Visiting Wine Country in a Hawaiian shirt
Sunday Curt and I along with Jen and Dave headed to Napa. I told Dave the night before that you couldn't wear Hawaiian shirts to Napa. But he didn't listen to me.
We got to Napa for lunch. We had a nice lunch. It would have been better to sit outside by the river, but it was way too hot. We took nice drives and started down the road to the wineries.
First one we hit was William Harrison, where Curt and I had visited before. The guy even took us to the room where they keep all the barrels of wine. It was much cooler in there, too. They had a Chardonnay that was very good--and I am not usually a big Chardonnay fan. Wineries seem to be changing the Chardonnays for the better! So I got a bottle of Chardonnay and we all got to keep our glasses.
Next stop: ZD wines. The wines there were very good. And the guy in the Hawaiian shirt got some extra tastes. We both bought a bottle of their Reisling. The guy pouring wine for us seemed rather entertained by Dave.
Third and last stop: Andretti Winery. Curt and I really love that place. It is a small and cozy winery. It is gorgeous outside. But it was way too hot to appreciate it. Jen took pics while the rest of us stayed inside. (We tried to take pics, but I think our camera needs new batteries.) (I checked the car at one point and it said 107--who knows what the humidity was.) Jen and Dave really liked it, too. At Andretti (because we are Wine Club members) we can pretty much taste any wine they have open. So we did. And Dave, of course, got extra. After Jen came back in from taking pics in the heat, the guy poured her some cold Chardonnay. Talk about service. Curt and I bought some mustard and refills for our Cork pop. Jen and Dave bought some wine and I think mustard, too.
And after visiting just three wineries we were pretty "happy." You can really only visit three or four wineries a day.
It was a good day in Wine Country.
We drove back to Berkeley and headed to the Pyramid Alehouse for dinner. Then back to our place to hang out a bit before Jen and Dave headed back to the city.
We got to Napa for lunch. We had a nice lunch. It would have been better to sit outside by the river, but it was way too hot. We took nice drives and started down the road to the wineries.
First one we hit was William Harrison, where Curt and I had visited before. The guy even took us to the room where they keep all the barrels of wine. It was much cooler in there, too. They had a Chardonnay that was very good--and I am not usually a big Chardonnay fan. Wineries seem to be changing the Chardonnays for the better! So I got a bottle of Chardonnay and we all got to keep our glasses.
Next stop: ZD wines. The wines there were very good. And the guy in the Hawaiian shirt got some extra tastes. We both bought a bottle of their Reisling. The guy pouring wine for us seemed rather entertained by Dave.
Third and last stop: Andretti Winery. Curt and I really love that place. It is a small and cozy winery. It is gorgeous outside. But it was way too hot to appreciate it. Jen took pics while the rest of us stayed inside. (We tried to take pics, but I think our camera needs new batteries.) (I checked the car at one point and it said 107--who knows what the humidity was.) Jen and Dave really liked it, too. At Andretti (because we are Wine Club members) we can pretty much taste any wine they have open. So we did. And Dave, of course, got extra. After Jen came back in from taking pics in the heat, the guy poured her some cold Chardonnay. Talk about service. Curt and I bought some mustard and refills for our Cork pop. Jen and Dave bought some wine and I think mustard, too.
And after visiting just three wineries we were pretty "happy." You can really only visit three or four wineries a day.
It was a good day in Wine Country.
We drove back to Berkeley and headed to the Pyramid Alehouse for dinner. Then back to our place to hang out a bit before Jen and Dave headed back to the city.
1 Comments:
oh.. that was so much fun! thank you guys for taking us around napa and berkeley (and north beach)! it was good to see you and neat to see all these new places. i'll try to get my photos up asap -- i didn't realize just how many i took at andretti! :)
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