Monday, October 13, 2008

California Chronicles: Wine Country

QUINTESSA ROCKED.
great wine, great service, vip tour from Darin, stunning facility


GRAPES
darin's showing me grapes


MUMM WASN'T SO COOL, BUT PRETTY.
bad service and the chick never really explained the wines and sparkling champagne, then left and we had to get service from another server, who then explained the NEW sparkling red champagne you can only buy at Mumm.


PARADUXX WAS COOL.
awesome descriptions of wines and beautiful facilities.



Duh - Go to Cali and not visit wine country? Please. It was the best ever - especially if you know someone who works in the industry. Winery's will either give you a discount or complimentary industry tours and free wine tasting. We took advantage of this. We found in our travels that the best places were Paraduxx and Quintessa. Mumm's was horrible service, although they have a great new sparking red champagne that was to die for. Tastings can run from $20 to over $100 - depending on what winery you visit.




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