We both got off work at 2pm, in the heat of the day. No
worries up here, but it was in the 90’s once we got off the mountain and it was
hot! Just about a three-hour drive and a Walmart stop to get my haircut, we checked
into our hotel around 6pm. Whew, that makes for a long day. We just took the
night relaxing, showering in a huge shower with so much hot water and no
worries about running out and sleeping in a King bed…it was fabulous.
Got up early like two little kids on Christmas Day and
headed out around 10am. Since this was way too early to begin our wine tasting
we checked out Old Downtown Palisade. Not much going on and it was still too
early so we took a drive about 10 miles to Old Downtown Grand Junction and just
checked out a few stores and by this time it was almost noon, so we stopped at our
first winery.
Meadery of the Rockies, they made and served Honey Wine. We
really enjoyed the tastes and our bartender was wonderful. Out of the 5 wineries
we visited, this one was by far our favorite. We bought one bottle of Raspberry
Honey Wine.
Our next stop was directly across the street at Plum Creek
Winery and things were much different there. We did not feel welcomed, the two
girls there were too busy talking about their personal life with one another
and they did not have many sweeter wines, in fact they only had 3 and none of
them were to our liking. We did not purchase any wines here.
Our next stop was right around the corner from our hotel and
this winery had two separate ones combined…Talon Winery & St Kathryn
Cellars.
St Kathryn Cellars was our first stop and they had more of
the wines we like, which are made from juice, not grapes. We had our tastes and
bought a bottle of Pomegranate Wine which was a hard choice since several
others were our favorites too.
Talon Winery had a few sweet choices, but again were not to
our liking so we did not purchase any bottles from them. We did find some great
dips and a wine glass pin for our travel map.
Our final stop was the winery associated with our hotel.
Grande River Vineyards also did not have many sweet ones, but we did find a
good Riesling that we purchased a bottle of.
We headed back to our room and even though we stopped at 5
wineries, we probably only drank about one glass of wine in the 4 and a half
hours we were tasting.
Our hotel, Wine Country Inn was a great choice for us. The
customer service was outstanding, the room was nice with a great bed, a
fantabulous shower and included a scrumptious breakfast.
We definitely have to continue taking these little vacations
on our days off because we feel refreshed and it soothes the hitch itch.
