• Wine

    Altamont Winery

    Saturday was a lovely day. Chris and I took advantage of the warm weather (almost 90 degrees!) and my recent Groupon purchase to finally check out the Altamont Winery! Did you know Albany county has a vineyard? Neither did I until not too long ago. I called ahead to set up a tour (they do two tours a day on Saturday and Sunday) followed by a tasting. They have a cute tasting room where you can purchase wine and other gifts. We looked around while we waited for the tour. They took us out to the vineyard to show us their grape vines and explain how the grapes grow and…

  • Tips

    Cheap Wine Tasting

    This morning I opened my email to find an awesome Groupon. (Groupon is a website you can sign up to recieve daily emails about discounts on going on in your area, I purchased a Yoga groupon for 50% off classes in January and I’m still taking classes there through my Groupon.) $5 for a wine tasting for two? How AWESOME is that? I bought one! Since I’m into local wines because of my green challenge, I thought it would be the perfect thing to do on a spring day! I’ve heard about this Altamont Winery and I’ve been wanting to check it out. All the more reason to go! Click here if you…