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...went to a couple each area with out of town friends over the Valentines/President's weekend.
Friday - Napa
Hess Collection and Winery - amazing modern art collection on the upper two floors with the winery below. $20 for tasting 4 wines with an entertaining guy and it applies to a purchase. My favorite was their Block 19 Blend.
Henry Ranch - Some years ago I had one of of their zinfandels and it was memorable. They only do a few limited tastings and tours by appt. Four of us got a private tasting of 7 wines - charge applies to a purchase. Some very nice wines but my favorite was their Block 7 & 22 zinfandel. George Hendry is 80 years old and has been living on the property since he was 2. He is a nuclear engineer who became a farmer and then a winemaker. He was conducting the afternoon tour and tasting so I'm sorry we missed him.
Saturday - Sonoma
Rams Head - the first winery on hiway 121 across from the Sonoma Raceway. We had never been here before even when it was Roche Winery. The place is very nicely done - open and spacious on top of the hill where you can watch the cars race across the way if you want. They were having a member's even with food so we decided not to wait for a $60 per person tasting. But we'll go back.
Cline winery - because of the holiday weekend, they had extra tents for tasting around the park-like property and tables spread out across the front lawn. The tastings were free. They are known for their Ancient Vines zin (available everywhere) but they had a nice chardonnay, a good syrah and a terrific rose. My favorites were their single vinyard Big Break and Live Oak zinfandels.
Unfortunately none of the wines I liked are available anywhere but the wineries.
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