Three Rivers Wine Trail
Coshocton County, Ohio
April 2015
As is
tradition, the girls assembled for an afternoon of wine tasting to celebrate
Di’s birthday. I’d done a little
research into wineries we hadn’t visited before and decided on Coshocton
County’s Three Rivers Wine Trail, less than an hour south of Canton. I asked Joanna, who usually does not attend
winery events because she supposedly doesn’t like wine, to be our Designated
Driver. Jan offered her van and seven of
us piled in for a spring Saturday afternoon of wine tasting. 
Our first
stop was Yellow Butterfly Winery, a converted barn in picturesque farm
country. We all made our selections at
the Tasting Bar, each trying various sweet fruit wines- except Joanna because
she was the DD. I took a sip of raspberry wine and asked Joanna if she’d like
to try it. She downed the whole glass
the same way I’d knock back a shot of tequila.
I raised an eyebrow but continued on with my other selections. So did Joanna. Our ‘DD’ managed to finish quite a few sips
of wine at the very first winery we visited. 
Jan drove us
to our next location. Rainbow Hills
Winery is located even deeper into Coshocton County countryside. Jansportation (what I like to call Jan’s
minivan) barreled down dirt roads, took on the steep inclines of one-lane
passes and kicked up a cloud of dust as we made our way down the winery’s long
driveway. We walked into the cozy
Tasting Room with a roaring fire and immediately felt comfortable. The owner told us all about the property, the
B&B on site, summertime BBQ parties while we sampled various wines.
Our last destination
was Raven’s Glenn Winery. By this time
Megan was telling Joanna to lay off the booze, we were all hungry and the
restaurant had a long wait. We decided
to wrap up the evening at a Mexican restaurant and head home. Jan drove the whole time, Joanna got pretty
drunk and, as always, we all had a blast on our winery adventure.
