Ever since we had decided to go to California there were two things I HAD to do. See the redwoods and go to some wineries.
On Friday we joined a tour that took us to Muir Woods, unlucky for us, it was sprinkling pretty good when we went. But, even that did take away the awe-inspiring size and beauty of this forest. If you ever get a chance to go, please do! Pictures just can never do them justice.
We learned that a tree about the size of the one below can easily be 1000+ years old!
Did I also mention they're TALL
Saturday we joined another tour to go to three wineries around the Sonoma and Napa Valley areas. Cale and I are such nerds and we enjoyed the informational aspect of it all. We learned the difference between red wines and white wines, the names of the different grapes used to make the various wines and also learned we both really don't appreciate red wines because of their tannins (makes the wines dry).
First winery of the day: Jacuzzi.
They said that this was the same family that also invented the Jacuzzi tub.
Then we went across the road to Cline Winery, which has ties to the Jacuzzi winery. This is when it started raining fairly heavily.
Final winery of the day located in Napa Valley was Madonna Estates, and our favorite! It was still raining, so we didn't get to see the full estate, but we found our hands-down favorite wine. They were the first winery of the day that had sweet white wines, so we bought a bottle of Muscat Cannelli. It was very sweet, just like us.
Food for Learning,
the SupperSmiths, forging one meal at a time
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing your tour of California. Great pictures, even the self-timings. :) Cute!
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