Tedeschi Vineyards

Highway 37 in central Maui got progressively narrower as we went along this morning; it climbed and turned into a country road, with goats, cattle and horses in fields, jacaranda trees, lava rock walls and sweeping views of the water way below. In the tiny village of Keokea, we stopped at Grandma's Coffee House for coffee on the deck, beside coffee trees. Soon we were at Maui's only winery, in time for the tour and tasting.

Tedeschi Vineyards is on an old 20,000 acre ranch. The tasting room is in what was once a guest cottage, and the tasting bar has a beautiful 18' mango wood top. We tasted four wines: 2 were pineapple, and the last was a raspberry dessert wine.

On the way back we stopped in the tiny town of Makawao - a ranching town in the 1800's and now converted gas stations and old western style buildings hold art galleries, clothing stores and gift shops. A store called Aloha Cowboy caught my eye... 
First photo by j elden bailey; second by Joel Abroad; both on flickr