Friday, we woke up bright and early to make the one hour drive to Wine Country. You can spend days here--we didn't have the luxury of excess time--so we planned an afternoon outing of it.
What we saw of in the Napa Valley was just beautiful. Rolling hills and vineyards. I'd never seen so many wineries in my life! Thats obviously why they call it Wine Country!
I scoured a "Best of Wine Country" brochure for coupons. I had read that many wineries in this region manage to charge at least $15 for a tasting! Well with our clever planning, we got to try out the wine at three separate locations! For free!
Our favorite was Bouchaine. It was the first one we went to. We were actually able to sit out on a patio sipping our wine enjoying the breeze and the sun and gazing at the outside gardens and vineyards. It was heavenly. We liked the wine there so much that we plan on ordering a few bottles when we get home.
Pretty Gardens
Through the Wine Glass (I tried really hard to get this shot--and Eric got it right on his first try!)
Then we went to Jessup which keeps reminding me of Jesser--a blog I really enjoy reading! I like Jesser the blog better than Jessup the wine. Jessup mainly makes strong red wines and I favor whites.
Our last winery of the day was Napa Cellars. The wine was perfectly good here--but all of a sudden I got wined out! Couldn't drink any more!
Friday night, we drove into San Francisco for dinner. I made us reservations for a French Viatnamese restaurant called Le Colonial. It was my first time trying Viatnamese food and it was yummy, yummy, yummy! We liked it so much that we will probably try out Le Colonial's NY location soon!
1 comment:
LOL! I beat out a wine. Yay me!! hehehe. Sounds like y'all had a fabulous time. I really enjoyed the wine region, but it wasn't quite what I expected. I naively wanted it to be like a slice of europe in the middle of CA, which is dumb when you think about it. But I was dissapointed when I saw strip malls and such. Silly, I know. Bouchaine sounds nice. I don't have any idea where we went. I was sort of just along for the ride. I have never had viatnamese either. There is a noodle bar about 10 min from our house that I'd like to try sometime. Glad you liked it.
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