USA Trip Day One - Napa Valley
We arrived in San Francisco last night. I watched Kung Fu Panda, Son Of Rambow and all but the last 20 minutes of Speed Racer between eating and naps on the plane.I have a feeling that Son of Rambow is the only one that didn’t suffer from being on a tiny tiny screen. Speed Racer was like being stabbed in the face with tiny rainbows, only with less plot.
Today we were picked up by Mike The Awesome Limo Driver in a limo. We weren’t expecting a limo in all its neon-insides glory, but that’s what we had. We drove out to Napa Valley and had tastings in Home Sutter, V Satui, Alpha Omega, Cakebread and Domaine Carneros, picking up a few bottles along the way.
In Alpha Omega we tried their ‘Era’ new wine, which they will be botling next spring and which is going to be bloody expensive, by the sounds of things. It’s is the first time I’ve tried a barrel tasting, and the catheter-style pipette thing amused the more childish of us (yeah, OK, me). It was amazing, a wonderfully complex wine with a long, long finish that kept on going.
I now am sleepy.
Tomorrow, Alcatraz and stuff.
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