jason proposed in napa in 2005 and at the time, we had said we were going to make it an annual trip. well, year after year it seemed we talked about it amongst ourselves, with friends and year after year, it was all talk and no action. so this year, as soon as it came up again, i was all action and no talk. thanks to jason's parents for agreeing to watch the z's, we went for four nights. we flew in and out of san fran, so spent one night there and then the other three nights in healdsburg. i HIGHLY recommend that little town. it's in sonoma and we stayed at a bed and breakfast that was just far enough away from the center of town that you felt like you weren't in the hub bub, but also close enough where we could walk to and from town.
day 2...attempted to sleep in, went for a nice run, french toast for breakfast at the inn, then started on our wine touring. hit ridge lytton springs (really enjoyed their wines and got a lot of recommendations), preston (very enjoyable...small town feel, rather honey with cats running around, but different), picked up a baguette, some cheese and cured meats at the dry creek country store to snack on along our trek, ferrari-carrano (GORGEOUS grounds), pappapietro-perry (nice pinot noirs, but not a great ambiance since in a "stripmall" like environment with other wineries), and ended at quivira (our fave...became members here...all organic)
after all the tasting, we still managed to enjoy wine hour at the inn, then to willi's seafood for cocktails and hors d'ouevres and dinner at scopa...yum!
day 3...good run, breakfast and off to the wineries once again. headed south this time and managed to squeeze in Martinelli (okay), woodenhead (nice pinot noirs and zins), ironhorse (awesome outdoor tasting...good sparkling), mazzocco (not bad at all), came back to the inn, went for a late lunch at healdsburg bar and grill, then walked to seghesio for our very last tasting.
again, made it back in time for wine hour for a couple of hours and had a late dinner at a new restaurant baci cafe.
day 4...since we were heading out around 10ish, rather than go for a run, i walked into town to visit a bakery that was highlighted on food tv that i couldn't miss out on before leaving (downtown bakery and creamery for their doughnut muffins) and also the bakery that our inn shopped at which was amazing (costeaux) for a couple of last minute take home treats! :)
what a great little trip...must do it again!! :0-)
we had two full days of wine tastings and squeezed in almost nine wineries i believe.
day -1: leisurely drive from san fran to healdsburg...stopped at girl and fig for lunch and then to gundlach bundschu for our first official tasting. made it just in time for wine hour at the b&b (what luck!). cleaned ourselves up and went to cyrus for cocktails and dry creek kitchen for dinner...DELISH!!
day 2...attempted to sleep in, went for a nice run, french toast for breakfast at the inn, then started on our wine touring. hit ridge lytton springs (really enjoyed their wines and got a lot of recommendations), preston (very enjoyable...small town feel, rather honey with cats running around, but different), picked up a baguette, some cheese and cured meats at the dry creek country store to snack on along our trek, ferrari-carrano (GORGEOUS grounds), pappapietro-perry (nice pinot noirs, but not a great ambiance since in a "stripmall" like environment with other wineries), and ended at quivira (our fave...became members here...all organic)
after all the tasting, we still managed to enjoy wine hour at the inn, then to willi's seafood for cocktails and hors d'ouevres and dinner at scopa...yum!
again, made it back in time for wine hour for a couple of hours and had a late dinner at a new restaurant baci cafe.
day 4...since we were heading out around 10ish, rather than go for a run, i walked into town to visit a bakery that was highlighted on food tv that i couldn't miss out on before leaving (downtown bakery and creamery for their doughnut muffins) and also the bakery that our inn shopped at which was amazing (costeaux) for a couple of last minute take home treats! :)
what a great little trip...must do it again!! :0-)
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