8 Crazy corks: August 6, 2011

After a quick stop back at Wendy’s house to eat some real food and get our poop in a group, we headed out to Kimmel Orchard & Vineyard, the place that started it all.

Last summer, Jessi and I had ventured to Nebraska City to visit Wendy and she took us out to Kimmel because Jessi wanted to pick an apple. As we wandered around the grounds (and picked our apples), we ventured into the main building to check out what they had to offer, we were also after apple doughnuts because Wendy said they were awesome. We were attracted by a bar set up at one end of the building so we moseyed over to check it out… and discovered wine tasting. As we were told about the tastings and wine, the nice gentleman behind the bar told us about the Nebraska Wine Tour. We took passports, with our very first stamp in it, and made a goal of attempting the entire tour the next year when we could start as early as possible.

Full circle.

So, Jessi, Wendy, and I parked ourselves at the bar once again and got down to business. Kimmel had many of the same wines as Arbor Day Farm but there were enough for us to pick mostly new choices and extra tastings of the ones we enjoyed. The lady behind the bar had just started out at Kimmel and we had fun telling her about our experiences so far with the tour and giving her some tips on different wines that she might like.

I enjoyed most of the wines that we tried with my favorite being the Vignoles, which seems to be showing itself as one of my favorite types of wine.

After we finished with the tastings, we wandered around the shop a little (still haven’t gotten any of those apple doughnuts) before heading out to the event that we had found about earlier in the day.

Kimmel Orchard & Vineyard Specs:

      4 tastings for $5

      Apples and other fruit products for sale

      Fruit picking and vineyard tour

      Souvenir wine glass included with tasting