WINE TRIP TO NAPA AND SONOMA

Wine Trip "Priceless"
Have you ever been on a trip and think
"This can not get better and ever day is
as good or better than the day before?"
That is how we felt on both trips.

HEITZ CELLAR

What an incredible trip!
We were able to meet and have lunch
with Alice Heitz. 
She and her husband, Joe, started Heitz Wineries.
Alice's son, David, is the winemaker. 
Sales Manager, Jeanne Cabral,
took great care of us, as usual.

SILVER OAK CELLARS
 "LIFE IS A CABERNET"

As always, Tom Johnson took
such great care of us all. 
Whether it be at a wine dinner
or in the wine country. 
Thanks Tom!!

Click below to see the
Silver Oak Wine Dinners

Wine Dinners

MARKHAM VINEYARD

Every year we look forward to seeing Reyna.
Unfortunately, we did not get a picture of Bryan again.
 

ST. FRANCIS WINERY

The owner, Joe Martin, had a wonderful luncheon awaiting for us.
The pairing of wine and food was incredible!

Tom Mackey, the winemaker, and
Joe Martin are so much fun to be around.
So what a great deal - to have fun and love the wine!!!

HESS COLLECTION

Every year we travel to "Hess Collection".
They put on an incredible luncheon for us.
The wine and food pairings are perfect.
This time I just had to put some pictures of their food on.

FREEMARK ABBEY

Tim Bell, winemaker, had a beautifully
set table to taste his wines
He also brought out barrel samples.
We immensely enjoyed the wines and meeting Tim .

TRUCHARD WINERY

As usual Tony & JoAnn Truchard
welcomed us with open arms. 

SWANSON VINEYARDS

What a wonderful treat to meet Mr. Swanson this trip.
The tasting and cheese that we get from
Swanson is always such a highlight on our trip.

GRGICH HILLS CELLAR

This winery was wonderful to us. 
Maryanne Wedner (below) took
care of everything from
arranging a great luncheon to
having our group meet Mr. Grgich.

SHAFER

This was our first time to go to Shafer. 
To have Mr. Shafer with us there was a very special treat.
 

DARIOUSH

   Steve Devitt is Winemaker/Vineyard Manager
of Darioush Winery.
The "group" had a great time being shown
around the new winery.  They let us sample barrel samples. 
The time spent there was not only fun; but a great education.

ARTESA

The group had a great time at Artesa.
They could not have received us more graciously

MONDAVI WINERY

We thoroughly enjoyed meeting Tim Mondavi.

PINE RIDGE