Keenan Winetasting

OK, another post. This one is on our annual winetasting trip to Keenan Winery with our friends Fee and Chris, who know a lot about winetasting. I would like to point out that this is my 50th post! What better way to celebrate it than to talk about our fun trip to Keenan with our buds!

Fee and Chris are very cool people. In addition to us, they invited Chris's brother Nate and his wife Linda. Nice folks. Fee's son Russell and his pretty fiance' Kelly joined us as well. To accommodate the gang, Chris rented a 9-passenger van. She supplied it with chocolate chip cookies, water (get this: sparkling and fresh) and cherries! Fantastic!

So, we pile into the van and head north, ready to taste the great Robert Keenan wines and sample the wonderful foods at the annual event. Here's our gang.....

Everything about winetasting, and this event in particular, is fun. You head for the winery, get your glass and beat feet for the Chardonnay. After too many tastes, time to try the reds! Tough work trying to decide if you like the Merlot, Cabernet, or Chardonnay better.

We grab a table and sample some of the food as well. Fresh oysters, cheeses, vegies, fruits, lamb, sausages, chicken & beef filled tortillas, and satay skewers. Tough work.

And, at every turn, some woman saying, "Would you like to try the Cabernet?" Umm....well.....ok.

We hang out at the outside tables and enjoy our friends, the view, the wine, the food, and the fact that life is good. You can see Lisa sitting at our table in the center of the photo.

We head upstairs to the "more wine" section and try, uh.... more wine. Seems like it would be rude to not do so.

Chris, Kelly and Russell are happy to be here. Russell and Kelly are getting married next year and are a cute couple. Chris says that we are on the "A" list of invitees. This is a real change for us. The last two weddings we attended, we crashed, so it's nice to have an actual invite for once. With over 250 guests anticipated, we figure they won't notice some food or wedding gifts missing. Hey, we're on a fixed income!

What a great day. We hang around tasting great wines (one that we kept going back to was $95.00 per bottle Cabernet. We didn't buy it, but we did go back to the "pour person" 4,654,917 times.

They also had a great band playing cool jazz. Does it get any better?

Robert Keenan Winery is a nice place to taste, tour, and hang out. Like most wineries, it has a certain smell to it of wine, must, and fermentation. We loved it.

While at the winery, we run into Mellissa's friend Patti "Pop." She is a fun person and here she is pretending to break Mellissa's wine glass. After 6,456 tastes, things like this are uproariously funny. I like Patti Pop and she seems to have the same sense of humor as I. Poor Patti Pop.

After tasting wines all day, this place is very popular! By the way, standing in line, I hear two women talking. One says to the other, "Hey! How come they don't call it 'Judy on the spot' for women?" The other one says, "I don't know, but after we pee, let's reload and head back to the food!" Priceless.

Speaking of food, here's what was really motivating the winetasters:

And after it was all over, we head home. Not only does Chris get the van and stock it, she agrees to be the designated driver! We love Chris.

Unfortunately, our combat battallion begins to take casualties. One poor soldier is shown here, fallen by too much grape.

It amazes me how Lisa can crawl in and fit anywhere. She could fit in the glovebox and have room to spare.

Thank you Chris and Fee for a great day! Lots of fun hanging with you guys, Linda and Nate, and Russell and Kelly.