The Silver Trail Winery is a brand new winery located in the Sandstone Plaza outside of downtown Kuna, Idaho. In addition to the winery, there is a nice souvenir shop hawking several Idaho-made products and a restaurant serving lunch daily.

Mom and I concentrated on the souvenir shop and winery. We were greeted by a couple of employees and allowed to browze around uninterrupted. Then, Mom and I went into the winery, and the lady working in there stopped her mopping and offered us samples of the wine of the day, a 2001 Chardonnay ($12). It was very good, and Mom and I bought a bottle to have last night. Since I was driving and Mom was recovering from heart surgery and limited in drinking, the lady passed on any further samples and let us continue shopping in the souvenir shop.

The Silver Trail Winery and Souvenir Shop are very rusticly decorated in warm tones in the Tuscan Style. Mom and I spent about 20 minutes looking around the souvenir shop for Christmas presents for her family and anything else that struck our fancy. Mom got some native huckleberry jam ($4.25) for her family back east while I discovered an old favorite of mine, Bryanna's Hot Pepper Jam ($4.95). It has just enough kick for chicken or snacks, and I grabbed the last jar. I also bought some spices for making mulled wine or cider ($2.95). There are also products that had me chuckling such as the Chocolate Body Sauce for those in a romantic mood and other novelty items. After the nice lady from the winery cashed us out, she and Mom were talking about spoiling children at the holidays. This lady just became a grandmother for the first time and was very happy to share what it will be like for them this Christmas.

The Silver Trail Winery is well worth your time to visit anytime of the year. It is open Monday-Saturday 10-6 most of the year with appointments required for Sundays, but during the holidays, Silver Trail is open 9-7 Monday-Saturday and 8-4 on Sunday. To get to Silver Trail from Boise, take I-84 West to the Meridian/Kuna exit (#44) and go left at the off ramp. Follow Route 69 to Kuna and go through the downtown at Main Street. Silver Trail is located at a dead end at the end of Main Street and Avenue E.