Shortly after my wife, Susan, and I moved to Greenville, we took off for Montalcino with friends from Oregon who purchased a week at this villa in a charity auction. We hope the charity benefitted richly from their generosity, because we know we sure did!
The photo overlooking the pool was at breakfast one morning: bread, cheese, grapes, OJ, Prosecco, and Prosecco Mimosas! And all of this was simply to prepare for a day in Tuscan Wine Country. The best was yet to come (although I have to admit this wasn't a bad beginning).
The Greenville Wine Meetup is planning wine tours to Virginia, California, France, and Italy. We began with "baby steps" . . . a chartered motor coach tour of Yadkin Valley and nearby wineries (Shelton, Round Peak, Raffaldini, and RayLen). Had a gorgeous catered lunch with wine, provided by Chef Paul Lange at the Harvest Grill. Click the Yadkin Valley link, then scroll down and check out the 100+ photos (or click here).
Now our Meetup is ready to spread our wings a little farther afield. Look for a Virginia Wine Country tour this summer—tentatively June 10-13. We'll find a B&B or a pleasant hotel near Charlottesville, and explore the dozens of wineries nearby, including Barboursville, Kluge, Veritas, Linden, Gabriele Rausse (see also this Vine and Grape blog post about Gabrielle), King Family Estate, and more. If everyone is up for it, we'll dine at Restaurant Pomme in Gordonsville.
If you are interested, click here and send me a note via Meetup.com? You'll see "Email Me" just below the words "Organizer: Richard" on the left side of the page. Or just click the comments link below this post, and leave me your name and email address. Thanks and cheers!
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I'd love to go on the Virginia trip! Contact me at [your email address]
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