Our “Champagne and More” was drawing to a close. We left a fun tasting at MacPhail Family Wines in The Barlow and walked a short distance down the street to another highly recommended tasting room: La Follette Wines. Once again, Bill Shortridge, of the Merry Edwards Winery, lead us to an amazing experience! While the MacFail […]
Don’t you love non-traditional National Holidays? National Left-handed Scissors Day, National Mis-matched Socks Day, National Take a Bite Out of Your Friend’s Bagel Day,and my favorite, National Talk Like a Pirate Day. But today is a Day I can get behind: National Cabernet Day! Here are some of my favorites. National Cabernet Day does not […]
Happy Dog Day! I could not resist celebrating this day with all of you and use it as an excuse to show off my furbaby and hope that you’ll share yours too! This is Gigi, Rob and my 10 year old Miniature Pinscher mix that we rescued from a shelter when she was three. While […]
We were in downtown Sebastopol on our “Champagne and More” tasting tour, and life was looking pretty good! Bill Shortridge of the Merry Edwards Winery had recommended a lunch spot, called Zazu, that nothing short of incredible. More on that in a later post. Given the strength of Bill’s first recommendation, we couldn’t wait to […]
Most of the time, a “CLOSED” sign on a winery is a sad thing. Exception? When the tasting room is closed for a Members-only Party and we are members! And few release parties are more predictably fun than the ones at the Darcie Kent Winery. Their 2015 3rd Quarter release party was no exception. The […]
Before any significant wine tasting trip, we canvas our fellow wine lovers for their favorite wineries in the area. As we prepared for our “Champagne and More” wine tasting trip through the Russian River area, one winery was consistently mentioned by everyone we asked. That winery? The Merry Edwards Winery, of course. So sometimes I […]
Day two of our “Champagne and More” wine tasting tour got off to an uncharacteristically early start. Fortified by our Hampton Inn breakfast, we set off, intent on stopping in at two (at most) wineries and then checking out the Charles Schultz museum. Our first stop was described as a “can’t miss” by several well […]
My annual summer trip is over, Target is stocking their aisles with back to school supplies and there is talk on my Facebook page of Fantasy Football Leagues. This can only mean one thing: the end of summer is rapidly approaching. Before you give up completely and bust out your boots and sweatshirts, find a […]
Part of my Mother’s Day Sonoma “Champagne and More” Wine Tasting Trip was a stop at the Thomas George Estates Winery. The drive to the winery winds through beautiful woods fresh with country air (versus air that comes from living at the junction of 580 & 680), roadside blooms and birdsong. Upon our arrival, my […]
The Russian River “Champagne and More” tasting tour was going great! We had completed fantastic tastings at Korbel Champagne Cellars, the Hartford Family Winery and Moshin Vineyards. Next, we went from gravity flow wine making to gravity defying wine making: the Gary Farrell Winery. We wound our way up a gated private drive, ever climbing until I was […]
Our Russian River adventure was in high gear! We had completed great tastings at Korbel Champagne Cellars and the Hartford Family Winery and were really enjoying the great weather with the top down. Up next? The Moshin Vineyards! The first thing we discovered was that the vineyard’s address was judged invalid by our GPS. Forced […]