Wino Country

Last week we had the privilege of attending the wedding of our good friends Ryan and Rebecca.  Although the couple now lives in Minneapolis, the two opted to have the wedding in Ryan's hometown of Napa, CA.  I've known both Ryan and our mutual best friend Nate for 12 years now and have never been to visit their turf, even being the lover of wine that I am.  The wedding was on a Thursday evening so we decided to make a loooong weekend of it and flew up Wednesday morning and the wine tasting commenced immediately.  We ended up going to 18 different wineries in 4 days (our 5th and final day was wine free as we just couldn't bring ourselves to taste another drop) and had such a great time.  It was also a reunion of our entire San Diego crew so it was a lot of fun to all be together again.  I know these reunions will be few and far between now that we are all spread out.  Below are some pictures of our adventure, unfortunately I forgot to bring my camera to the main event (the nuptials).  You can view all the pictures of the trip by clicking here.

Our first stop on our first day

The Boeders in front of Luna

Darioush was built by a wealthy Persian.  It was over the top beautiful!

Tasting with the Colemans at Cuvaison.  Gorgeous views.

Family portrait at Raymond

Reserve tasting at Mondavi.  Do not drink the '96 Cab

Bubbly and cartwheels with Jenny at Domain Chandon

Rombauer Chardonnay is so good!  The view ain't bad either.