Arrington Vineyards

On Friday evening, we headed out to Arrington Vineyards about 30 minutes away from John & Mary's house. This place was GREAT! It was a small vineyard, but the wines were delicious and just a fun place to spend an evening. You have to purchase their wines if you want to drink on the grounds but you can bring in your own food and there are picnic tables everywhere for you to dine at. There were actually alot of families with kids there which I thought was fantastic. And of course, there was live music!

We felt pretty special--when we arrived, we had a gourmet, DELICIOUS picnic dinner waiting for us. Grilled chicken, pork tenderloin, roasted vegetables, caprese salad, pasta, cucumber salad and a wild rice medley. We dined with a Riesling and then went in and did a wine tasting, where we settled on a Gewurztraminer.

 There was a sprinkling of rain just before we arrived, so it was cloudy, otherwise the sunset from here would have been majestic. Still, a beautiful view!

 This was such an awesome mini-vacation for John and I.

 One of my aunt's friends, Lauren and her boyfriend Ken met us out after our dinner. We had a great time getting to know them and enjoying their company. Those Southerns are so friendly.  Beautiful brunettes, huh? Who says blondes have more fun?! LOL :)