Forchini Vineyards
Todd at Talty Vineyards
Bella Vineyards above Bella Caves/Barrel StorageBeautiful California weather + Fabulous Wine + Wonderful Friends = A most amazing weekend!
We drove over to Napa Valley/Sonoma area for barrel tasting along with 20 friends. www.wineroad.com We love wine but most of the time try to budget to 3$ Chuck wine, so this weekend we were spoiled tasting $30-$70 bottle wines, some straight from the barrel before they are bottled. When you taste it from the barrel they are unfiltered, meaning they have not bee completely filtered and do not have the same smooth texture, but they offer the previous years vintage bottled so you can compare. We purchased a few choice bottles and I (liz) have made my dream list of wine clubs to join. On top of beautiful scenery and wine we stayed in a five bedroom house in Santa Rosa, very 80's mafia chique, equipped with hot tub, theater room and amazin views. Our favorites ........Amista 2003 Syrah, Rued 2006 Pinot Noir, Kokomo Cabernet, Forchini Pinot and Zinfandel.
Part of the group at Armida Winery, Raymond Burr winery and his Emmys
(this was the best part about this winery, wine was ok)
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