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 March Trip days 1 and 2
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Hawkeye Member |
posted 01-21-2011 07:27 AM
  
Uncorked, sorry to hear about your car. It can be replaced, but what about you? Any injuries? I will be in Nashville this weekend for a daylily symposium out by the airport. Hope the roads between here and there are clean. Get back to your wine trip and that will take your mind off the wreck. I found another blending seminar that is a little more reasonable, but it is over in Napa on the Silverado Trail ad Judds Hill Winery. It looks like it would be fun. Here is the info. http://www.juddshill.com/scripts/cpg.cfm?id=3 [This message has been edited by Hawkeye (edited 01-21-2011).] IP: 68.169.189.111 |
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Uncorked Junior Member |
posted 01-20-2011 05:30 PM
Hawkeye, Thanks for that information. It looks very promising. I understand about leaving early---last trip, we left our home around 4:00 a.m. Gotta get to Wine Country early and not miss out on any 'tasting time'! I'm looking forward to hearing all about your trip. Haven't been on here much lately---dealing with other issues---hit a deer and totalled my car. Wine trip has taken a back seat! IP: 99.2.140.113 |
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Hawkeye Member |
posted 01-20-2011 10:39 AM
Hi Damombo, we leave at 5:40 AM, but have to be there about an hour earler at 4:40 AM so that means that Mrs. Hawkeye has to get up at 2:40 AM to get her face on and get ready. I just fall out of bed into the car and have the skycap throw me on the plane without losing a minutes sleep. So, what is the big deal? Mrs. Hawkeye's shopping trip will be the second afternoon, the first day of tasting. I believe I am going to sneak in a tasting or two on the travel day. One will be at Sojurn in Sonoma town where we already have an appointment. There are a couple others around that maybe we will hit. Should be at the hotel by about 2:30 PM. I am one for saving money to spend on wine. Cheers! IP: 68.169.189.111 |
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damombo Member |
posted 01-20-2011 09:10 AM
I just noticed - YOU LEAVE CHATTANOOGA AT 5:40!?!?!? IN THE MORNING?!?!? Sheesh, and you still have the energy to go all day... Oh I get it now - that's why you have time on the first day for Mrs. Hawkeye to wander around the Sonoma Square shopping - you're counting on her saying she'd rather have a nap than spend time (and money) shopping! You are a sly one, Hawkeye!! IP: 98.198.194.134 |
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Hawkeye Member |
posted 01-18-2011 03:52 PM
Uncorked, Was it you who is looking for a wine making/blending program for your group? Try this in sonoma. http://www.stfranciswinery.com/visit/planning_a_visit/index.asp#WineFood Scroll to the bottom of the page. IP: 68.169.189.111 |
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yesilovewine Member |
posted 01-14-2011 08:36 AM
Hawkeye, this is a great list. You will have a lot to tell us about when you return. We really like St. Francis and became members there recently. They have a wonderful members only tasting room where there are some absolutely brilliant wines to be tasted.The Dry Creek Old Vine Zin from Amann vineyard will take your breath away...at least the 2006 won us over BIG time. We bought the last 3 bottles of that vintage that were available! IP: 98.232.221.183 |
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Hawkeye Member |
posted 01-14-2011 07:55 AM
Since my experiment of putting up a .pdf address didn't work, I will list the wineries we are going to visit. Day 1: DAY 2: Some of these are by appointment. I normally schedule some that do not require an appointment in between in case we get hung up somewhere, it won't hurt if we miss one or two. Cheers! [This message has been edited by Hawkeye (edited 01-14-2011).] IP: 68.169.189.111 |
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Uncorked Junior Member |
posted 01-12-2011 03:53 PM
Hawkeye- I've tried looking at this one and the one on the Napa board, but cannot pull it up. I talked with Kandice at Robert Biale----she definitely remembered you. You are one of her favorites. I made a reservation for our group and they will accommodate us. I'm excited. (Also joined the Black Chicken Society!) I want to get out of here too---tried this morning, but couldn't get up the driveway.... IP: 99.2.140.113 |
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Hawkeye Member |
posted 01-12-2011 01:16 PM
Hi Damombo, We normally wait until we get there to talk about dinner and decide on that day what strikes our fancy. In March, normally there is not a problem getting in somewhere. We do have Sunday morning with nothing scheduled, but I think we will wait and see what we feel like doing. Normally, we will go back to Sacramento the day before our flight returns home. Then we can get up in the morning and have a leisurely breakfast and head for the airport. Take a look at some of the winery web pages that we are visiting . . . they sound very good. I am especially looking forward to the Silverado Trail tastings on Saturday. Should be some BIG Cabs there. Also on Friday on Hwy 29. Well, I am looking forward to Sopnoma also. Guess that covers it all. With all this snow, I am ready to get our of here. IP: 68.169.189.111 |
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damombo Member |
posted 01-12-2011 11:27 AM
Looks like another great trip, Hawkeye. Looking forward already to the trip reports  I hope that Francis Ford Coppola isn't too jammed, but perhaps being a weekday and March will help. We do love our "house" zin! I didn't see any mention of lunch or dinner reservations? Do you wait until you get there and see what sounds good or is that the next step in your planning? You know me, I love to have wonderful meals in between all of that wonderful wine! For Mrs Hawkeye - don't forget to look past the square to just off the square. I didn't even know that there were shops down the way near the Ledson Hotel side of the square. Kind of in the middle of that block. We were looking for our restaurant and passed a number of shops there. IP: 98.198.194.134 |
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Hawkeye Member |
posted 01-11-2011 02:55 PM
Planning a trip is half the fun and I appreciate all of the help and suggestions from you fellow "boarders". I also appreciate having WineCountry.com available. I am excited about this trip because we are visiting so many new wineries. On Wednesday, we will have 3 new (to us) wineries, St. Francis, Paradise Ridge, and VJB. We have tasted Mayo before but found the wines not to our taste. However, they have a new "Reserve Room" with a wine and food pairing, so I decided to give them another try. Besides, wines can change from vintage to vintage. Also, we tasted at Kunde several years ago and I remember bringing home some of their wines. I had to leave some time in the afternoon for Mrs. Hawkeye to peruse Sonoma Square. On Thursday, all 7 of the wineries will be new to us. What a treat. I think most of them came from "boarders" suggestions. Thanks. I don't know if this will work or not, but here is a .pdf file of the first two days. Try pasting this in your .pdf reader or your browser. Let me know if it works. As always, your comments are welcome, but it is pretty much too late to make changes. We had 8" of snow on Sunday, a 3-glass Cab night. I just tried pasting the above address into my web browser AND IT WORKED!!!! Whoopie Days 3 and 4 of the trip are on the Napa board.
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