winery visits & loaded bike touring

[kat_h]

Now there is a challenge when doin' self-loaded bike touring in wine country:

limiting yourself to total number of wine bottles that you can haul on bike..

I have an idea for how you can buy more bottles without having to carry them all. Check beforehand to see if there are any UPS stores or Mail Boxes Etc near where you're touring. Visit the winery, buy a few bottles, then head to the UPS store and have them professionally pack the bottles and overnight them to my house.

[shootingstar]

I have an idea for how you can buy more bottles without having to carry them all. Check beforehand to see if there are any UPS stores or Mail Boxes Etc near where you're touring. Visit the winery, buy a few bottles, then head to the UPS store and have them professionally pack the bottles and overnight them to my house.

When coming to B.C., to see if you can get the blackberry wine.. since blackberries are far more plentiful than Ontario (I guess mulberries are closest cousin in Ontario.) Doubtful that Calgary has lots of blackberries for picking a ton.

http://www.cherrypointvineyards.com/...d_products.php Vineyard on Vancouver Island. N.B.: I'm not a wine person, I just know I prefer smooth reds (merlot, zinfadels, pinot noir) and sweet German whites, not dry chardonnays, pinot gris, etc. Shirazes...forget it. Less oaked taste, the better.

At most, I carry 2 regular sized bottles of wine when we bike tour trip. Unless I have my hair real short and get leave my curling iron at home.. (no, permed hair for me please..) I honestly get a bit paranoid something accidental will happen that I will forget and gently drop my loaded bike to ground or it falls from leaning it temporarily against a wall..

No doubt there has GOT to be more bike rides and other winery stories from TE wild women here...

[alpinerabbit]

I have an idea for how you can buy more bottles without having to carry them all. Check beforehand to see if there are any UPS stores or Mail Boxes Etc near where you're touring. Visit the winery, buy a few bottles, then head to the UPS store and have them professionally pack the bottles and overnight them to my house.

It will be a sad day when in my country, I won't be able to mail a bottle of wine to myself safely by national post, and need to use UPS. sad. Privatization beware.