Miami County Wine Trail Tour

This past weekend Trenton planned out a day for us at some local wineries.

 

We started the day at Nighthawk Vineyard & Winery.  It is located just south of Paola which is only 20 minutes away from us.

We clearly beat everyone else out that day cause we were the first ones to arrive.  Fine by me... more pours in the tasting room when it's just me, Trent, and the owner ;)

Trent had packed a picnic lunch for us and we pretty much had the choice of any seat in the house.  We picked the spot that was nearest the wind chimes and had the best view of the pond.

 Bottle 1 to have with our lunch.

 The grapes on the vine ready to be harvested the next day.

 Ignore the wire in front of the grapes- they said the birds were nuts this year.

 

 It was the most beautiful day out.  70 degrees, light wind, blue skies and sunshine.

 Ran down the field just in time for a dip ;)  We LOVED Nighthawk and enjoyed how peaceful and serene it was.

Stop #2 on the Wine Trail Tour- Somerset Ridge which was just 5 minutes down the road from Nighthawk.

It was much busier and active than the first one.  They had just had a harvest that day so there was lots of people, fun, and live music going on.

They have triple the number of wines that Nighthawk has so we got lots more samples here :)

 Trent's choice from their vast selection.

 Perfect September day!  We highly encourage doing the Miami Country Wine Trail.  There's three wineries and vineyards that you can visit all within 10-15 minutes of each other.  We only hit up two of them on Saturday so now I know which one we'll be visiting soon....