Our Day at the Winery!

Tommy and I took Julianne and T to his mom and her husband John's house so we could partake on a FUN day at Duplin Winery! This was our first full day together alone without kids in a LONG time! We started out the day with a tour of the plant, where the wine is made and stored. It smelled so deliciously filled with muscadines! We then went to the actual Winery.  We arrived a little early because of some miscommunication....well this ended up being the BEST thing that could have happened!  One of the owners took us on a tour bus and gave us his personal tour of the vineyards.  We started THAT part of the tour with an upclose look at how the grapes are picked.  We got to pick a few ourselves and get a sneak peek into why the wines taste so gooooood!
After the grape picking it was time for some stomping! Tommy and I got to practice a little grape stomping before the real competition would begin later that night.  It was a race to see who could fill their mason jar the quickest!  I TOTALLY WON, BUT TOMMY CHEATED!!!!!  :) Ha ha!  At the very end he took an extra 5 seconds pretending he didn't know time was up!  BUT that is okay!  I know who REALLY won!   It was so much fun!  I think I woke up the next morning with a few grape seeds STILL stuck to my feet!  We looked like an old I Love Lucy episode! 
Later in the morning we headed back to the Winery to eat lunch at the Bistro!  This was delish, and was followed by the actual wine tasting!  I never realized I liked so many different wines, or that Tommy would like so many!  We only walked away with 2 bottles to enjoy on occasion, but plan on joining the club for more tastes at a later date! Needless to say we walked away from the winery that night with huge smiles and a few giggles!  :) We ended the night with the REAL competition of grape stomping.  We didn't win, but we looked great trying! This was an amazing day!  We had so much fun together!  It was fun acting like we were college students again!  HOWEVER, it felt so good to get back to Annie's and see my babies!  Even after such a fun filled day, I felt like something was missing....snuggles from the two cutest babes in the world! 
.......We plan on another visit very soon!  Hopefully our next trip we will carry a few friends with us.  Wanna join?!