july 20, 2009

yay! i finally went up to sonoma for my first wine tasting experience.  i’ve had several opportunities before, but somehow missed ALL of them.  with ben’s expertise in planning and wines, i was lucky enough to just tag along and absorb the full experience.  we had planned on going to five wineries, but only made it to three; and three was plenty enough.

first stop! siduri wines, experts of pinot’s

yes, we tried all of them

apparently only ben listened to the guide

we later got to do some barrel tastings (as well as smelling), very cool~

our second destination was landmark (apparently started by the daughter of john deere!).  we picked up food at a local market and enjoyed bocce ball until the heat got to us

no explanation needed, we were very tired by sojourn

dinner at ‘the girl & the fig’.  it was still so-very hot while eating, but the sun slowed down and the weather was perfect by the end!