Greg and I celebrated our 2nd anniversary on March 5th. We had planned to go to Sedona, like we did last year, to celebrate. Unfortunately, I came down with a yucky virus and so we had to postpone our trip. Last weekend, the beginning of my Spring Break, we headed up to Sedona for a much need relaxing weekend!
We headed up Friday afternoon. Driving up the I-17 always reminds me of the MANY trips I took to Flagstaff when Greg was at NAU. We headed to The Enchantment for their beautiful view and yummy cocktails! After the sunset, a few pictures and some appetizers, we went back into town for dinner at Oak Creek Brewery, home of Greg's fav beer- Nut Brown Ale.
Saturday, we headed out to explore some of the wineries in Northern Arizona. We started in Jerome. What a fun little town! It is perched up on a mountain, overlooking the Verde Valley. We braved the wind and had tastings at Bitter Creek Winery and Caduceus. We really enjoyed Bitter Creek's, Cat's Meow, and decided to take home a bottle for our very empty wine fridge. Check out this sprawling view from the Bitter Creek tasting room!
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We headed down to Cottonwood, for 3 more tasting rooms. We LOVED the quaint little main street the tasting rooms were on. We picked up some delicious olive oil from Verde Valley Olive Oil Traders. After a tasting at Pillsbury, we got a bottle of the 2010 Diva. We really enjoyed Burning Tree and grabbed a bottle of the 2011 Mirror... We also LOVED 2011 Poet but we were trying to control our wine purchases :) Our FAVORITE tasting of all was Arizona Stronghold. We took home a bottle of the Lozen and the Pick 3. We loved the wine SO much that we ended up doing a membership, so we get to enjoy their wine throughout the year. Plus going and picking up our wine will give us an excuse to bring friends and take advantage of our 12 tastings a year... Who wants to go!?! We finished our Northern AZ wine country tour with Page Springs in Cornville. They have a great tasting room and deck that we had been to on our last anniversary with some friends. This year, we did a tasting, relaxed and had some truffle potato chips and bruschetta for lunch. We had so much fun!
We finished our amazing day with a delicious dinner at Elote in Sedona. Yes, the wait was long but SO worth it! Sunday morning we had a couple's massage, lunch, and then headed back to Phoenix. The weekend was really perfect... so relaxing and it was great to get away with just the Hubs and I.
