Our trip to Sonoma & Wine Tasting
What new crotchet has posessed my excitable brain? We are suddenly on an airplane headed to Sonoma Valley to sip and savor the harvest season. Sonoma is California’s first Wine Country and the birthplace of California’s wine industry. It is home to more than 40 premium wineries, all a stone’s throw apart on a 17-mile span of enchanting country lanes.
As I talked with residents of Somona, there seems to be a healthy competition with Napa Valley. Residents feel that Sonoma is more community oriented, and that locals are socialble and neighborly. We definately found that to be true.
Every restaurant feels like a small encounter with Italy.
We first visited Sebastiani Vinyard & Winery which is not only beautiful but a magnificent shopping experience as well.
One winery I would tell you to be sure not to miss in Sonoma is Viansa Winery - An Italian heritage winery with a tile-roofed Tuscan Villa which sits high above the Sonoma Valley on a hilltop surrounded by olive trees and vineyards.
There was a little get-together with family and friends that evening to enjoy our abundance of the day. Unfortunately there was a little mishap with the wine tasting… I could not resist an impulse to laugh at my miserable quandary.
