King Estate Winery

Our friends the Williams came to visit us this past weekend; we had such a fun time with them! We ate a lot of great food, played games, explored Eugene, and caught up on each other's lives. One of the highlights of their trip (and the only time I actually remembered to get my camera out) was our visit to King Estate Winery. This place was incredible. It's about 30 minutes outside of Eugene, and the weather cooperated so the drive was absolutely beautiful. The winery sits on over 1000 acres of vineyards and fruit trees, but the most impressive part of the estate is the winery itself. We took a tour of the grounds: through the wine-pressing rooms, into the storage cellars and the old wine-tasting room. It was so fun to learn about how wine was made, plus after our tour we were able to taste 6 of their delicious wines. Such a great time! Because Lucy had a cold we brought her along with us rather than getting a sitter. Everyone there got a kick out of her, we received several comments about "starting her off young." Notice in the last picture how she's trying to subtly sneak a bit of dad's wine.