Two Days – Two Valleys

Yesterday was Sonoma, today was Napa. Tonight, we’re tired!

It’s been a great two days. Tons of pictures on Flickr (I think about 100 between yesterday and today) so be sure to check it out.

So far, this is where we’ve been:

• Ledson Winery, just east of here in Kenwood
• St. Francis Winery, just down the road from Ledson
• Sonoma, including the historical landmarks of Mission San Francisco Solano and General Vallejo’s Home, and also ate lunch there yesterday
• Domaine Carneros Winery, east of Sonoma on the way to Napa, a breathtaking French style chateau
• Artesa Winery, just down the road a bit from Domaine Carneros; built into the side of the hill like a 60’s bunker
• Napa, for lunch today
• Robert Mondavi, close to St. Helena; beautiful combination of old and new
• V. Sattui, just up the road from Mondavi; a lot of fun, and really pretty

So, six wineries, two valleys, two days – two tired Canadians! We haven’t been tasting at every winery, mostly because it’s getting expensive – some places want just $5 for a nice tasting, others want $15, or in the case of Mondavi and others, $25 – although, that includes a tour. We just walked around at Mondavi and took lots of pictures. We have six bottles of wine to take home so far. The towns are all very close to each other, but the traffic is quite heavy even during the day and the weather is pretty warm, so by the time we got back tonight we were super tired. We ordered pizza to the room and have just been chilling out big time.

We’re thinking about taking a ferry from Vallejo to San Francisco tomorrow – not a lot of driving involved, and it will get us to the Wharf at San Fran for a walkaround. Or we still have a couple of places close to Santa Rosa that we want to see, so we’ll see how things look in the morning.

Anyway, it’s late but here are a few of my favorite pics from the last two days – enjoy!

From the top: Me with Charlie Brown; Ledson Winery; St. Francis statue at St. Francis Winery; vines in Sonoma; Domaine Carneros; Water and Sky at Artesa.

Hope everyone is doing well – we’re having a wonderful time, although I think we overstimulated our senses today! I think our original plan of no more than two wineries a day is a good one to stick to. Or maybe we just need to head to San Fran for a change of pace. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.