We've been in the Bay Area since about December and unfortunately not taken advantage of the grandparents to watch the twins nearly as much as we should have. Ralph arranged for one last, nice weekend before he departs.
Last Saturday, we went north to taste some wine. Starting with Scharffenberger -better known for chocolate than for the cellars, I was very happily surprised with the sparkling wine! We proceeded to Navarro Vineyard, one I'm not at all familiar with - however I must say they had a lovely Gewürztraminer, much more in the true German tradition, than in the overly sweet we get here in the US. Last on this part of the trip was Husch - one of Opa's favorites.
For dinner I had the quite possible the best prepared duck I've ever had in the US and Ralph had fish at Cafe Beaujolais. Amazingly the duck was just perfect, hard to imagine that in the tiny town of Mendocino one could get it right. Stayed at Boonville Hotel, it was nice. I hear there is a specific dialog in Boonville, something the gold miners made up or something. I didn't hear a whisper of it.
Sunday the weather was AMAZING! no snow here, as a matter of fact the sky was clear marble blue with only some whisps of white which highlighted the blooming nut trees throughout the valley. Lunch at Charcuterie in Healdsburg - very good! and visits to Rodney Strong and Iron Horse. Not impressed with Iron Horse.
Over all it was very nice to get away, sleep in a little and not worry about the next bottle (of formula!).
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