I have finally earned my big girl pants and went wine tasting.
I then took the big girl pants off because I made a stink face after every sip. I do not like wine. Between my dad, my step-mom and I we made enough wine waste to fill an entire glass. Finally when I thought it was too late for any hope, I found one that I liked.
This Moscato tasted like juice. It was no surprise I liked the dessert wine, I am 12 years old at heart. Drink enough wine and the windows in the bathroom start to glow.
After the tasting it was time to tour the land. No grapes on the vines because it’s winter. That just means I need to go back when it’s harvest time.
This vineyard was beautiful, and the mountains on the horizon made this a place I would love to wake up and drink my morning coffee, or a bottle of wine (Moscato please.)
Better yet, just put me in the production room and I’ll stick my head under the nozzles used to fill the bottles.
In all seriousness this place was not only gorgeous, but it was very tranquil. Tucked into the hillsides of Sedona without knowing it was there, you would never find it. I think I could pretend to be a wino if it meant spending my afternoons here.
Q: Have you ever gone wine tasting, or toured a vineyard?
Blissfulbritt 
55 thoughts on “Wannabe Wino”
EverdayLivingPNW
I don’t think you could sip the wine if you stuck your head under the nozzle like that…may need a better way to pace yourself 😉 Just saying is all….
Alex @ therunwithin
I haven’t gone wine tasting before, i feel like that needs to happen.
Rach @ This Italian Family
This place does look pretty. So glad you got to go and had fun! 🙂
Megan
You are too funny! I love doing wine tours, the only problem doing them here is having a driver! I can handle maybe 2 wineries before I start to get a little funny and want to opt out of driving. I am abstaining from booze this month and am actually shocked how much I don’t miss it! Normally I drink wine a few times a week!
GiGi Eats Celebrities
I am THRILLED you earned your big girl pants!!! I will NEVER earn mine, I will always wear training pants… Because I cannot taste the difference between wine and I actually HATE WINE!!! My whole family = OBSESSED with wine and then there is me… Miss I cannot taste it so don’t even bother asking me if I want it! AHH HA HA HA! My father always does forget this though and tries to offer it up to me. Don’t waste $$ on my palette, it’s a POS!!!!
PS: I like to eat my calories, not drink them! LOL!!!! But if you asked me to go wine tasting, I would go with you, watch you get sloshed and then be your DD!!!!
Brittany
No no no I am 100% with you, ESPECIALLY on the part where you said you like to eat your calories, not drink them!! I actually get worked up at the thought. I only partook in this tasting because the amount they poured would have been safe for even a baby!! It was barely anything HA! I didn’t taste a difference other than one tasting more like dog poo than the others. Not for me, BUT it was fun and now I can say I did it. HA!
I do think that going and having you as my DD would be a blast. BAHA, I will hold you to that!
GiGi Eats Celebrities
LMFAO!!!!!!!!! Lets give a baby some dog poop and see if it gets WASTED! Ah ha ha ha ha haa!!! 😉
natalie @ will jog for food
I love love love wine tasting! Too bad I can’t do it now. AND the worse part is I live 1 hour from Napa/Sonoma! Booooo
Brittany @ GOtheXtraMile
I cannot WAIT to go wine tasting! That’s first on my list when I turn 21 🙂 I’m a young wino, I loveit 😉
foods for the soul
The only time I visited a winery, it was for a “grown-up” birthday party when I was 8. I ate lots of cheese and crackers, and I ran around on the front lawn in my best shimmery pink dress. (But I wanted to run up and down the rows of trellises instead.) At least I could appreciate the grapes!
Emily
I’m not ashamed to admit that I love wine. Totallllllllyyyyyy in love with it. Glad you found one that you like!
Alisha
Your face under the nozzles picture gave me a nice chuckle! You are hilarious! And I loooove me some vino yet haven’t been to a winery before – this one is sooo beautiful!
lifeasliv
What a fun thing to try! I’m not huge into wine either, and am most definitely a dessert wine lover as well, but going to such a beautiful place would still be a ton of fun. 🙂
Jade
Moscato FTW, every time! I love wine tasting, this looks like a fun place. I have been to Napa Valley twice, the Leelanau Peninsula in Michigan, and we lived in Oregon’s Willamette Valley over the summer and went a couple of times. You are having such a great time right now, can I come too?? 🙂
Holly @ My Plant-Based Family
I like the idea of wine tasting but I do not like wine. I can’t stand any alcohol. It makes me want to gag. 🙂 if there was a chocolate tasting I’d be there!
di @ life of di.
I’m a huge wine lover but it was definitely an acquired taste. Now i can’t seem to get enough (and oddly enough, I started with white and switched to red. I no longer can drink white -too sweet! Weird how your taste buds change over time.) Looks like you had a wonderful time! And it looks SO beautiful there!
An Unrefined Vegan
I love going to wine tastings – especially when the surroundings are this gorgeous!!
pickyrunner
I’ve never gone wine tasting and I don’t drink alcohol but I eat grapes like water so I would love to go to a vineyard for some fresh ones 🙂
Lou
Oh yeah I LOVE wine…. especially when you can drink with abandon in a gorgeous setting – sounds like a perfect day to me!
Change of Pace
You’re on an awesome vacation by the sounds of it all!
I also don’t like wine, but perhaps I’d like one that actually tastes like grape juice!
moderngirlnutrition
Glad you had a great time!:)
Meghan@CleanEatsFastFeets
If you liked Moscato, you might also like Riesling. It’s the sweetest wine out there and one of the only kinds I’ll drink. Good job on the big girl pants.
Roya Ghorbani
I love wine tasting! Your photos look gorgeous!
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Amalia
Wine tasting is one of my favourite things to do. I believe that the first time I went to the vineyard I was two because my family has one in Hungary. I love Reisling as Meghan said — and any white. I’m not a red wine drinker. My parents love wine so I think I grew up loving it.
Amanda @ .running with spoons.
I don’t actually mind the taste of wine, but I’ll probably never, ever earn my big girl pants… I’ll probably be wearing yoga pants for my whole life 😛 I’ve never been wine tasting before, nor can I tell the difference between a good wine and a bad wine, aside from whether I like it or not. Age, aroma, depth… none of that means much of anything to me. It would be awesome to learn about that kind of stuff, but I don’t even think we have any vineyards in our area…
HollieisFueledByLOLZ
I agree. Wine was such an acquired taste for me but now I absolutely love it. I drink it probably twice a week or so personally.
LivingnLearningbyAmy
I have been to a wine tasting before and like you, didn’t like a lot of them. As I was reading your post I was thinking, “Oh no! She needs to try a Moscato before she says she doesn’t like wine!” And sure enough, you like it 🙂 Also, something I have found as I have tried more and more wine is that you should try different brands of the same type of wine before saying you don’t like it. There are some Moscatos that I make faces at and don’t enjoy. My favorite one is Seven Daughters right now.
cleaneatingveggiegirl
I would love to go to a wine tasting and see if there are any that I actually like. Because so far, I have yet to find one other than the occasional sweet/fruity wine (does that even count? ;)) that I like. I prefer to stick to beer and tequila! 😉
Luv What You Do
I LOVE wine tasting! It is my dream to get out to CA and do some real tasting!
jessielovestorun
I’ve never gone wine tasting… probably because I’m not a fan of it. It may have to do w/ drinking a bit too much in the HS days Ha Ha =)
Brittany
Haha I hear you on that!! 😉
Scrambled Megs
i want to go wine tasting!!!!!!!
TorontoRunner
How cool is this!!
I would LOVE the opportunity to experience wine tasting..mainly because, I have yet to find wine that doesn’t make my face clench up because it doesn’t taste good – haha!
Nicole
I’m like you… I don’t like wine either. Although maybe I would like the dessert wine… if it tastes like juice. LOL!
katalysthealth
I think wineries are beautiful to look at and maybe even visit, but Im really not an alchohol fan. Although I do like some sangrias, especially the one from olive garden!!
A Tablespoon of Liz
I love winetasting!! I’ve visited a few vineyards, and they are so pretty! Moscato is one of my favorite wines as well!!
Life After Swimming
Those pictures are GORGEOUS! I’m not a huge wine drinker, but I think the experience itself would be so fun!
myhighonlife
Ohmy lanta I am such a wino! I love moscato and riesling. They’re both dessert wines so that explains a lot 😉
Looks like a gorgeous place! up here in WI we don’t have vineyards but I am going on a wine tour of 2 winerys in February with the manfriend! Can’t wait
Pumpedpumpkin
AHHH I’m coming to visit you where ever you are at any time because it always looks gorgeous! I am not a wine or alcoholic person much but I have found a few wines that I love…. and I tried a skinny girl coconut mojito (coconut vodka, coconut water, lime and mint) It was heaven in a glass.
Ali Mc
if you don’t like wine – you must drink more wine 😉
Rachel Elizabeth
hahahaha I’m so not a fan of wine either– my sister is, I just think it smells bad lol that’s awesome that you went thou!! Last wine tasting I kinda went to was when I was 17 and in Hawaii– my parents made me and my sister wait outside lol
kale
oh my, no matter how you feel about the wine, you should never take your pants off while wine tasting. wait until you get home for that kind of thing. 😉
B
I’ve been to an at-home wine tasting before. It was like Tastefully Simple, but with wine! I don’t really like wine, but the one’s that I can semi-handle are always the dessert wines!
Nicole Marie Story
You know my answer to your question! 😉
In fact, I a looking for a gorgeous wine bicycling tour!
A week bicycling from winery to winery in the Finger Lakes region of New York with my monkey in tow sounds absolutely positively superb!
Moscato is gorgeous.
You’ll love Pinot Noir. Bursts with flavours of cherries and raspberries, and sometimes butterscotch! Mwah! xo
Melissa @ Mouthwatering Morsel
haha the photo of you drinking. hahhaaha and I really like that bathroom glass. seems like a lot of fun!
Khushboo Thadani
Ohh this looks so fun! Attending a wine-tasting course is definitely on my bucket list- it would be nice to have a clue when waiters hand me over the wine menu ;)!
thoughtsappear
There are vineyards everywhere around here. It’s ridiculous. I’ve only ever been to one. They have wine festivals over the summer. And like you, I enjoy the fruity, sweet dessert wines.
Allison @ Life's a Bowl
That scenery looks absolutely beautiful! I’d love to wake-up to that and drink my morning cup[s] of coffee overlooking the vineyard and drink wine as the sun sets… How idyllic 🙂 I’ve lived in VA all my life and have been 21 for 3 years but have yet to go to a winery. That needs to change come springtime!
Life's a Bowl
That scenery looks absolutely beautiful! I’d love to wake-up to that and drink my morning cup[s] of coffee overlooking the vineyard and drink wine as the sun sets… How idyllic 🙂 I’ve lived in VA all my life and have been 21 for 3 years but have yet to go to a winery. That needs to change come springtime!
lizzyj1305
I am not a wino…I don’t enjoy the taste of wine!
That being said my parents LOVE-Wine tasting, California is full of vineyards and wineries. And my Sis is studying Wine & Viticulture, (I call it grape-science!) 🙂 she wants to start her own vineyard…so I better start enjoying the juice of the grapes more! 🙂
It sounds like you had an amazing time!
xoxo!
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MattyH
Hi dude – I would recommend Pinot frigid as a good one to try as it’s lighter, white and fruity – awesome mixed as a cocktail in the summer : )
Brittany
Awesome!! Thank for the recommendation I will have to keep my eyes open for that next time I want wine!
MattyH
Ok just saw your response (and my original comment) – I meant to type Pinot Grigio (not frigid!!) – typing on ipad is not my strong point! : )
Brittany
Hahaha oh ok I was like hmm I have never heard of Pinot Frigid!! I do like Pinot Grigio!! In fact I have used it to mix with bubbly water over the summer! Great call!