Wine-ing Down

We spent the night in a very upscale hotel as there were not many options that included pets in SF. We slept like kings and queens though. As we lazily packed up, again. We headed over to Berkeley to visit my good friend Mal and her family.  California has been great with their social distancing and Mal is in a “nanny bubble” so they were extra careful. We had a pleasant picnic in the park across the street from her house and we got to meet her little Emma with the mean mug. Next we headed up to Napa Valley. We met up with Ben’s family at a cool little place he picked out with a pool and spent the rest of the day sipping beers and relaxing poolside. 

The next day we woke up late and headed out for our wine tasting excursion. We managed to sneak in a winery before meeting Ben and Pamela at one they had reserve. The wines here are a must-experience-in-person adventure. We enjoyed enthusiastic and charming wine hosts pitching their wines and the process of making wines. We bought bottles and laughed and enjoyed the immaculate weather. Emily and I hit 4 vineyards total and were pretty happy by the end of our last tasting. We returned to the hotel and relaxed with our group regaling our tasting tours and wine comments. After some post wine burger we relaxed into food comas for the evening. Ben and I enjoyed a celebratory baby girl cigar before calling it a night. These past two days have been quite relaxing.