I've been a bit absent from here for the last couple of weeks, which I was hoping not to have happen. I will definitely work harder to keep the blog more recent. One of the reasons was some travel to California. More specifically to north of San Francisco. And with a few hours to spare on Saturday morning we took a drive more north into the Sonoma Valley.

I love wine. I love food and wine, but since we were in Sonoma, this is all about the wine. We stopped at several wineries, but by far the best was the Benziger Family Winery. I had been to their sister winery, Imagery Estate Winery, several years ago and loved it, so I knew I was in for a treat at Benziger, but the place exceeded expectations. If you're ever there you must take their $10.00 tram tour. It took us up into the vineyard on Sonoma Mountain, over to their production vats and into their man-made aging cave, plus it included some tasting, so it's like a free tour if you're there to taste anyway. We were and we did and the best part was they shipped the bottles we bought back to CT. Outstanding.