Wine Festival Sunday

Today, my favorite vineyard in New Mexico (I love how we live so close to the border--it's only a 30 minute drive away!) called La Vina Winery had it's annual spring Blues & Jazz Festival. My friends from work (all whom I've mentioned before and all of whom are Family Readiness Support Assistants in the Bulldog Brigade) decided to go and it was great. The weather was perfect--not too hot and certainly not too windy (like last year's).

Melissa somehow always manages to get out of pictures by taking them, so she's not in this picture. But from left to right: Traci, Melissa's daughter Lillie, Me, Maddie and her daughter Madisen. What are we chomping on? Oh yes, chocolate covered strawberries! So yeah, what does a pregnant chick do at a wine festival? She EATS! And the festival always has the best food! Check out these booths!

These are the most delicious chocolate covered cherries ever. And what's better than eating them on a skewer? Heaven!

I think I had just about every food on sale. In addition to the chocolate covered strawberries, the turkey legs, honey roasted pecans, and the grilled asadero quesadillas (freshly made tortillas, by the way, with grilled peppers) shown here...we had elephant ears and get this...chile apples (like a candied apple, but covered in chili pepper). Delicious. I probably could have squeezed a funnel cake in, but I had to exercise some control :)

Another reason I go is for the cool collector's glasses that you get when you pay for your ticket. I have about half a dozen from last year's festivals. Even though my friends got to do all the tasting, I was able to stock up on my favorite sweet wines.

But what an enjoyable day! Thanks to Melissa, Maddie and Traci for such a great time.

The next festival is in October and I am sooooooo there. Who's with me?