Love is in the Air!!!

For Valentines Day this year, Ryan and I decided we did not want to spend a lot of money on presents and a big fancy dinner, so we thought going to a winery would be a very fun thing of us to do and something we would both enjoy. We went to a winery in North Georgia called Chateau Elan, it is about 45 minutes from Atlanta. It was beautiful because it had just snowed the night before and the place was covered, it was for sure was not an easy drive at the beginning. We really enjoyed our time there. We took a tour of the winery where they thought us how they made their wine and where able to get grapes to grow in North GA, since their soil is mainly red clay. We also got to enjoy tasting all of the wines they had to offer and we brought a few bottles back with us. Scarlet 211, which was a the red wine we liked the most, and Spring Blossom, which was one of their Muscadine wines with a strawberry flavor. It was really hard for us to decide what we liked the most, but we both knew for sure the American Port was not at the top of our list. After tasting all those wines we knew it was time for lunch, we ate a cute little Irish Pub they had on the grounds called Paddy's. We got to sit by the fire, out of the cold, and enjoy a wonderful lunch. Lunch and a few beers later, we on our way to a cooking demo that we had signed up to attend. They had an amazing show kitchen and we where able to watch the cooks prepare a great little chicken dish with a spicy coconut curry cream sauce and a really amazing salsa. We where able to taste everything at the end of the demo along with a little wine. Needless to say, we left there with very full stomachs and plenty to drink.

Note: I only have a few pictures because my camera decided it wanted to go psycho and delete all the ones I had taken before these.

The Front of Chateau Elan

Muscadine Vinyard, no grapes on them of course

Ryan and I walking the grounds