May 1, 2010

I took a last-minute trip to Napa today to celebrate Parkie’s birthday.  This was my SECOND time (almost feel like a veteran of Napa saying that) visiting wine country, and my first in a fancy shmancy limo!  I got to hit up some new wineries, starting with V.Sattui for lunch + wine.  DK was right, this place has really good food for a reasonable price with a beautiful garden to eat!.  The garden reminded me of Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte!

Georges Seurat’s A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte!

Our lunch spot at V.Sattui. The picture may not seem THAT similar to the painting, but there is a resemblance, no?  Like the painting, there are people of different social classes doing various activities!

Our table filled with wine, cheese, dips and crackers!

My turkey & cranberry sandwich was seriously yum! Soft bread, tender turkey, yummy cranberry sauce!

Despite the unfortunate little fall over, the cupcakes were still delicious!

After the wonderful lunch, we headed over to Artesa for a real wine tasting.  One of the best part of this winery was the beautiful building/location itself!  The wine tasting was also very unique (i.e. the chocolate cup shots of wine) and the wine was delicious too.  Then we headed across the lot to Domaine Carneros to finish off the day with some champagne!  Not sure if that’s the proper way to end wine tasting, but I sure liked it.

The views from Artesa was amazing!

View from Artesa 2.  Kind of reminds you of the windows xp desktop picture no?

Never had a shot of wine in a chocolate cup before! It was, interesting, and good!  I want to do it again….

Who knew there were different kinds of champagne?  Not me…

Where do all the bubbles come from?

Heading back home in our awesome limo.  Happy birthday again Parkie!