Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Eric Crawford July 21, 2011- Study Tour Day 1

We started off the day with a quick breakfast and then hit the road in our Mercedes-Benz tour bus. After a long drive, we finally arrived in the town of Telc to visit the old castle, which was beautiful, and have lunch. After another long drive, we arrived in Suchohrdly to visit a modest family farm of about five hundred acres. Afterwards, we headed to Blatnicka where we would have dinner at a local winery that doubled as a hostel. Although the accomodations were simple, it was clean and our hosts were nice. After an exceptional meal and a preview of the wine, we headed to the actual wine cellar for a wine tasting. We tasted several white wines and a few red wines. We learned a few wine tasting tips and a couple of tidbits about the winery and how they operate. The wine ranged from Riesling to virgin red wines although all were characteristically superb in quality with many people enjoying the Riesling, "Ice" white wine, and "Virgin" red wine the most. Afterwards, a live dulcimer band played as entertainment and, after copious amounts of wine, there was dancing and card playing. We also had the opportunity to purchase our favourite wines at a reasonable price ranging from $10 to $30 per bottle, which many people endulged in.


Amazing Moravian Band from our Winery Night

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