After enjoying lunch at The Ranch Store and Grill, which I talk about in a prior post, my husband and I walked across the street to the winery at Ulupalakua Ranch to sample some wine. 

The grounds are just beautiful, with the well-manicured landscaping, and the historic buildings! 

The tasting room is located in the charming main building or house, The Kings Cottage, which was built in 1874. 

The tasting room is warm, inviting, and exquisitely decorated with special lighting and an impressive bar that was cut from the trunk of a single mango tree.

The wine tasting is free and you can choose to taste up to 4 of their available wines. 

Their pineapple wines are their most popular, which is made from pineapples, not grapes. 

Even though i prefer the taste of drier wines, the pineapple wines were refreshing, albeit a little sweet.  I found their sparkling wines to be quite nice.

The winery also offers free tours, which we didn't do since we were running out of time, but we did explore the grounds on our own, which was really fun.

Afterwards, we decided to continue along the road which eventually brings you to Hana.  The views of the coast were absolutely breathtaking, but we didn't have the time to drive as might as we would have liked.  Once I do, though, I'll take pictures and write a blog about it :).

We had a fantastic day!  The drive up to Ulupalakua, grabbing lunch the Ranch Store and Grill, and then tasting some wine made for a wonderful day trip on Maui!