Wine Tasting Saturday
While I was in Australia doing my own wine tasting, my wife was home introducing her girlfriends to the magic of Virginia wine. We each dreaded tasting great wine without the other. Our first chance to do wine tasting together this year was at Quattro Gooma’s.
And we loved it.
Quattro Goomba’s is one of the newest wineries on the Loudon Wine trail and they don’t grow their own fruit. They started as a cellar operation for fun, by purchasing fruit from around the world to make some custom wine, and they grew to a wonderful operation that attracts visitors from around the region.
A great thing about Virginia Wine is that you get to experience wonderful local fruit and the fantastic wines it creates. The bad thing about Virginia Wine is that you are largely limited to Virginia produced fruit which is somewhat limited. Sure you get some fantastic local varietals you just can’t get anywhere else, like the Norton, but on the flip side, you don’t get to experience Chilean grapes or Napa grapes. At Quattro Goomba’s, you can do both. And they are one of the few wineries that serve Sangria.
Jess and I watched cartney play in the rolling hills of green on a beautiful spring day while we enjoyed a bottle of Californian Chardonnay that is simply out of reach for Virginians. It was fun and a great way to spend a Saturday Afternoon.
