Carfagna’s Stopped by Carfagna’s for another Saturday 5 for 5. Lisa was pouring today and of course, Raj poured a 6th wine. While we were at Carfagna’s, our 7-year-old nephew called and asked Julie to taste some bubbles for him. So, at the bottom, we talk about one of our favorite Champagnes. Lodali, Roero Arneis, […]

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Decided to join Raj at Carfagna’s on Saturday. He brought Alan in to pour 5 wine tastes for $5. And for those who know Raj, he can’t count so there were actually 6 wines. The picture above flip-flopped the first two. So, the first wine was actually a bottled Sangria (Shania Sangria, $9.99). It was […]

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Our last day in Napa/Sonoma was a second day in Sonoma. We only visited 2 wineries because we were heading to Half Moon Bay and our third visit closed early because of the holiday (we’re assuming). We did get to eat some fair food though! Artesa  We began the day at Artesa because Julie found […]

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Day 3 of the trip, Day 2 in Napa. Yesterday was really nice only having three tastings after the marathon on Saturday. Today is another laid back day with three more tastings, and our first visit to Bouchon (not the last visit). Freemark Abbey  We decided to start our second day in Napa at winery […]

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Day 2 of the trip was in Napa. We had a fairly laid back day which was nice. It wasn’t our finest scheduling day, as we were running up and down 29 most of the day, but we were able to visit 3 of our favorite wineries and have a wonderful dinner. Cliff Lede  We […]

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For this trip, we wanted at least half of the wineries to be ones that one or both of us had never visited. We booked tastings at 1 to 2 wineries per day (where appointments were required), and planned drop-ins at any others as the day worked it’s way out. For our first day (and […]

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In the beginning…

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