Dan wanted to go to wine country today, to go up to Glen Ellen, and then to see where else the road took us. So we went there and we're somewhat disappointed. But, i had met this guy on the ferry ride yesterday, who owned a winery in Santa Rosa, St. Francis winery. He had told me to call and he'd set me and a guest up for the "VIP" tasting, gave me his cell phone number. So i called him, and he set up a wine and dine tasting for us at 1:00! So we got there and really were treated well. We were in a private room, with a few other couples doing the same thing. They had 4 wine glasses, different wines, paired with 4 different courses of food. (see photos) The wine was really good! Really good!
They paired a Wild Oak Chardonney with a mango-shrimp cerviche;
a cabernet franc with blue cheese, onion rings;
a rockpile red with pork loin and braised cabbage;
and a $75 cabernet sauginon with the stuffed mushroom;
we ended up buying some of the wine, and joining the wine club, so Chris Silva, the owner's name, did o.k. by us! it was really fun.
We then spent the rest of the day exploring wine country. we checked out a potential rental place called Oakmont, which looks very possible--it's an "adult" community, with alot of winter rentals available and alot of community activities. Dan bought a ring in Calistoga, and we slowly, very slowly, headed back to Novato.
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I see the magic; wine, good food and lover what more could you want?
We are having a wonderful time in Delray Beach. The weather is perfect and this beach town is charming and not ostentatious with real people.
Love ya, Jane and Wayne
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