Lost Pines Christmas Swirl Wine Tour

I received 2 free tickets to the tour, but all opinions are entirely my own! I was NOT asked to write a blog post, but I had so much fun I couldn’t resist! 

My blogging friend, Joleen, has been talking about the Lost Pines Christmas Swirl – wine tour downtown Bastrop for a few weeks now. I didn’t think I would be able to go because the tour was from 5-9. My oldest son has TaeKwonDo-Hyper at 5:30. That would clearly be a bit of a conflict.

Yesteday, Joleen posted that the bloggers would be meeting at 7:30.

That would absolutely be doable, so I signed up and was told I could bring a +1. I texted a few friends but they were all busy or working. I later joked that I would be working too; sampling the wine was all part of the job! I know, it’s such difficult work. When I failed to find a lush wine drinking friend to join me I decided to search for a sitter and take my husband. That should have been my first thought anyways, right?! Ooops.

We were given cute little wine glasses for our samplings. While we didn’t have time to sample all 12 of the wineries, what we did try was amazing. We came home with two bottles. How could we resist?!

I can’t wait for next year’s Lost Pines Christmas Swirl. I want to arrive early, so I can sample more of this charming little town. I’ve been through it DOZENS of times and I’ve even shopped in local antiques stores around the area but I had no idea that they had this amazing town shops.

The wine tasting is only a tiny sampling of the festivities, so if you live nearby you may want to take a look at the schedule for this weekend. There will be ice skating, a choir concert and a parade just to name a few of the activities. You can see the full schedule on Joleen’s blog.

I don’t truly have a favorite, but if you know me I LOVE to make light if my wheels and I can’t get enough GIMP humor, SO I will go ahead and admit that my favorite was probably Cripple Creek.