The bottle from Horse Creek Winery stood out on the grocery store’s shelf.
Peach wine.
We’d never seen a bottle of peach wine before but were intrigued, especially seeing as we were in Georgia – peach country.
The label said that Horse Creek Winery was in Nashville, the small city in Georgia where we were staying. Unique flavor and local? Decision made, we bought a bottle and it was surprisingly tasty.
Shae looked them up and saw that they had two wineries – one in Nashville and one in Sparks. Both locations offer wine tastings, but Sparks was the only one of the two offering wine tastings on a Sunday. Shae’s mom and stepdad were visiting us at the cabin we’d booked on Airbnb, so the four of us hopped in the car and drove over to Sparks.
Horse Creek Winery have 19 different wines available to sample, with a tasting session only costing $6. For that price, you get to choose five different 1 oz servings of wine and get a glass to take home with you.
Our server was Cynthia who was very friendly and personable. She handed each of us a laminated page listing their wines and a pen to mark down which five wines we each wanted to try.
Apparently great minds think alike as Shae and I both ended up picking the exact same five wines to taste.
We realized though that a 1 oz serving would be enough for us to try each other’s wines, so I changed a few of my choices so we could both experience more of their flavors.
Shae’s first tasting was the strawberry wine (Red Jewel) which was nice – there were definite strawberry hints in there, but it wasn’t an overwhelming flavor.
The first wine I tasted was Jubilee, the watermelon wine. There wasn’t a noticeable watermelon flavor there; it was more like a rosé, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Next up was Blackjack – their blackberry flavored wine. We enjoyed this more than the strawberry and watermelon flavors and ended up buying a bottle to take with us back to our cabin.
Cynthia was extremely knowledgeable about the different wines, sharing information about each of them as she poured our servings.
My third glass was their blueberry wine called Miss Blue. This was a little like the strawberry wine in that you could taste some blueberry in it, but it wasn’t a strong flavor.
My final two tastings were a couple of “normal” wines – Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon.
One of these two reds – I’ve forgotten which one – came with a couple of chocolate chips to complement the flavor between sips.
After about 45 minutes, our tasting session was over but the drinking wasn’t. Well, not for Shae and her mom anyway. That’s because Horse Creek Winery also offer several different slushies. A couple of them are non-alcoholic, but the remainder have wine mixed in.
Shae and her mom both got a slushie, with Shae getting a strawberry and blackberry flavor one.
As it’s an open container of alcohol, you’re supposed to stay on site while you finish your drinks. You don’t have to wait in the tasting area though; instead, you can wander round the vineyard. As it was the beginning of March when we visited, there weren’t any grapes on the vines, so it’d presumably look more impressive in the summer and fall.
Final Thoughts
If you’re visiting the Adel / Tifton / Valdosta region, we recommend you take a trip out to Horse Creek Winery at either their Sparks or Nashville locations.
All the wines we tried were tasty and it was fun getting to try all their different fruit flavors. At $6 per person for five tastings and a wine glass to take home with you, it’s also an absolute bargain.
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