Had another great day of wine tasting today. Tony and Deborah were my hosts last night and were super fantastic. Deborah works in the wine industry, so she gave me some great recommendations for place to hit today.
I started out with Geyser Peak Winery, which I think I've seen distributed in Texas. Decent wines there. I then went to J Rickards. Jim and his dog greeted me and I ended up spending a long time there. Jim was super informative about all sorts of aspects of wine making - weather, soil, blends, all sorts of stuff. We even went out and looked at the vines up close. I had a great time there. I then made my way up to Hopland and hit up McNab Ridge Winery. I had planned on 2 more in Hopland, but since I spent so much time at J Rickards, I skipped those.
I grabbed lunch at the Hopland Ale House, whose owner was there and was really nice. She just bought the place about a year ago. I was there at 2 PM, so it was pretty empty. They apparently have live music there in the evenings. Nice place.
I went up Jeriko Winery after lunch and was totally exhausted. I actually took a nap in my car before going inside. The wines there were good. I was scheduled to go to Jaxon Keys Winery, but a couple of people at Jeriko recommended that I go to Saracina Vineyards instead. I'm glad I did that. I got to meet Alex, the winemaker at Saracina, and had some fantastic wines there. Definitely a wine club I'm interested in joining.
Tonight is my last airbnb reservation for a while. I'm staying at a ranch estate just outside of Ukiah. I'm making my way out of California wine country. Tomorrow I'm driving a bunch, and I'm actually quite looking forward to that. There's only so much wine tasting a person can do before burning out.
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