Mt. Beautiful's 2016 Chardonnay was next in our glasses. This $21.99 wine is complex and well-balanced with a lingering finish. I thought it paired wonderfully with both the triple crème and the quiche.
Jan felt it was overdone and hot. Brian said it was a bit rough, but could get better with food. Esther, however, loved it and gave it four and a half stars. At $15, it scored three and a half stars.
Kat ordered the petite filet mignon medallions with sautéed vegetables and a shallot demi-glace. There was no need to wash her plate. She ate every morsel.
Susanne Sapier and her husband Jacques run this charming winery, named after her son Grant and her father James as a way of thanking them for their hard work in getting the winery open. She said there should actually be about 200 names on the label.
I enjoyed delicious pizza from Fresh Brothers, a tasty fresh scallop topped with caviar from Bluewater Grill and a light yet extremely flavorful bite from Adya contemporary Indian cuisine. I was beginning to feel full, but I still hadn't ventured onto the beach.
They offer wine tastings every week, "all day, every day" with a constantly changing tasting menu. Tastings usually run $16 - $18 with occasional high-end tastings going for $20 - $25.
This bottle comes with dried wildflowers around the neck and 875 wildflowers are planted and 90 square feet of wildflower habitat is restored for each bottle sold.
It's a lovely hillside property with lush green grass, Norton grape vines, chickens and what I thought were cows. I later learned they were enormous sheep!