Saturday, June 12, 2010

Morgan Creek Vineyard Wine Tasting


This past week has been pretty rough for me.  I've been waking up at 4:30 in the morning and some days not getting off work until 7 o'clock in the evening.  So I'm pretty exhausted.  It felt like the weekend would never get here.  This weekend I needed some real relaxation.  So today we drove down to the Morgan Creek Vineyard in Harpersville.  It's only about a thirty minute drive from Birmingham.  The Morgan Creek Vineyard actually makes some of my favorite wines, so I was pretty excited to see where it all happens.


The vineyard is very pretty and very hot.  The temperature was in the nineties today, so the best place to be was inside tasting the wines.  They make twelve varieties.  Of course I tasted all of them.  Cheers!
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  1. Cheers to you too! Hope your weekend is going well!
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  2. What a fun and relaxing weekend! It sounds like you deserved to get away. Enjoy every minute of it!
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  3. I've never been to a wine tasting, I'll bet it was awesome. And of COURSE you would try all 12 varities!!
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  4. A great way to destress after a hard week's work...couldn't have chosen a better alternative! :D
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  5. Take a good rest and try to enjoy the World Cup!

    Angie
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  8. Way to go. Nice way to kick back and enjoy the week end.
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  9. I love to go wine tasting. I'm glad you got a chance to chill. I wish we had a vineyard that close. The wineries here in Florida don't usually grow their own grapes. I think the muscadine grape is the only one. There is one that make blueberry wine.

    They let you taste all twelve? :D
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  10. Is that one of the bottles in the bg? Cali., has a vineyard by the same name...almost thought it was the one I was thinkin about... so, did u pick up a case?
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  11. Woo Hoo! 12 varieties, you deserved it after your long week! It looks like a great vineyard and here's wishing you an easier work week this week. Cheers!
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  12. I love wine tasting at vineyards and usually do it when I'm on vacation; it's a fun way to spend the afternoon and I've found some new favorites that way as well...The variety can give me a fun buzz too!! :)
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  13. we are surrounded by several winereys here in mich, two of my favs...tabor hill and round barn...I love visiting them, such relaxation;)


    cheers ;)
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  14. Michael,
    Thanks! Hope you are having a great one too.

    Linda,
    Thanks!

    Debbi,
    You need to go to a wine tasting. It really is a great way to find new wines...and you really find out what you like since you are tasting them all together.

    Jeannie,
    Thanks! It was really relaxing.

    Angie,
    Thanks!

    Subhasini,
    Thank you!

    Diane,
    Thanks! I agree.

    Carla,
    Yes it was.

    Lyndsey,
    All the grapes they grow are muscadine, but they have blueberry and peach as well...and yes they let you try all twelve and some of them twice.

    Chrissy,
    Yep that's the bottles....I did!

    Pam,
    Thank you!

    Steven,
    You make me want to plan a trip to Michigan more each day.
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  15. Jacqueline,
    I actually found one of my new favorites yesterday.
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  16. And what is your new favorite, Bo?
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  17. Oh I do not miss hours like that! I used to get off at 11:30 after an all day double shift and I was a Zombie until 4 AM, then start all over again! Poor Bo, you deserve to be handed a whole bottle to yourself! Nice walk through the vineyard photos!
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  18. Sounds like a great end to a stressful week.
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  19. Sounds like a really nice time. I have never been to a vineyard but would love to sometime. I would love to try different wines side by side and see how they differ. Hope your week this week is a lot easier:)
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  20. Bunny,
    Actually I found a few new faves...All muscadine...Carlos a very sweet almost dessert wine...tasted almost like fresh muscadine juice...It was as easy to drink as sweet tea...Red Mountain Red a semi sweet wine...I think sweeter wines are nice to drink in hot weather...and another called Noble a dry red. They are in all the supermarkets here and I'm sure you can find them at Whole Foods in ATL.

    Chef E,
    Thanks! Hours like that will kill you.

    Andy,
    It was!

    Raina,
    Thanks!
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  21. oh bless hope work eases of for you I adore vineyards
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  22. Rebecca,
    Thanks...this coming week should be better.
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  23. Relaxing in vineyard, is a good choice. Love the pictures.
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  24. What a great way to unwind. Hope you have a better week ahead!
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  25. Cheers! An excellent respite from the rigors of the week. :)
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  26. glad you had a chance to realx after a rough week, great way to do so with fab wines..

    sweetlife
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  27. I never knew there were wineries in Alabama! California better watch its back. GREG
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  28. Great pictures! Looks like a great time! ...well wine is always a great time ;-)
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  29. I love vineyards...and what they produce ;) Great pix...makes me want to do the same!! Hope things smooth out for ya.
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  30. Sonia,
    Thanks!

    Hungry Tummy,
    Thank you!

    Culinary Alchemist,
    Yes!

    Sweet Life,
    Thanks!

    Greg,
    I don't think California has anything to worry about, but these are some great wines.

    Jessica,
    It was. Thanks!

    Girlichef,
    Me too! Thanks.
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  31. oh..wine tasting is the best thing on sunny days;)
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  32. I am partial to sweet wines..i love dipping biscotti in them. The vineyard looks very nice.I don't see too many grapes..Is it off-season? Sorry I would make a very poor farmer. I don't know when it is grape season.
    Last year I went to a Vineyard in San Gimignano, Italy. It was my first time to actually see a grape-vine and it was an exciting experience for me. Good that you have a vineyard at a stones throw away..hmm, almost..
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  33. Just,
    I agree.

    Cool Lassi(e),
    Mee too, especially in the hot weather. There are lots of muscadines on the vines, but they are only very tiny green knots. They will not be harvested till around september. I'm sure the vineyard you saw in Italy is much more impressive than this one.
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  34. I don't drink often cause I easily get drunk by just a few sip! hehe.... I'll take the one has lowest alkohol to help me to sleep well at night....zzzzzzz....
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