True to form, we took the road less traveled on the way to Napa and went through the mountains! What a beautiful drive....but nothing but zigzag curves and 180 degree turns and switchbacks!!! I asked Becky if she felt like Mario Andretti!! But we did finally arrive in Napa and went looking for the visitors center
It took us a while to find it, but we got lots of info there and headed down the road to just look at the wineries to decide what we may want to do. I did not realize that the wineries were literally one right after another on that Napa stripe. My head was constantly going from one side to the other. Could not believe how may there were!!! These are some of the ones I snapped as we went along and some of the beautiful scenery. And vineyards EVERYWHERE!!!!
Of course, we had to find the famous Napa sign and get the obligatory picture!!
Saw Beringer with it's beautiful house and oh my...everything I put in my mouth was excellent!! And our pourer was named Adrian and he was so much fun. We were afraid after all the fun we had Lodi that the wineries in the Napa/Sonoma area might be snooty. But we happily discovered that they are fun!!!
After our tasting, we spend a lovely time sitting on their porch enjoying a glass of wine and the beautiful, cool weather!! Had to keep pinching myself to convince myself I was actually in Napa in California at a winery! Still can't believe it!!
What can I say....life is unbelievably good!!
After Beringer, we headed to Castillo di Amarosa....The Castle. We had had quite a few people tell us to go and take pictures but don't bother to go in. They said it was so crowded and their wines were from all over. Well, we fell in love with the castle,
The Castle is only 10 years old but it looks like it is ancient. The owner has a thing about the 1300s and it is very Renaissance. It took 15 years to build, but it is wonderful!! The main tasting room was rather crowder but in looking around we found a smaller tasting room that was practically empty so we went in and had the nicest pourer....Lyn. He was so much fun! We had a blast with him.
The wine was excellent and we bought several bottles! Lyn really made the experience an awesome one! After that, we stopped at another A&W Rootbeer Stand for dinner and finally headed to our Home Away house in Glen Ellen. We were pleasantly surprised! The house is adorable, in a quiet neighborhood and the inside is perfect! Such a nice place! Highly recommend it to anyone coming this way! Was good to get to a place where my toothbrush can stay out for a whole week. We have 2 bedrooms and the owner was nice enough to open their 3 personal space bedroom so Breck and Lauren would have a place to call their own.
Another day....another WOW day. Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!! Loving California!!
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