Author: Rainbear32

Day 9 Sunday  . . . After taking a few days to enjoy the area around Windsor and to have a leisurely visit with our cousins in San Rafael, it was time to get back to wine country.  On this day’s venture we were joined by my wife’s cousin Kim.  She was quite familiar with…

This festival has been our favorite for years now.  We never miss it . . .except 2020.  Everything in Oregon was shut down just before this event was set to go.  A truly sad day for me.  But, this too shall pass.  And since I hadn’t gotten to posting my notes from last year ….

I can’t recall if this is the 4th or 5th year we’ve attended this festival, but it certainly has gotten better over the past 2 years.  The powers that be were able to acquire an additional 30,000 SQ Ft and they redesigned the food location so that waiting for bites doesn’t cause traffic flow issues. …

This was my first time at this event. My wife was busy with her BFF, so I had the afternoon to myself. I was really surprised at the diversity of the participants from around the state. I got to visit some old friends and discover some new ones. I started with August Cellars . ….

I am just now realizing that I have gotten a bit behind on posts. . . Several “influences” have turned my focus a bit, but I am determined to get these posted so that they are a part of my historical record of visits to area wineries.   This is Thanksgiving 2018. We visited a few…

Day 6 Thurs  . . . Should be a great day. . at least the first part of it.  I get to attend my first ever CAVE TOUR.  I had arranged, before we left home, to participate in the cave tour at Alexander Valley Vineyards.  The labyrinth or caves that AVV has created is pretty…

Day 5 . . . This was going to prove to be a very fun and diverse wine day.  We started a bit to the south in Santa Rosa, not in a vineyard. . but in a warehouse district.  Carol Shelton Wines has more accolades than most wineries 3 times their size.  Carol herself has…

Day 4 . . . I was very excited for this day!!  We were visiting one of the more opulent looking wineries in Sonoma County and we were going to revisit one that we ran out of time when visiting 2 years ago.  Our agenda began with a trip a little north of our resort…

DAY 3 – Lodi . . . We woke fairly early as the A/C continued to struggle ALL NIGHT and it just got to be too much listening to it.  I think it was still in the low 80s at 7am . . .Not my favorite.  We quickly took ourselves on the road to our…

Day 2 continues after Harney Lane winery.  We traveled just a short distance up the road to Klinker Brick Winery.  This is one of the more widely known wineries that I wanted to visit to see what all the interest is about.  We rolled up to a rather rustic looking building that was also buzzing…