2012 Arnot Roberts trousseau

[TheEngineer]

It was ridiculous. I was sitting at the Dry Creek General Store having a bit of lunch enjoying the Sonoma sun. The pickup parties are a much more subdued event than the Napa release parties. We spent three hours trying the 6 wines at AR, sitting on the grass area speaking to a vineyard owner who sells grapes to them. They were heading to a Joseph Swan harvest party after that. Looking up into the trees, kids were all over it like ants, climbing up and down the trunk. There was music in the air and wine in hand, the 80 degree weather ever present overlaid with the knowledge that the next day, I would be back on a plane heading east......