Posted on Feb 20, 2022
The Five Best Wine Road Trips in the U.S.
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One of the things I miss about traveling around in the US while in the military. I discovered several great wineries in my wanderings. Not mentioned in this article is New Mexico which also has some great wines. Think about it, like Texas, the Spanish were the first in the area and they brought their wine making skills along with them. A blight wiped out the Spanish grapes a long time ago, but the climate is there and winemakers have discovered grape varieties that thrive there and produce some great wine.
One of the things I miss about traveling around in the US while in the military. I discovered several great wineries in my wanderings. Not mentioned in this article is New Mexico which also has some great wines. Think about it, like Texas, the Spanish were the first in the area and they brought their wine making skills along with them. A blight wiped out the Spanish grapes a long time ago, but the climate is there and winemakers have discovered grape varieties that thrive there and produce some great wine.
The Five Best Wine Road Trips in the U.S.
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I really miss the wine tours we had access to while stationed at Ft. Lewis. I'm not a huge wine guy, but we found some amazing wine/conversations with the smaller wineries. We would sit down on the weekends and plan Saturday winery road trips. We did a Yakima Valley one that had a great brewery for lunch and a wine break. The coolest one was island hoping in the NW of Washington from winery to winery.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
I used to have 2 week TDYs to the finger lakes region of NY, winery road trips were part of that weekend between weeks.
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And for sure —> Napa & the rest of California! Chateau Montelena = worth the trek! Winner of the Judgement of Paris!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGM0O15Iw5Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGM0O15Iw5Q
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Maj (Join to see) - Yes! Great conversation starter when friends visit. Fun movie, as is the book. The *judgement* forever changed the wine industry. Put California wines on the map and gave the Australians, Chileans and other countries the mindset —> if California can do it, why not us also. Lived, worked and USAR-ed in Silicon Valley for many years so got to enjoy NorCal and SoCal.
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CPT (Join to see) - One of my favorites. I only heard about it because I was out in Napa and Sonoma just after it came out and they had posters everywhere. You can't go wrong with Alan Rickman, either.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Excellent Share, Of Course My Favorites are Oregon, Washington and Missouri Wines in that Order. Yeah I Tend to be Local Loyal.
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