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…
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…