Day 17 San Fran, Golden Gate, Benzinger,Gloria Ferrer

What a great day!! Headed to the airport to pick up Breck and Lauren, who were flying in for a long weekend with us.  Someone told us to allow 4 hours to get to the San Fran airport due to traffic even though it is only about 1.5 hours from our house.  Needless to say, we got up at 0 dark 100 to get there.  Left the house at 6:00!!  Um....we were at the airport, parked and in the terminal by 8;00!!  They were due in at 9:38, so we got breakfast and sat and people watched and caught up on our emails.  Breck and Lauren arrived on time and we were headed out by 10:00.  The fun part was that we did have to cross the Golden Gate Bridge both going and coming!  It was not what I expected.  I thought it was much longer, but it was still pretty cool!!

Also loved the houses in San Fran!  So colorful and interesting!!

After dropping their stuff off at the house, we headed to get something to eat.  Went into the little town of Glen Ellen and ate at the Inn Restaurant.  It was delicious!!  Their wine "list" was, in fact, about a 25-30 page list of wine.  The Cab Sauvs took up 9 pages alone!!!!  It was incredible!!

 


The Wine List!!!!



After lunch, we headed to Benzinger Winery which was basically in town.  It was beautiful and we had a really good time with our pourer.  Wine was excellent....I have come to expect nothing less..and the whole experience was so much fun!!!  Our pourer was Sandy and she took her time with us and gave us about 3 more wines than she was suppose to!!  She was a wealth of knowledge about the winery and history and all that goes into their wine making!!!

 

From here, Breck wanted something bubbly, so we headed to Gloria Ferrer which specializes in sparkling wines.  It is not my thing so while they tasted the sparkles, I had a glass of their Pinot Noir.  It was ok, but I have had better here and at home, too!  Our wine "educator" was named Alex and he was awesome.  He knew his stuff and when we were leaving he even poured an extra serving for them to take in the car for the trip home!!!  The place was beautiful and we sat outside for our tasting.

Ended the day with a bit of silliness!!!  Love it!!

Headed to a grocery store on the way home so we would have something for breakfast, then landed at the house.  What a great day!!!  Everyone has gone to their corner of the world for the night and all is well.  Have a 10:30 tour and tasting at Kunde tomorrow and am not sure what else we are doing.  Life is grand and we will see what it brings tomorrow!  All I can say again is....WOW~~~~