For my birthday, we decided to host a dinner party with three other couples. Everyone brought a dish to pass and I found some amazing bottles in my cellar. I feel such joy sharing these bottles with others and not just drinking them myself to drink them. First let’s talk about what I served for…
On a trip in 2018, I learned while visiting Jessup Cellars, that a benefit of being a club member is an in home tasting with family and friends. My friend, Randi and I jointly hosted a tasting in September of 2018. That tasting was so successful, we did it again this year. We had approximately…
The entire reason for the weekend in Napa was to attend Insignia Weekend at Joseph Phelps. This was the second wine club I joined, especially to purchase annual Insignia futures. My treat has always been to purchase one bottle of futures per year. At one point I had a 12 year vertical. I’ve been slowing…
When I plan a visit to wine country, I try to make the driving logical, trying to start at the farthest point north and make our way back down, trying to schedule our last tasting that we can walk to. Our first stop on Saturday, Castello di Amorosa, the famous castle in Calistoga. It took…
I haven’t been to Insignia weekend in years, but finally found a way to make the weekend work with a girlfriend. Moni and I traveled to Napa for a girls weekend in May. Friday–We flew into Oakland, which I have found to be much easier to get up to wine country than going into San…