If you're visiting my blog for the first time, you've picked the perfect time for us to meet–
Today's giveaway is so special, I was thrilled that Janice and Susan's Ultimate Blog Party (an annual, fun meet & meet for bloggers) begins TODAY–while I am still hosting my 50th Birthday Blog Bash. Especially if you're new to blogging, the UBP is a wonderful way to connect with bloggers with whom you might not otherwise cross cyberpaths.
Today's giveaway? An amazing offer from the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC:
- Two tickets to the Estate ($90 value)
- A Biltmore Estate Souvenir Guidebook
- Two tickets to the "Vine to the Wine" tour lasting about 2½ hours ($170 value)
- Exclusive–no more than 10 guests/tour
- Begins at the Winery where guests will learn a bit of history & enjoy a sparkling tasting
- Proceeds to the west side of the Estate to tour the vineyard + a Chardonnay tasting
- Back to the Winery for a production tour + a Cab Franc tasting
- Ends with another sparkling tasting AND four more Biltmore wines!
Notes & Restrictions to consider before entering:
- Winner and guest MUST be at least 21 years old.
- Available now through end of May, only on Saturdays and Sundays, 1:45-4:30 pm.
If you enjoy wine and live close enough to drive or can plan a getaway before the end of May, THIS is a fantastical opportunity! (If not, I've got additional crazy/wonderful giveaways totalling more than $1,000; some entries deadline April 7th, all published this week run through April 14th).
Mandatory Entry:
Please comment your favorite wine and/or why you would like to win this giveaway.
Additional entries (after completing above; I will check once the winning number is drawn through Random Integer Generator). IN A SEPARATE COMMENT, let me know which of the following you've done, sharing the specific URLs for tweets, FB, Pinterest, etc.:
- Subscribe to pensieve.me (free via email!!)
- Tweet about this giveaway; be sure to include @RobinDance #50thBBBhashtage so I'll see it!
- Pin this giveaway.
- Like Biltmore Estate on Facebook.
- Follow Biltmore Estate on Twitter.
- Follow @RobinDance on Twitter.
- Visit Jean's Facebook page (who helped me put this giveaway together), look at her amazing Vine to Wine pictures and tell her THANK YOU! 🙂
- Comment a link to your favorite post of all time (if you're a blogger). <– Especially for UBP readers.
I would love to win this give away because my husband and I live only 3.5 hours from Bilmore and what a great getaway for our anniversary!!
I’m going to be in Ashville at the end of May, and this would be so much fun!! I’ve been once, and would love to share the experience with a friend!!
I’m so quick on the draw with this one because I subscribe to your blog 🙂
And I follow you on twitter…I feel like such a stalker! 😉
This is FABULOUS!!!! We love Biltmore. Truthfully, my favorite wine is the special bottles that Biltmore has during the holidays. I want to win so I can take my hot, hard working husband to wander the grounds while holding my hand. (Sshhh) I am pretty sure we would extend the stay overnight;)
I subscribed, liked, posted on Jean’s page, and attempted to tweet?!?
PLUS…our birthdays, anniversary, mother’s day, and father’s day all fall within a month of these dates..
I am not a big drinker and don’t laugh but I like white merlot. Hehe. And also a lot of whites. My in-laws live an hour from Asheville and I would be THRILLED to toss the kids at them and go scurry off with my husband for a few hours. 🙂
I would love to win this giveaway & take my son to the wine tasting as part of his college graduation trip. Fave wine: any wine from the Key West Winery!!
For more entries because I really want to win..I subscribed, I liked the Biltmore page, I followed Bilmore on twitter, I followed @robindance on twitter & I visited jeans page & liked it. I couln’t leave a thank you comment for some strange reason.
I love bone-dry, grassy Sauvignon Blanc. Mmm…
I follow you on Twitter!
I follow Biltmore estate on Twitter, too, now.
And… I tweeted, mais bien sur.
I love dry red wines.
Consider yourself pinned.
Oh yes, you are followed on Twitter.
and your blog is read regularly.
I love Cabernet Sauvignon. And I live 2 hours from Asheville and have never been to the Biltmore. It’s on munbucket list. This would be a dream date come true for my husband and I who never have the opportunity to date save our anniversary every year. I’d love this so much! (Following you on twitter too!)
I follow you on twitter and retweeted your giveaway.
I love pinot noir and Merlot! took a trip to Asheville/Biltmore at the beginning of the year and my mouth waters at the idea of going back so soon – Would LovE this!
Pinned!!
I follow you on Twitter
I follow you on Twitter.
I also subscribe via reader (feedly, now!)
Please comment your favorite wine and/or why you would like to win this giveaway.
I have to be honest and say I don’t drink wine, but my mom does and I would like to win this for her. She would love it. She’s been going through a lot (physically) and I know she needs time away to just rest. When she’s home she feels the stress of taking care of my father and there is no stopping her. She pushes through pain, and while I can’t afford to give her a trip (we’d have to fly down but that’s possible as my father works for an airline), I can try to win one!
I subscribe.
I follow you on Twitter.
This is my favorite post {of mine} thus far: http://alifewelldone.wordpress.com/2012/09/05/for-a-mothers-heart-on-her-childs-first-day-of-school/
Hey Robin!
My fave wine would be a white zin or anything sweet-ish…
I’d love to win this because my parents live in NC, and my mom’s 60th birthday is this Sunday… and just a few weeks ago, she was telling me how she would LOVE to visit Biltmore and she’s never been there… just not something they can prioritize financially. So I’d love to give it to my parents for my mom’s 60th.
🙂
Liked Biltmore on Facebook! I’m not on Twitter so can’t do most of the others…
Had a hard time choosing my favorite post of all time… but this is one of them for sure (though you’ve already read it! 🙂
http://www.momentsandinvitations.com/2012/10/excellence-or-perfectionism.html
I subscribe to pensieve.me.
I would love to win this – have never been there – I like Lindeman’s Bin 65.
I liked Biltmore Estate on FB.
I don’t drink wine & its not my wedding anniversary but I would love a romantic get-away to the Biltmore House with my hubby!
subscribe to Pensive! My hubby’s fave wine is red blush–I enjoy red wines also!
Favorite wine is probably White Zinfandel or Sangria. The first and only time we went to Biltmore it was 3 days after finding out that Surprise! I was pregnant with baby #3. Needless to say, hubby had to drink my share at the wine tasting but should I get the chance to go again, I’ll taste the wine myself, thank you very much! I love this prize!!
Subscribed via email, following you on twitter (momsvictories), tweeted about the giveaway and liked Biltmore Estate on Facebook (as Mom’s Small Victories). Thanks for the mutliple ways to win!
I love the Biltmore! Ever since I read about it and thoroughly investigated it online, drooling over the photos of the Estate, the grounds, the history – I’ve loved this place! I tried to win a trip there a year ago, but came up disappointed…maybe now is the time! 🙂
This would top my whole year!
Thanks once again Birthday Girl!
Love their Merlot or Cabernet and would love to win and take my mother in law who introduced me to red wines. We used to live in Asheville so I would love to return and catch up with friends while there.
I already subscribe to your blog. :))
I also already “liked” the Biltmore’s FB page.
Attempted to thank Jean, but the link wouldn’t work.
I can’t even say how much I LOVE this giveaway :). I adore wine, Asheville, and Biltmore, and this just sounds amazing :). My current “favorite” wine is HobNob’s Wicked Red, a blend. But, it tends to change everytime I try something new that’s really excellent. My long-running fave is Jam Jar…a sweeter red that is just wonderful for sipping in warm weather.
I already follow you on twitter and FB, I liked Biltmore on FB, followed them on Twitter, and thanked Jean on her page. Oh, I really, really want to win this one. My daughter graduates high school May 18, and while she can’t do the tasting, of course (haha) our family could go and enjoy the trip, my husband and I the wine…oh, just thinking what a fun way this would be to celebrate her/our milestone :)!
Thanks for this awesome opportunity, Robin!
I have always wanted to go to the Biltmore estate.
Oh, I also pinned…just realizing I may be past the deadline, but hope not!
This would be such a great experience to learn how Biltmore’s wine is made, and it is a beautiful time of year to go.
Hi! New follower here from UBP13! Your blog is awesome and I too am a WAHM! I’m a new blogger and hope you will come by and follow me at http://mybutterflyhaus.blogspot.com! Happy Blogging!
My favorite win is Asti Spumante, almost any brand. I love sparkling whites. I would love to win this and visit Biltmore. I have planned to visit this year if possible so winning would be fabulous.
I like Biltmore on Facebook. Deb Christie
I follow Biltmore on Twitter. @KismetChris
I follow you on Twitter. @KismetChris
I tweeted:
twitter.com/Kismetchris/status/322962030594240512
I’m a big pinot noir fan.