Time with Gary and Holly EN9

We are in their neck of the woods. They knew everywhere to go and all the great stuff to see. And it was just great having the opportunity to spend some time with them without kids...I know don't ask where's Erica? Why she is in Israel of course... we even go a phone call from her while we were tasting wines telling them that she had just repelled down a cliff and she was very excited about what she is doing. but I digress...

Gary had made reservations at Celadon for dinner Saturday night a wonderful dinner and wine from .... if you said Napa you would have been wrong.... it was from Oregon... so a delicious dinner and a Pinot Noir from Willammet Valley Oregon. And after a long day of Napa Wine tasting it was nice to have the change. After dinner we took a little walk around and then they went back to their hotel and we went back to our B&B cause Sunday is my birthday and we were getting together for breakfast and then a little more wine tasting.




Today was beautiful warm sunny and just a great day to go tooling around top down... and this time we were in the back seat of Gary and Hollys solara (this twin thing get weird at times)... but we now know what it is like to ride in the back of the convertable with the top down.






O.k. so the first stop after breakfast was Judd Hill Micro Crush which is actually someone that Gary knows.....the wine was good and the bottles for the Petit Syrah were adorable ... actually they had run out of labels so they (the owners and family) started painting the bottles and they look almost as good as the wine tastes. O.k. so you are asking what is a Micro Crush... well is you grow your own grapes but don't have a winery in your back yard..... you can use theirs and they will help also. and then you have your own wine label and your own bottles with wine to put it on. yes there are a few more details but that is the simple version and if you want to know more go to Judd Hill and tell them Gary Cohn sent you... they also have a blending day camp for those over 21.







After that we went to St. Helena to and Olive Oil shop.... just a little hole in the wall with great prices and and wonderful smells and Jan De Luz. Where you can get beautiful linens with monograms and embroidery.

Then we were off to Acacia wines that was were we heard about dominant nostial's and had a few nice wines and Holly got the message from Erica about the repelling and and Israeli Official (she didn't know who just that he was important) and she sounded so excited.

it was a great time and a wonderful way to share my birthday... but all fun things seem to go only so far and then it becomes a great memory and a blog entry. So right around 1:30 Gary and Holly started home and we went to catch a few other winery's and a birthday dinner.

Gary and Holly Thank You for a great birthday!!!! and Anniversary!!!