Pahrump Valley Winery: May 2001

If I want to be accurate, and I do, I've decided to start at the very beginning of my American tasting days. Just prior to my 21st birthday my mom and I had taken a trip down to good old Pahrump to visit Pop-pop (my grandpa). Its a pretty sleepy town and he was probably out hitting the slots at the Mountain View Casino & Bowl, so we decided to tour Nevada's only winery about an hour west of Las Vegas, Pahrump Valley Winery. From what I recall the tour was more substantial than most, about 30 minutes long. We returned to the tasting room and they started pouring the tastings for the first wine. There was a glass in front of 20 year old me, but the host hesitated and asked if I was of age, Mom & I exchanged looks, mine pleading and hers guilty and said, "well not quite." Damn it! Crushed like the grapes in the vats, no wine for me! So unfortunately I cannot tell you what the wine is like in Nevada, considering they only have one winery I'm guessing its not the best of what's around.