes, the tasting room was rustic. We enjoyed talking dogs with her, how much she likes her standard poodle, how much we all appreciate a regular cut on them, not the French cut, how much we all like beagles and how hard it is to find a good dog sitter. She was definitely the cool factor. As we were leaving a very cute dog walked up from down the dirt lane. We do not know her name or who she belonged to, but our pourer was letting her in the tasting room as we were leaving so she must be a local. She was so cute I had to snap a pic, and that is her in the picture below.
Oh, and a side note, Mountain Cove was down a small road that was red from the surrounding soil and then down a dirt road, so the back of our white car was red and as C closed the trunk after putting our purchase away, red dust flew everywhere! Quite funny.
Next stop Lazy Days Winery. Doesn’t that name just sound fun, doesn’t’ that sound like a place where you would just want to sit back and watch the world go by? Was not. I consider myself rather generous when it comes to wineries and tasting rooms, but this one just had nothing. The only cool thing we could come up with is that it is a good use of an old building. The tasting room is an old stock yard and it is cool that they reused it. Our pourer was nice. It was her first day and we enjoyed talking with her. The mountain view was behind the building and there was just nothing cool or interesting about it. Maybe I am getting jaded!
