Valtice Wine Tasting

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This past weekend we had a blast at a wine cellar. My friend from work, Dáša, was nice enough to invite Brian and I to Vinařství Dwořáček, a South Moravian Wine Cellar in the town of Valtice. Moravia is famous in the Czech Republic for their wine and this past weekend was the beginning of the celebration of St. Martin's Day (Nov. 11). It is the first time everyone tries the young wine from the previous year. We headed on a bus with Dáša, her husband, Franta, and their group of friends. Everyone was great and we started the party as soon as we got on the bus. After a 4 hour bus trip we checked into our hotel and went for a late lunch. There is a special meal during this celebration: goose with potato or bread dumplings and cabbage. The goose was delicious! We got a 2 hour break so we went bowling with some friends before heading to the wine cellar. We sampled about 10 types of wine, sang (or we listened), danced (got suckered into that), and played some musical instruments (or tried really hard too). The next day we had to get up for breakfast at 8:30, head back to the wine cellar to try it again (oh yeah, that's right 6 hours wasn't enough), buy some wine, and then headed back to Prague. We had an awesome time and they invited us to go on their Annual April trip, too. We definitely want to go!