Monday, May 2, 2011

Day 4 and Off To Drink Wine

If you know me at all then you know I hate alcohol. I absolutely can't stand the taste of it. So then you ask why a wine tour? I thought it would be neat to see the vineyards and how they package the wine to sell. It was pretty amazing to see the rolling hills of vineyards and the beautiful houses amongst the hills. We stopped at three vineyards in the Sonoma/Napa Valley area and made a pit stop for lunch at a small little city. We walked the streets and found a park bench to stop and take in the scenery.


A vineyard


The bottling machine at our first stop.


Stop #1




The house at the Madonna Estates.




The view from a little park at lunch.


Self-portrait time in Napa.


Stop #2 Sutter Home Winery


The Sutter Home House


What the vines look like right before growing season starts.




The spot where one of the local missions was suppose to be built years ago and then it fell through.





Holding tanks to chill the wine.


Barrels of wine aging.


Stop #3 Cline Cellars...Don't buy their wine! Everyone was pouring it out because it taste so bad.


Doug just had to take a pic with the whino:)


Another huge tree in California.


Heading back to San Fran.


The infamous car:)


Our hotel


Heading home looking out over the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz.

Till next time:)

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