Thursday, June 18, 2009

Wine tasting weekend!

Dave's sister Carrie is getting married in August and decided since her fiance likes beer not wine that she wanted to do her bachlorette weekend in Napa/Sonoma. I personally was thrilled becase this meant one less flight for me and I love wine especially from Napa and Sonoma. Since it would have been like $450 a day to get a limo we decided to rent a van and bring Dave up to be our designated driver. It was awesome! All of Carries friends were super fun and we had a blast here are a bunch of pictures from the weekend.
Carries Favorite Candy is JellyBelly's so our first stop was the Jelly Belly factory about 20 minutes from our Hotel.
This is Jelly Belly art its a picture of Ronald Reagan (who's favorite candy was also Jelly Belly) completley done withJelly Belly Jelly Beans. I got this picture for my Dad since he loves Reagan.

This is Angela feeling the same way as me ready to go wine tasting.


Us all piled in the car
Back row: Kelly, Carrie, Angela
Front row: Rachel, Sara


Dave and I at Frias Family Winery, you have to drive up this very steep rocky road (we barely made it) when you get to the top theres two small buildings a porta potty and a tent. I didn't think this was going to be such a fun stop but it was awesome. Its not open to the public so we knew somone who knew someone and they got us the tasting. It was so worth it and Manny the owner was great it was a good time.


A picture of the girls out in the Frias Family vineyard with a Napa backdrop

The fam, Dave his cousin Sara and Carrie his sister and the bride to be


This is the hot 84 year old dude that Carrie almost left Shane for!

Pancha's bar, a total dive but super fun would go to again. We saw it the next day in the day light it looks like a completley sketchy condemned building. It was fun the night before.


In the caves at one of the wineries can't remember the name

Sitting on the rocking bench at our favorite winery in Sonoma Chateau St. Jean


Chilling at Cakebread Cellars, great tasting that had us all around the winery it was fun.

Our final stop at Sullivan vineyards our favorite vineyard in Napa, we were sad to leave it was a great weekend. Can't wait to party with everyone at the wedding in August.

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