Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Wine Tasting Weekend

I made the drive to be with all my closest girls from high school in Sonoma County this weekend for Corynn's 22nd birthday. It was a weekend filled with great friends, amazing food, and tasty wine!

Friday I arrived after the long 5 hour drive, I was more than relieved when I arrived to what Corynn and her roommates call "the chicken farm." (They have chickens and live in a house on a farm in Petaluma.) The first thing I saw was this adorable puppy in the picture below, who was Corynn's roommate Hillary's friends puppy (whew! confusing!)  He was just visiting for the day, and boy was I happy to get to play with him for a little! That evening, Corynn and I drove to Berkley and met up with Katie, Leslie and Kindah. We ate a yummy dinner and headed back to the chicken farm for the night. 

Saturday I woke up to a fantastic breakfast made by Corynn's roommate Christina. She made home made cinnamon rolls! I grew up never liking maple syrup, or cinnamon rolls in general but boy were these AMAZING. After letting breakfast settle, we got ready and headed out to Healdsberg to go wine tasting. We ended up going to quite a few wineries, but my favorite by far was Williamson Wines tasting room. They paired each of their wines with hors devoures. My favorite was the cabernet sauvignon paired with irish cheddar topped with blue cheese, and a pecan drizzled with honey. Mmmmmm. 

That evening we had another amazing home cooked meal, and gathered in the living room to sing Corynn "Happy Birthday." I ended up going to bed pretty early since I had to make the trek home in the morning.  Even though I can barely pull my jeans over my booty, I had so much fun getting to spend time with my girls! Here are some pictures. :)
Me & Brr the pup

Downtown Healdsberg, it's nice to see the leaves change color! You don't get that much around SLO.

First stop, Williamson Winery!

Sean & the birthday girl looking confused.

Just being silly :) 
From left: Leslie, Corynn, Christina, Katie

Group photo at Hauck tasting room

Toad Hollow

Another group shot at Toad Hollow

Leslie & I at Portalupi tasting room
(They paired one of their wines with cheetos!)

Corynn blowing out her birthday candles. :)

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