Temecula, CA

A couple weeks ago, some coworkers and I drove up to Temecula to celebrate a birthday and visit some wineries in the area. I hadn't been in a limo in a long time so it was fun but I don't remember it being so hard to get in and out of the limo! No wonder I see crotch shots of celebrities all the time. I ended up getting a big nasty wino headache by the end of the day, but it was fun and a rather beautiful day. 

dress: aqua, shoes: sam edelman

The best winery was the one called Cougar (actually quite appropriately named) because we got a little tour of the back room where they were actually making the wine!! Since it's fall, many wineries have recently harvested their grapes and begun the wine making process for the season. This particular winery does a open fermentation, meaning the grapes ferment in big open boxes. The most awesome part is that we got to help with the mixing and aerating of the fermenting grapes!!! We tasted the pre-fermentation grape juice as well as the baby wine. They were both much more delicious than wine (personally, I have yet to acquire the taste for wine and I guess it's not classy to chug it or down it like a shot). 

fermenting grapes; you can see the bubbles created by the fermentation process

See ya!