In vino felicitas

In vino felicitas

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Or in my own made-up version of Latin, “in wine, there is happiness.” We took Dad out to Homestead Winery in Ivanhoe this afternoon for a belated Father’s Day outing. It was a pleasant, warm, partly cloudy day, just right to make the half-hour drive. We took a look behind the scenes and saw their new production machine, which fills, corks, labels, and foils each bottle. It wasn’t running, but it looked like a cool way to make some wine ready for consumption!

After the mini-tour, the five of us – Ryan, Janette, Mom, Dad and I – had a mega-tasting. We sampled 10 of their wines, getting progressively giddier as the afternoon wore on. We selected bottles to buy, then each had a glass of our favorite on the deck and chatted for a good long while.

After we left the winery, we were all starving (and half drunk), so we went back to Sherman and had an early-bird dinner at Cheddar’s before we dropped Mom and Dad off at home. We came back to the house and all three crashed for a nap, and I opted to let Ryan continue sleep until he needs to get up for work. We had such a busy weekend!!