So I think I mentioned sometime back that Pat & I joined a wine club. We are members at Europa in Temecula. We love it.
They have this event once a year called Taste of Europa. You can buy tickets, and of course being members we get a bit of a discount, and it's this event where you wander around from 11-4 and eat and drink. Um HELLO?!??!?! This is literally my perfect event! I was so thrilled when Pat was down to get tickets. The event did not disappoint!
We decided to go ahead and stay the night down there since driving home on a Sunday after an event like that would have been rough. Plus Pat left for Utah for almost a week, so this was a nice little mini fun couple of days before he headed out. Mom agreed to Poe sit her Granddog and off we went!
We arrived on time and hopped into the line. We were so excited! They check you in, give you your landyard and your wine glass with a pour of bubbly and off you go!! Hell to the yes!
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| Hell. Yes. |
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| Ready for our culinary adventure! |
You wandered around to different stations that had a food and wine pairing. There were also wine tasting spots all around and those were unlimited! Vendors and some other folks were scattered about as well. They also had two areas where music was playing. It was awesome!
That had these fun little 360 video things...which of course we had to partake!
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| Stop 1 |
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| This was Pat's fave. Very flavorful! |
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| Stop 2 |
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| Best ham & cheese I've had. Plus a nice absorber for the wine! |
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| Stop 3. This was actually not on the list, so a freebie! |
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| Honestly beautifully plated for BBQ and it was fucking delicious! Pork on top of a potato mash with a pickled onion and micro greens |
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| Found the Beer |
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| Stop 4 |
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| We got one of each. Delicious! |
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| Stop 5. They were hand making the pasta! |
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| Handmade! |
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| Stop 6 |
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| This was the most adorable set up! |
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| Found some Sangrias and they were doing full glasses! |
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| Stop 7 |
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| This was my favorite! |
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| Stop 8 - missed the sign because I skipped this one, but a Chorizo Empanada |
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| Stop 9 |
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| Look at that!!!!! |
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| They underground cave |
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| So pretty inside |
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| Stop 10 - This may have been one of the most glorious things I've ever seen! |
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| I had like 4 different ones! |
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| By far my fave - I wanted to die |
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| Pile of Cream Puffs!!! |
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| Stop 11 - missed the food pick but Pat got Pistachio and I got Mango. Yum! |
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| Relaxing by the grapes |
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| Someone was getting tipsy... |
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| There was a cigar spot you could get a free one! |
What an amazing event!! After this we headed over to Cougar Winery to try to pick up a Sip Pass we had ordered. Unfortunately it was apparently at a different winery so we'll have to get that another time, but by this point we were like - welp, let's have wine and a light dinner before we head to our hotel. This is a dog friendly winery and has a really beautiful view, so we'll def be back!
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| Loved the framing of this |
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| Happy |
We stayed the night at South Coast Winery in the hotel portion and it was just lovely. Had mimosas on the porch with our room service breakfast the next morning and was a perfect top off a lovely time away!
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| I got way too excited over these tiny condiments |
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| Walking the vines |
What a glorious culinary adventure! Can't wait to go again next year!! Whose coming?
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