RR Valley visit

[andrawes76]

Hello my Wine Board Friends! I would like to express sincere gratitude to you'se guys for giving me the best possible experience in Sonoma. Started off the day on Saturday at Swan where Karen hooked us up with a fabulous tasting. We missed the library tasting by 1 week, but got a great feel for Swan's style, which was no doubt more Burgundian. We next proceeded to Woodenhead Vitners tried a few of their Pinots as well, then had to stop at Mosaic for lunch. Its a small but fantastic bistro closer to Swan and Dutton. After lunch we headed to Scherrer where I had the time of my life. While its substantially less commercial and harder to find, I found Fred to be a stand-up guy. While he was tasting us on his killer cabernets and pinots, in walked a big customer of his who does all the major wine buying at Disney. I come to find out that I am in a room full of guitar players, so naturally Fred pulls out three vintage guitars and next thing you know we are all jamming out on the guitar while my fiancee is pouring for the other folks. I have it all on video and will upload to youtube in the next day or so. I could have stayed there all day sippin on Earth's finest juice and playing the guitar. We were the first ones there and by the time we left, there were a good dozen folks there, so we had to let Fred do his thing. After about 2 hours at Scherrer, we proceeded to Gary Ferrell's, where we sampled a shlew of wines, but we found this winery to be too packed and not as personal, so we admired the view and bolted home. At 5PM, most wineries close so we couldn't make Acorn, Meitz or Harvest Moon, so they will be part of my next journey in a few weeks. I could not have had a better time and would like to thank those of you who made this possible. Notes are coming shortly on all the wines I tasted/brought back home...