We had a great trip to south western IL and Hermann, MO. We tried lots of wines and beer. We had great food and alot of fun.
We would highly recommend Forsse Vineyards and Winery in Coffeen, IL Super nice people, wonderful wines and just a great way for us to start our trip.
Next stop Bretz Winery and Lodge in Carlyle, IL. The best thing I can say about this bar is it had Shiner on tap and cool atmosphere. The menu looked good and the place smelled liked cedar. Notice I have said nothing about the wine and for good reason. No good.
The final winery that day was Crooked Creek Winery in Centralia, IL. The winery has been open for 4 years but have been growing grapes for much longer. this may have been one of the best wineries We have ever to. the owners are awesome people and the wines are just superb. Just go here and you will understand. Dinner at Tony Roma's, so-so tomorrow Hermann.
Check out the pictures on my face book page for Mo Wineries. Robiller Winery in New Haven was our first stop. Great wines, great wine pouring person who knew lots of good pairings for the wines. A great place to sit and drink wine
Bommarito Estate in New Haven, MO. This is right up there Crooked Creek, if I had visited just this winery it would have been a perfect day. No longer on the Hermann Wine trail but the best wines we had in MO.
Bias Vineyard and Brewery was old winery in a good way. Wines were good and had some unique offerings. Beer was good but not great. We had lunch here with our beer. Ropp cheese spread and crackers, yummy.
Adam Puchta Winery, oldest winery in the area. great food pairing with wine and maybe the best port I have ever had. I got a bottle of the anniversary port. We were feeling pretty good at this point so $50 bottle of port seemed like a good idea.
Stone Hill Winery, the biggest in MO. his is a excellent tour and you get to learn about the area. Stone Hill wines are available everywhere and mass produce wine is similar to mass produced beer.
We check into Montugues B&B in Hermann. Great BBQ and a great place to stay. We walked over to Tin Mill Brewery and tasted their wares. Good but not great. We had a great meal at Wings a Blazin. Chicken Lips and Fitz's Root Beer just a perfect meal. Stop at Time for Pie and I would have to say crust was too salty.
We got up the next morning and headed to Hermannof Winery and were pretty wined out so we will try them again on the next trip. We then headed to The Swiss Meat and Sausage Co. as seen on Food Network. Carrie discovered she likes brats, who knew. This place is awesome. After getting some brats we headed for home. Every time I get a chance to be alone with my wife, it reminds me how much I love and the fact that we enjoy the same things only makes things sweeter or dryer depending on how you like your wine. Cheers!
