This week was my turn. It just so happens that it was also the La Vina Wine Fest! Saturday Chris and I headed over to La Union, NM (about a 30 minute drive). The weather was perfect, sunny and not too hot. The wine fest is an annual event, meant to celebrate the harvest. There were bands, food vendors, arts and crafts for sale, and lots of wine! For $15 a person, we each received a commemorative wine glass along with 9 samples of wine. Chris ended up buying a cigar right off the bat, and we started sampling. Realizing that samples don't last very long, Chris bought a full glass and I used 4 of my samples to do the same. We tried everything from rose to chardonnay to merlot to zinfandel to bubbly sweet wines. All of the wines were very good. We were a little disappointed that we couldn't buy bottles of anything to take home, or we may have just overlooked them. We walked around looking at all of the booths. I bought 6 packets of dry dip mix (delicious!) and Chris bought an awesome hand-turned wine stop with an Army decal on top. We sat down for a little while and ate. Chris got a brat and I got some wings, both delicious as well. After that, we decided to try some wine margaritas. Yes, they were as awesome as they sound. We hung out for about two hours, then decided to call it a day. Once we got home, we took a much needed nap!
On a side note, Chris left for the field today. He won't be back for two weeks, which means no date night next weekend. Although, I might make it a date night with the pups. Dog park anyone? :)
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