That drive from Mora through Tres Ritos and beyond is always beautiful!
What a cute place! The same building houses The Peñasco Theatre.
We girls had a fabulous green chili cheeseburger. The guys had grilled chicken BLT. It took all the will power that I could find to walk past the beautiful chocolate cake and out the door. The winery was calling with a barrel tasting that included chocolate!
We headed down the road a little ways to the dry side of the mountains. Traveling beside the Rio Grand River to Velarde, we found the Black Mesa Winery and an educational afternoon of wine tasting. It was an unbelievable mid-February day, warm enough to sit outside for a while.
Bittersweet Highway provided the entertainment.
There was a chocolate fountain with strawberries for dipping, chocolates with raspberry filling, assorted chocolates and Girl Scout Cookies!
The barrels are not numbered, but labeled by location or names randomly selected by the owners and employees. This one seems familiar. We tasted wine in various stages of development from the barrels.
We met and visited with the owners.
The glasses came home with us, along with some cheese and a few bottles of wine and great memories of a fun day with Sierra Bonita friends, Carol and Jones.
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