Wine Tasting in Casablanca

So we decided to spend our first full day in Casablanca wine tasting.   We had four wineries we wanted to go to which seemed easily do-able.  However, after 6 hours on the road, we only made it to 3 wineries and we barely made it to the last one!   Wine tasting here is very different here than in California.  It is a more formal presentation and personalized experience.  Plus, it is actually more expensive than most of the wineries in California.   The first winery we go to tells us the tour is 2 hours!   It includes a “rodeo” show, a carriage ride through the vineyards, a tour of the wine museum and of course the tasting.   We are starting to understand why the hotel told is we could visit two wineries today and two tomorrow.   After some discussion with the winery, we settle on just the rodeo show and wine tasting.   We want more time to visit other wineries.   The tasting pours are very generous and they take the time to explain the process of how to truly taste the wine.   You can still get this in a lot of the California wineries, but they’ve just gotten so busy these days, you usually just get a quick pour off the menu. 

All in all it was a good day.   The wines were much better than I expected based on the wines from Chile I’ve had in the states.   I actually found a truly organic wine that I loved at Emiliana.