Woke after a great nights sleep and saw the sweet little group of cottages we were staying in. So nice to just walk outside and have a table to enjoy a cup of coffee and the creek. Had a leisurely morning in preparation for our wine tour and lunch at Benziger Winery. The winery is family owned and Jill Benziger was our host. We had a blast, even got into discussing Tequila and other liquors! But, I digress! The winery has spent much time and money to become Biodynamic (big word, I know), organic and certified sustainable farming is the priority. Pretty cool to see how it all comes to be! Loved their Chardonnay (which I generally pass on, but this was good!) and their Merlot and Pinot. The only drawback... after another bottle of wine at lunch, by the time we got home, we all wanted a nap at 4 in the afternoon!
They prune out some of the grapes by hand to assure that the grapes mature at the same time on the vine. Just leave the pruned ones on the ground and they go back to the earth.
Lotsa Wine!
Jill, a fun host!
