While we headed up to SF for a wedding, the timing was perfect for an early birthday celebration for my mom. She wanted to go wine tasting so we decided to take her to St. Helena to visit a some wineries we hadn't been to before. Since it's been years since we did wine tastings with my family, we were all looking forward to it. The 1.5 hour drive to Napa seemed long, but we were glad to sit down to a delightful picnic lunch, followed by visits to two other wineries. The wedding we went to was also at a winery so we unexpectedly ended up doing tastings two days in a row. It's been busy weekend with lots of activity - great to get some downtime now that we're home.
My brother and Michelle set up a birthday picnic lunch at V. Sattui Winery.
And now for a more civilized tasting, we visited Duckhorn, a winery that once hosted Obama.
A look at Duckhorn's vineyards.
Mom and I couldn't pass up a chance to eat grapes right from the vine. They were very sweet.
Castello Di Amorosa, a castle in St. Helena, was a unique wine tasting experience.
An extra treat - animals just outside the castle. This sheep was very hungry.
Happy and healthy chickens. We even saw some pigs.
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