Saturday, November 9, 2013 (Pahrump, NV)

We again got up early and did our workout/jog routine. We had breakfast at home; no free waffles today and then spent some time online researching RV parks for our next stop.

We went for a walk and went into inquire about the winery tours and found out one was scheduled in the next half-hour. So we hung out in the gift shop and did their free wine tasting while we waited. The tour was very interesting, much more than I imagined. You have to grow grapes differently here because of the hot sun in the summer, so they have a lot more vines and foliage. The vineyard changed ownership twice since it was established in the 1990’s and the first commercial wine wasn’t made until around 2005 and not released until I think it was 2008? They don't grown all the grapes for their wines here in at the winery, only two varieties; the rest they get from other small vineyards in Nevada and California.  They are a very small winery, so their processes are mostly done by hand. We got to see where they actually make the wine and how they bottle and label it by hand. My mom and dad made wine and so it was very interesting for me to see how they did it here at a winery.

One section of the vineyard

In the afternoon we decided to take a bike ride with Gracie around the local neighborhood. As you can imagine, the architecture is much different here than we are used to in Bend so it was fun to check out the neighborhoods. We did run across this pomegranate tree in someone’s side yard. I’m surprised we didn’t see more fruit trees.

Ripe pomegranate tree