Nothing But Whine...

First thing today was wake up, get ready, and get picked up by our wine tour guide and her driver in a small van/bus. They took us to four different Bodegas‘. One of the highlights was that at one place we split into 2 teams and saw who could bottle, cork, label, clean, and pack 4 wine bottles the quickest. In the end we got to bring all the 8 bottles home. Cool... Each place had tastings and educated us on the details of making wine and how to taste it. We also found out that one owner requires teams of woman to help process the grapes in a few areas since they have softer hands and aren’t as rough as men. Crazy right?

So many details that I never knew. Ridiculous amounts of money goes on with these little grapes sitting in oak barrels. After the 3rd Bodega we had a light lunch of bread, cheese, some small slices of meats, and various spreads. Most of us were tired but we made it to the last place.
All of them were nice but one was immaculate. Many details were considered with the architecture. They tried to reserve the Adobe (ish) look on the outside but the inside was very modern and clean. About 10 million dollars to build and they have 265 acres of vines. The pictures should help my lack of descriptive words…

The rest of the day was pretty low key. Me and Dan brought our clothes to a laundry mat where they cleaned, folded, and ironed for cheap. When we got back to the B&B we realized they didn’t give us our socks and underwear back. It was fun going back with a language barrier and asking for our underwear… After some stuttering and pointing they found them in another bag. Good times…