We received an invitation to a wine tasting at Dornans, a restaurant and "resort" in Moose, WY, which is about 12 miles north of Jackson.
Dornans has a pizza restaurant, a small grocery store, an outdoor shop renting bikes, kayaks & canoes, a float trip business and ...
there is also a Chuckwagon outdoor restaurant. On this night, the Chuckwagon was closed to the general public due to a wedding reception. You can see the wedding guests on the left in the photo below. What a location to have a destination wedding!
A true western welcome greets you as you walk towards the wine store.
Now who would think that, in the middle of this western oriented complex, we would find a fine wine store! It seems so out of place, and we are not sure where their clientele comes from. But the wine store has been here for years. We got to sample four wines, two of which we enjoyed enough to purchase several bottles each. Added to our favorites are a 2010 Curtis Heritage Blanc Viognier / Roussanne Blend and a 2009 Monte Hiniesta Tinta de Toro red blend from Spain. The wine steward is pouring the red blend in the photo below.
After the wine tasting, we enjoyed a pizza on the second floor deck overlooking the Snake River. Dornan's pizza is the closest pizza to Chicago style pizza that we have tasted here in Wyoming. The views of the Teton Range as the sun set behind the mountains was priceless.
On the drive back to Colter Bay, we were treated to some more amazing views of the Teton Range. It is easy to see where "Purple mountains majesty" comes from.
Mount Moran is shown below with the sun just setting behind the mountains to the west. Notice the calmness of the Snake River, so the reflection of the mountain is clearly visible.
A close look at Skillet Glacier and you can see there is no surrounding snow, just the glacier being visible on this late July evening.
Dornans has a pizza restaurant, a small grocery store, an outdoor shop renting bikes, kayaks & canoes, a float trip business and ...
there is also a Chuckwagon outdoor restaurant. On this night, the Chuckwagon was closed to the general public due to a wedding reception. You can see the wedding guests on the left in the photo below. What a location to have a destination wedding!
A true western welcome greets you as you walk towards the wine store.
Now who would think that, in the middle of this western oriented complex, we would find a fine wine store! It seems so out of place, and we are not sure where their clientele comes from. But the wine store has been here for years. We got to sample four wines, two of which we enjoyed enough to purchase several bottles each. Added to our favorites are a 2010 Curtis Heritage Blanc Viognier / Roussanne Blend and a 2009 Monte Hiniesta Tinta de Toro red blend from Spain. The wine steward is pouring the red blend in the photo below.
After the wine tasting, we enjoyed a pizza on the second floor deck overlooking the Snake River. Dornan's pizza is the closest pizza to Chicago style pizza that we have tasted here in Wyoming. The views of the Teton Range as the sun set behind the mountains was priceless.
On the drive back to Colter Bay, we were treated to some more amazing views of the Teton Range. It is easy to see where "Purple mountains majesty" comes from.
Mount Moran is shown below with the sun just setting behind the mountains to the west. Notice the calmness of the Snake River, so the reflection of the mountain is clearly visible.
Looks like a fun time! The photos of the mountains at the end of the post are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI remember those mountain views, and they are for sure "priceless".
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