Thanks to some superb driving skills from Michelle (She must really be skilled as I've mentioned this twice.), we made it over the mountain from Napa to Sonoma. You would think there would be a wider-road, less-windy route to get over the mountain, but evidently there is not.
By the time we arrived, we were in prime wine tasting mode! We started at Imagery Winery. Rod, our handy dandy wine server, provided us 15 wine tastings for free. In fact, we never have paid for a wine tasting on either of our trips. Having a friend in the industry is the way to go.
After about seven servings, this wine bottle said it all: Wines Gone Wild.
We then headed over to Kunde Estate Winery for a picnic and more wine tasting.
A lot of tasty things happen behind these doors.
At Chateau St. Jean Winery we had our family-looking portrait.
This is a dangerous sign.
At Mayo Family Winery we experienced the coolest thing. We drank wines that were served with food to compare and contrast tastes. The executive chef, was at our table most of the time telling us things we didn't understand (except for Michelle, of course).
For our second dinner of the night we went to the restaurant at the Napa CIA (Culinary Institute of America). The building itself was stunning. It looked like an old castle. On those plates, were food some of us had never heard of, let alone eaten before. But our parents would be proud, because we all tried everything (even if we didn't like it).
The bar for Sundays have forever been raised.
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