Williamsburg Winery

Visiting my big sister in Norfolk is just like taking a drive down memory lane to our childhood.

My sister and I.  Even at a young age we were

destined for Sombreros and Margaritas. 

Our younger years were spent playing with Barbies, dress-up and cooking with our Mom.  Well with our Mom in town we nixed the Barbies for Booze but still play dress-up and Cook with Mom. Somethings just never change!

Picture of My Mom, sister and me

before heading out for her birthday.

Sorry the picture is fuzzy, so was our

night!

Due to our Irish Italian Roots drinking wine is not just a part of our culture, it's apart of who we are.  We all decided with everyone in town to go to a winery for a visit.  The closet one to my sister is the Williamsburg Winery  Therefore, we packed up the cars and headed up to Williamsburg for the day.

The Urban Farmer and I have become a bit of Wine snobs.  We don't like the big commercialized wineries and unfortunately, Williamsburg Winery is a BIG winery.  In fact, it is one of the biggest producers of wine on the East Coast.  We both have found that the smaller winerys allow you the opportunity to actual meet the owner of the Winery, enjoy mom and pop wines and spend a day in the country.  Not here at Williamsburg.

You walk in and in-order to have a wine tasting you have to buy a $10 ticket to view the winery.  Being that this is our second trip to the winery and the fact we were all hungover from my sister's birthday party, the idea of sitting through a tour in order to drink wine just doesn't seem fun.  Just give me the wine!

For the tour we had an elder man as our guide, who was very knowledgeable about the winery.

On the tour, we saw a brief movie on the winery and the history of wine making in Virginia.

Picture from our last visit.  Me on

a Wine Barrel!

Each barrel holds 300 bottles of Wine.  If I EVER go 

missing this is the first place to look!

Next, we were given a tour of the winery.  We saw the room where the wine ferments, the steel drums the wine sits in, and a museum of the property.

But the Cherry on top of this Sundae was the wine tasting at the end.

Each glass of wine was better than the next.  Being that we had been here before we had tried all the wines in the selection  -- except the last one.  The wine was a delectable Vin Licoreux de Framboise, a mixture of red wine and raspberry.  The Urban Farmer and I feel in love all over again -- with this bottle of wine.

I plan on enjoy the raspberry flavors in this wine with a brownie in the near future.

It was a rainy day so we were unable to enjoy a bottle of wine after the tour -- but that is the BIGGEST draw back to the Williamsburg Winery.  At EVERY winery the Urban Farmer and I have been to they allow you, no invite you, to sit out side, enjoy a bottle of wine and their AMAZING view.  Williamsburg Winery forbids this simple request.

Therefore, if your new to wine tours, want to learn more about wine or want to see how the big wigs make wine head on down to the Williamsburg Winery.   You will learn a lot, drink some wine and end your day with a nice wine glass.

But don't take my opinion to heart.  Head on down to the Williamsburg Winery, it may just be your glas of wine!

XOXO,

Busy Girl