Just a Saturday's drive

Heading north on Interstate 95 the Saturday after Independence Day is probably not the smartest idea, but we did it anyway!  Our first destination was Windy River Winery in Beaverdam.  We never found it.  We never saw a sign and when I tried to call, the message was that the number was not in service.  To bad.

Then on to Morais Vineyards in Bealton.  Looking at the pictures of the place on line, I was thinking large and stuff, but what a surprise - it was a hopping, fun place!  What made it fun was our server and we thank her for that!  The tasting room is quite large with a big oval bar, but when we walked in, it was pretty crowded.  Our server gave us some crackers and cheeses (yum) and our first tasting, then seemed to disappear into the crowd.  When she came back, she did give us as much attention as others to explain the wine and how the cheeses went with each one.  Sometimes in cases where there is a crowd and only a couple of servers, they can neglect you and that is not good.  There needs to be a nice balance between hovering and throwing something in your glass for you to figure out for  yourself!  It wound up being a nice leisurely tasting and for the amount of time it took us to get up there, that was okay by me. 

You know for me it is not about the wines, but they only had 2 whites, a rose’ and 4 reds and 2 port style.  Well, C is not a red or port drinking person and today particularly.  It was over 100 degrees outside, inside the tasting room is was not cool and someone pours him a glass of warm wine.  Not so much!  But he does try them before giving them back to mother earth (ok, pouring in the dump bucket). Well, our server took it to heart that she had to find something he would like.  It got really comical and made it fun as she finally gave up and handed him a passion fruit soda so that he would have tasted something he could enjoy!  The soda was good – and cold and the afternoon was good and fun!