Happy Friday friends! Since the weekend is almost here, I thought that today I'd talk about one of my favorite weekend activities: wine tasting. Besides just loving to try new wines and compare and contrast different varietals and vintages, I enjoy visiting wineries because I like to hear firsthand the stories behind the wineries and their products. There tends to be so much passion put into winemaking, and I love hearing about it. I also am in love with the beauty that typically surrounds wine country. This love affair first started when I studied abroad in Italy in college, met a local restaurant owner who offered to take two of my friends and me on a winery tour, and spent a day in the Italian countryside sipping wine with winery owners who spit their wine out in a seemingly ... [Read More]
California wine
Just Call Me Robert Mondavi
Hi friends! Today's topic: wine. Why? Because my hubby and I recently picked up a fun new hobby... winemaking!! That's right, besides drinking wine, I'm now making it as well. I've certainly spent some time at wineries, from getting married at one in New Jersey... ...to visiting an underground winery in Missouri.... ...from many day trips to the little California wine region of Temecula.... ...to touring Sicilian wineries with a native restauranteur as our guide... ...from picking grapes at a tiny awesome winery, to stomping grapes at a festival in Julian, CA... ....to making our way up the California coast and visiting Paso Robles, Santa Barbara, Napa, and Sonoma area wineries... ...and now living in the Bay Area within a few miles of some ... [Read More]