Another beautiful weekend...
It was a gorgeous weekend here. We definitely enjoyed the 70-degree+ weather! On Saturday, we decided to go to the wineries in Lockeford. It is about 10 minutes northeast of Lodi and is only open on the weekends. It is a lot with a few buildings with 12 tasting rooms! It is so much fun. We were there for at least 3 hours and didn't even see all of the tasting rooms - we made it to 6. It is definitely one of our favorite places. Here are some pictures:
The Olde Lockeford Winery (above). It is owned by one couple and the other wineries rent out rooms for tasting. During harvest season, they bring in a large mobile machine that they all use to make the wine. In the buildings (below) each tasting room holds barrels of the wine. It is pretty neat to see. Each tasting room was painted a different color.
Below is a dinosaur fossil. I know, pretty random to have at a tasting room, but this t-rex wasn't the only one they had. There were numerous fossils out for all to see. The wines each have a different fossil on the label.
There were so many chickens running around. It was pretty funny. The guy below almost made it into the tasting room!!
While tasting at Boitano, the owner needed some help getting a couple of cases down from the pile. So, he asked Jeff and Jeff was happy to comply. For Jeff's services - we got a free bottle of wine! Anyone else need some help?
Below are what the grape vines look like now. They are pretty bare. They probably won't start to turn green until April or May.
The Olde Lockeford Winery (above). It is owned by one couple and the other wineries rent out rooms for tasting. During harvest season, they bring in a large mobile machine that they all use to make the wine. In the buildings (below) each tasting room holds barrels of the wine. It is pretty neat to see. Each tasting room was painted a different color.
Below is a dinosaur fossil. I know, pretty random to have at a tasting room, but this t-rex wasn't the only one they had. There were numerous fossils out for all to see. The wines each have a different fossil on the label.
There were so many chickens running around. It was pretty funny. The guy below almost made it into the tasting room!!
While tasting at Boitano, the owner needed some help getting a couple of cases down from the pile. So, he asked Jeff and Jeff was happy to comply. For Jeff's services - we got a free bottle of wine! Anyone else need some help?
Below are what the grape vines look like now. They are pretty bare. They probably won't start to turn green until April or May.
So, if you decide to come visit Jeff and I and are here on a weekend, this is a place where we would definitely want you to see!!
After that, we went to Kara and Patrick's house to finish watching the Lord of the Rings triology with them. We got there toward the end of the second, which worked out fine because I hadn't seen the third yet. Good times :-)
On Sunday, we played a great game of sand volleyball. It was another warm, sunny day! We were all in shorts and t-shirts. It was great! Jeff played some ultimate frisbee last night while I did homework. Maybe next Sunday I will be in.?.?
Have a great week all!
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