Getting our Wine On: Day 2

And get it on we did. I am just saying, we visited 4 wineries before lunch. Here is the run down:

Kevin our driver picked us up right at 10 AM. He actually ended up being pretty cool and really did want to take us to wineries we liked and introduce us to some small, family wineries

Arger-Martucci - This was a small winery that was in back of a family house. We actually sat out by the pool. We tried several wines but really enjoyed the Cab Franc and Cab Sav. We also enjoyed Cinnamon, the boxer dog. She hung out with us by the pool. Fun fact about Cinnamon - she is Ms. February in the 2010 Wine Dog calendar. Bottle Count: 2

Peju - Sadly this was a our least favorite winery of the trip so far. Nothing special. We talked the server to let us taste the Zinfandel Port. It was good so we bought it but the Cab Sav was boring. Bottle Count: 1

Rubicon - This was our fast food visit. We ran in and ran out. Great property and owned by Francis Ford Coppola. We did taste the famous 150 dollar Rubicon and enjoyed it but not enough to splurge. Instead we loved the Pinot Noir and bought that. Bottle Count: 1

Cakebread - This was one we were really looking forward to. And we enjoyed. Everything we tasted was great and James, our host, really liked us because we got to taste a lot of extra wines. We also hung with four fun ladies from Southern California. So we might have needed to take a break tasting at this point because I actually poured my left over tasting in the community water jug rather than the spit jar. This poor woman went to drink it. Glad she had a good sense of humor. James told me to put it there. Oops. Um, we ended up with 5 bottles (two are gifts) and BONUS - we joined the wine club.

Then we took a break for lunch at Taylor's Refresher. This is a great burger stop in St. Helena. Definitely a must stop.

Feilla - Feilla was recommended to us by Kevin our driver. We told him that Mike really likes Pinot Noir's and this place did not disappoint. The wine maker came in and hung out with us. He was an awesome guy - Aaron Jordan. Great Pinots. And another wine dog. Lola. Guess what? Lola looks exactly like Lolly, my parent's dog. Sisters from a different mother.

Chase - Chase was recommended because we love old vine Zins. They were OK. We ended up buying a Petit Syrah that was great. And some Chocolate Zinfandel sauce. Bingo. I didn't try it because of my dessert deprival. But 4 days and counting.

All in all a great day. We really found some different wineries that were fun. I would definitely recommend going to some of the smaller, mom and pop wineries if you are ever out here.

Sadly other than almost making some lady drink my watered down spit, nothing too crazy happened. Just and enjoyable day
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