"Wine" Down

My day started at 5:30 a.m. . . whew! Can't remember the last time I had to get up that early, ha ha! I had to drive over an hour to a photo shoot for the mag this morning. It was at Crown Winery in Humboldt, TN. It was amazing and I cannot wait for the Winter/Spring issue to come out! The table top, flowers, and scenery was just perfect. The beautiful vineyards were full of plump grapes and the surroundings made me feel like I was in Tuscany! The main building is amazing and looks like something you would see in Italy! They do weddings, parties and events and every Friday night they do a Friday "Wine" Down. I am wanting to go to that soon! Although it was warm, it wasn't as hot as it has been and we could not have asked for a more perfect day for a photo shoot outdoors!

After the shoot we did a little wine tasting and I couldn't leave empty handed of course. I came home with 4 bottles of wine. They were all quite tasty! I love going to a winery and purchasing local wine!! I am going to try to be good and not open any of them till my parents get here Labor Day weekend, which will be hard, but I can do it, right?

Cheers!

Ways to use those empty wine bottles

If you are a big wine drinker like me, then you probably end up with quite a few empty wine bottles. I started saving mine a month ago and plan on doing something with them. I have stuck a candle in an empty wine bottle before and really liked it. That is a great way to use an empty bottle but there are also many other things you can do.

Last but certainly not least, use an empty wine bottle to send that special someone a little message. I love this idea, especially since it was how Mr. Nabors proposed to me!!