Touring Clos LaChance Winery in San Martin

Hi friends! Long time no talk. Happy 4th of July weekend!

My parents, younger brother, and sister flew into San Francisco on Wednesday afternoon from New Jersey, and we’ve been having a lot of fun together ever since.

We spent the afternoon that they arrived walking around Fisherman’s Wharf, checking out shops, having a bite to eat, and sipping Irish coffees from the famous Buena Vista.

Since my hubby and I just moved to the Bay Area a couple of months ago, this is the first time that my family has visited us here. It’s been fun showing them around our new area and having them at our new home. Though my brother and sister have met Harley before when visiting, this is the first time that my parents have met her. Harley is such a character and big part of my little family, so it’s been nice to finally introduce them to her. My mom and I have taken her hiking every morning, which has been fun.

My parents are big wine enthusiasts too, so we’ve done a lot of wine tasting in the past couple of days. We found a few new wineries that I really liked, and have done one of my favorite things both yesterday and Thursday: picnicked at a winery.

The highlight of our wine adventures so far has been a wine tour I arranged at Clos LaChance, where Adam and I are club members. We toured the vineyard and learned more about its history and their winemaking.

My favorite part of the tour was getting to do tastings right out of the barrels:

The view from the winery is absolutely breathtaking. There was a wedding going on there yesterday evening, so we got to see it all decked out for the event and the bridal party taking pictures. After the tour, we hung out outside for awhile. Relaxing outside with my family with a beautiful vineyard backdrop while enjoying wine and a spread of cheese, crackers, fruit, and bread was a pretty spectacular way to spend my afternoon.