Trip to Napa / Sonoma--favorite winery?

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First, thanks to all who offered suggestions. We took winoweenie up on his offer to let us visit Diamond Creek, but unfortunately, we never quite found it--though we were very close!

Saturday in Sonoma, we visited Matanzas Creek, BR Cohn, Arrowood, and Chateau St Jean. As it stood, we also had a tight schedule, so were unable to take advantage of the other kind offers and suggestions. Picked up some 97 Olive Hill cabs and merlot at Cohn, some great 97 Syrahs at Arrowood, and some amazing merlots at CSJ--some of the 95 reserve, and some 94s that they's "found" in the warehouse during a recent move.

Sunday in Napa we visited Caymus, Heitz, and Joseph Phelps (the latter after spending a couple of hours trying to find Diamond Creek, which winoweenie graciously set up for us--thanks again, wino). It was our first visit to Phelps--what a beautiful property. A great tour/tasting as well--the Belgian who leads the tastings there has a business called "Grape Escapes"--apparently Phelps contracts him out, and he does a great job. Tried a chardonnay, the regular cab, the Insignia, and finished with one of their desert wines. Brought home some of the desert wines and a Grenache port that I hadn't seen in NYC.

All in all, a great trip--thanks again to all who posted suggestions. [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/cool.gif[/img]