On our first full day in Sonoma (Friday) we took another Platypus Tour, this time thru the northern part of Sonoma thru the Russian River Valley. As this area is a bit further and rural than most people visit and…
Bye to Napa. Hello Sonoma!
After a wonderful 5 night stay in Napa, it was time to move on to nearby Sonoma for another four night stay. But first, we had a couple errands to do before leaving. The first was picking up our laundry…
Friday fill up
It’s Friday afternoon and Steve (DOS) shows up from his weekly Sarasota commute with some of our wine purchases we had bought in Sonoma over Memorial Day weekend. We had joined 4 Sonoma wine clubs while there, and scheduled to…
Our wine cooler finally arrives!
I recently posted my frustrations with the Costco delivery of our new wine cooler. We had just gotten back from Sonoma, CA over the Memorial Day weekend, and had paid and scheduled our delivery for Tuesday when we got…
Red-eye home from Sonoma
It’s now Memorial Day 2015, and we have an overnight flight back to Orlando at 7:10pm from Sacramento (via Phoenix). We checked out of the Ledson Hotel after a wonderful weekend stay there. Since guests at the hotel are entitled to a…
Dinner at El Dorado
One of the nice things about touring and staying in Sonoma is the great quality of food available at the local (non-chain) restaurants. As I previously posted, we had a wonderful food and wine pairing last night at The Ledson Hotel,…
Platypus tour in Sonoma
We’ve taken Platypus Tours a couple times previously, and I highly recommend them for wine tasting/touring in the Napa/Sonoma area. Platypus takes you to more of the boutique and unusual wineries you would probably not find on your own, and/or arranges…
Sonoma -part 2 Food & Wine dinner at The Ledson Hotel
Wine pairing dinner, here we come! So after checking into the Ledson Hotel, we were a bit rushed for time after touring the wineries in Healdsburg, so we quickly showered, and headed down to the lobby of the Hotel for…
Wine fine weekend in Sonoma part 1
Slept in a bit this morning until 8am. Actually I woke up at 4:30am due to the East Coast time change, but fell back asleep fortunately. Had breakfast downstairs at the Hilton Garden Inn Sacramento with Dos. The breakfast was…