Wine and Christmas

One of the people I wanted to see while I was in Ohio is my pseudo mom, Mary. We had a date planned for that Thursday. And something that we love to do is finding wineries to go to and of course try all of the wine that we can. *wink*

Mary found a wonderful winery for us to visit called Maize Valley. It is located in Hartville, OH. Hartville has many other sites to see but we were there for the wine. *grin*

When we walked in there were all kinds of goodies: food, produces, wine goodies, etc. The wine bar is located in the back and after browsing through all of the goodies we headed straight for the wine. Jen was the girl behind the counter. Wine tastings are only 25 cents and they have an assortment of choices. Jen handed us a wine "menu" (a list of all the wines they offer) and we got to tasting. 

The inside was beautifully decorated with white lights and garland of leaves. It reminded me of the inside of a cottage.

Look at all of those choices *wink*

Mary holding up the wine menu.

Yes a wine called Mad Cow and Middle of the Road. There was also Red Neck Red, Little Red Pecker and Big Red Pecker... along with many more.

This wine is a combination of three different wines and I liked it mostly because of the bottle and the fact that I love Christmas. The wine was also very good.

After trying all of the wines that we wanted it was time for lunch, we were all getting hungry and a little tipsy *wink* Jen handed us a menu and gave us some wonderful recommendations. 

She recommended this wonderful sandwich. The sweet and spicy chicken, delicious yet very messy. My plated ended up needing a napkin.

and to start out their red pepper soup with Gouda cheese. YUM!

After we left the winery we went to another favorite place of mine and Mary's, Donzell's. The reason I love Donzell's so much is because they really know how to do Christmas!! And Christmas is my favorite holiday.

Yes that is a leg lamp, like the one from A Christmas Story. I love a traditional Christmas and this display was just wonderful, brought back good Christmas memories. I ended up purchasing a few faux TV ornaments.

Donzell's was in the middle of setting up their Christmas displays so they did not have everything out *sigh* I wasn't going to get to see everything they had to offer this year. Mary did promise to take pictures for me though. *wink*

xo

*My Thoughts*
Here is the link for Maize Valley Winery.
And the link for Donzell's.
If you are in the northern Ohio area I highly suggest checking out both of these places, especially if you like wine and Christmas.
Donzell's is a happy place and a wonderful place to visit during the holidays even if you don't buy anything.