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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011: Day One, Arrival and AVV
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011. Monday, August 1, 2011. Day One, Arrival and AVV. We arrived at SFO and drove straight to Alexander Valley Vineyards where we stayed in a three-bedroom house, guests of the Wetzel Family. This estate is built upon the grounds of the original settler to the valley, Cyrus Alexander. After settling in, we enjoyed a tour of the wine caves and tastings of all the offerings including the Cabernet Sauvignon, Viognier, and Cyrus Bordeaux-style blend. We shipped a cas.
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011: Prep
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011. Monday, July 25, 2011. So what do three couples who share a passion with wine do besides drink more wine? We plan a trip of course. You might ask yourself where did we get the theme for our trip - Battle of the Wine Clubs? We're still working on our rating criteria. More on that later. So the time has almost arrived. T-minus 4 days until flight time. Ay the itinerary was 12 pages. . . yep 12 pages. In a nutshell, we will visit the follo. Matching T-shirts for our trip?
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011: Day 5 - August 2nd
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011. Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Day 5 - August 2nd. Ok so first day in Napa. We're really excited to start trying the big boys! First stop - Hendry. Phil and Traci are wine club members and set us up here. As. The barrel fermented chardonnay was our favorite and we split a case with the other. 2 couples. It was a tremendous experience and the catered lunch with discussion at length with George Hendry was unbelievable. The house we rented has a hot tub and a very nice area to rel...
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011: Day 4 - August 1st
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011. Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Day 4 - August 1st. Day 4, We packed up our stuff and headed on to Russian River Valley. Tonight we'll stay in downtown Napa. First stop - Merry Edwards. Our appointment was at 9:30 but somehow I got it mixed up and thought it was at 9am, so we were a bit early. Good thing, knowing what happens later. While we were waiting,. We picked up 2 bottles of different vintages of Thomas Pinots and went on our way. By this time, we were now running late ...
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011: Day Two
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011. Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Our First stop - Silver Oak. Silver Oak is high end cabs and they only have 2 - Napa and Alexander Valley Cabs. Interestingly Silver Oak is not named for the tree but named for Silverado Trail and Oakville (both in Napa). The Silver Oak winery was originally between these 2 areas. Next Stop - Dry Creek Vineyard. None of us had been here before and we didn't know. It was late in the day, what can I say? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Picture Win...
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011: Day 3 - July 31st
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011. Tuesday, August 2, 2011. Day 3 - July 31st. Day 3 is Mendocino county. We've never been up here, but we've heard. Good things. So we drove 70 minutes up here. What we didn't know was how windy the road would be and how sick we would all feel just getting there. Poor Susie. She was in the third row by herself. When we got to the first winery, she couldn't drink anything just yet. Poor thing. Next was Toulouse. Toulouse had a. Sign which said Too Tense? Next was Stryker. ...
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011: Day 6 - August 3rd
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Battle of the Wine Clubs 2011. Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Day 6 - August 3rd. We started off the day at Titus. We met with cool Christophe who is one of only 2 full time employees. Titus is a small family winery that was recommended by Angela at Hendry wines. We tasted wines in a 1910 ranch house - very relaxed, casual, low key, t-shirt and shorts environment. The Petite Syrah and Cab Franc were very good, and our group bought 2 bottles each of those. We were all a bit fatigued and emaciated but enjoyed ...
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