We went over to Wrightsville, PA (in York county) to Moon Dancer Vineyards and Winery for their 6th Annual Reds, Whites and Blues festival. We had a fun time trying some of their wines and eating some roast pork sandwiches and listening to some blues bands. Here is their web site: Moon Dancer Vineyards and Winery. Their next music festival features Reggae and is in early August sometime.
After yesterday's hike from hell (see our previous post...Hiking in Catoctin Mountain Park) we decided to have a more relaxed adventure to allow our bodies to recover. So we headed out to Moon Dancer to try some wine and listen to some music. The winery is pretty close to Gettysburg. It only took us about an hour to get there. Traffic wasn't bad so we enjoyed the ride up and back.
The facility they have at the winery is awesome. Very nice building setup to accommodate folks indoors and out. We were able to get a table on the patio under an umbrella so we had shade for most of the time we were there. See the pictures below for some shots of the winery, the winos and a nice shot of the Susquehanna in the background.
They have some very nice wines. I liked a semi-sweet white called Moon River White. Pam liked a couple of fruity wines, Cisco's Peach and Murhphy's Blueberry. She says if you really like blueberries, then you will love the Murphy's Blueberry wine. Unfortunately it was TSO (temporarily sold out) so we didn't get a bottle.
We settled on a sweet red that we both liked called Malibu's Red. Very nice and grapey taste. Went real well with our roast pork sandwiches! We had one or two glasses each while eating and listening to the band and just enjoying the day and each other.
Speaking of the band, we listened to two of them. One was pretty good, nice sound and a good selection of songs. The second one was good in their own way. The music was tight and sounded really good, but we just couldn't enjoy the guy singing. He was one of those blues singers who thinks that you are supposed to sound like you have a mouth full of marbles to be good. Wasn't working for us. The guitar player sang a couple and he was much better! All in all they were tight as musicians, just need a different singer. Of course, this is just our opinion and YMMV (your mileage may vary!)
So, another wine festival under out belts! We had a very nice day together and found another winery with some product that we like and would recommend. Can't wait for the next wine festival!
Until the next adventure....
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