Wine Tasting

The festival was over, but happily Vince & I still had an extra day to explore the area and do some wine tasting. Our first stop: Schramsberg. So glad we went!

Almost there

Their sign from the highway

Cute pond near the reception area

Watching the frogs was a fun way to pass the time until our tour :)

Old newspaper article... great history

Inside the caves where their champagne is stored- at any

given time, there are around 2 million bottles in here!

One of the original engraved Schramsberg barrels

Our tasting area at the end of the tour- very nice

As you can imagine, there are countless vineyards in the Napa Valley, but Vince & I decided on just two wine tastings for the day; there was a lot of other scenery (towns & countryside) we wanted to see! Our second wine tasting of the day was with Orin Swift. I didn't get many photos of this one, as we were in a small tasting room (no vineyard tour). Orin Swift sources his grapes from growers around California and custom blends them to his liking. However, we did find out that he just purchased a vineyard in France and will be producing wine from there. Here is one of the first bottles from his vines in France...

It was pretty cool to be one of the first to taste this!