Usually, when hopping around Virginia vineyards, we have to get in a car or a bus between stops and drive at least 5 minutes before trying out the selections from a new winery. But the VA Wine Expo this weekend at the Dullus Expo Center eliminated that lag time, allowing us to hop from one booth to another, spanning the entire region of Virginia vineyards, and taste to our hearts desire. And we did. We arrived at about 11AM, left at 5PM, and tasted what Nick estimated to be about a bottle of wine each in the middle of that time – no small feat considering that some of these were very small pours! Our group of 8+ managed to find and lose each other many times throughout the day, but a good time was had by all. 
We were good and only walked away with 2 bottles of wine, both from Cooper vineyards – one being the Noche – a chocolate red dessert wine. I still like the Solomon’s Island Meritage Sauce more, but we’re just not in that part of MD to visit the vineyard and get more, and well, I have no doubts that this will do in a pinch!
I think we may be wined out for awhile. Well, until Friday’s 3+ course dinner at least.
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so glad we got to see you this weekend, and then so sorry/embarrassed that the tasting went to my head at just about the time you arrived.
we lost 3 of the 7 bottles we bought when they flew out the bottom of the box that they were packed in–it’s only representative oh our afternoon, ha!
we’ll have to get together for dinner or something when jeremy and i have a little more food in our bellies before the wine