Today was wine country day and a total change of pace.
We were picked up at about 10 at the hotel by our host Antonio and travelled over the Golden Gate for the first time. Antonio was very entertaining for the journey up, and didnt seem to have too much regard for minor traffic regulations - so the shot below was taken at the bus stop on the approach to the Bridge (right up until the SFPD pulled up behind him and he "encouraged" us to hop back in). But that's OK he made up time speeding up the 101.
The Journey up was through beautiful country (well after a bit)and the Dry Creek Winery is just nestled in the midst of a valley full of vineyards.
Have to say tasting 6 wines before lunch was always a risk. Fantastic wines!! must make a point of getting some when we get home (i'm already brining back more wine than allowed - albeit they are all gifts - i dont want to be the one to explain that to Customs). However we decided not to take the camera in (a little too touristy), so no pictures of that.
We did meet Kim, daughter of the founder and still integrally involved in the business and she was great value.
Lunch was a delicious roll at a very quaint little general store and then (no surprise) an afternoon nap was in order....
Our Hotel tonight is in a place called Geyserville (what else would it be called but the Geyserville Inn) and Antonio really looked after us, with the deluxe rooms out in a separate building right amongst the local vineyard. Although getting Wayne in to help us with the satellite TV was interesting (apparently Direct TV is WAY better that DishTV that we have ).
Internet doesn't work here, so not sure when we'll post this, but dinner tonight is in Healdsburg - marginally larger but i suspect equally sleepy. So this post wont appear for a few days.
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