ok, i admit i was too relax for the rest of my trip to even turn on my laptop and blog... but, who can blame me... i was having such a good time! here's a recap for the rest of my trip...
11.21.08 (Friday)
we had arranged car service to take us around for the day so we can enjoy a few glass... first, we headed to hanzell vineyards in sonoma for a private tasting and tour... because they are not open to the public, we were the only ones there during that time... it totally made our experience intimate... very cool that they have a wine library! they only carry two kinds of wine, pinot noir and chard... but, oh, they are all so good...
then, we went to robert sinskey vineyards in napa... did more tasting and the guy quickly showed us around... they do have a good pinot gris... it was a different atmosphere than hanzell... hanzell is very traditional whereas robert sinskey is more trendy and commercialized...
last but not least, we ended up at zd wines in napa... our wine educator was wonderful... he totally sold me on the reserved chard and gewürztraminer... they also have a small but pretty nice wine library... we even got to taste a few right out of the barrel... i can't believe you can get 300 bottles out of a barrel... i would say zd is in between hanzell and robert sinskey... traditional yet modern at the same time...
at the end of the day, i brought 12 bottles home with me...
we went to carneros bistro and wine bar for dinner... i was very disappointed at the food... oysters totally sucked... tuna tartar has no flavor... my sea bass was over cooked... umm... the only good thing would be my wine flight and dessert... i found another wine i adore, dr. loosen's riesling from germany!
after all the food and wines, i had a good nighty-night...
* to be continued...
i am feeling a lil under the weather now... *sniffle, sniffle, cough, cough* it's time for some nyquil...
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