What an excellent weekend we had! Wine country is just as beautiful as I remember it being. We left the Westin early after finding a lovely French bakery to get some fresh oats, fruit and OJ from. We picked up my hot little red rental car and were on our way up north. Besides running into an oil spill on the way up (no big deal) it was smooth sailing after GPS helped us around it. The first winery was expensive but awesome ($40 for tour and tasting). The wines were probably the best I have tried, and we got to try them straight out of the oak barrels – name was Del Dotto – or as a guy from another winery stated – Del Blotto cause they give you so many to try. The second tasting was a quick stop and we got to taste for free. I stole a couple lemons that had fallen from a lemon tree in the backyard. I’m so badass. By the second tasting (and the best dessert wine I had ever tried!) I was feeling a bit tipsy but onward we went to the third at Miner and they didn’t even try to charge us. It was straight to the wine we went. We decided to break out the snacks we had bought from Safeway by the end especially since I didn’t think I would be able to drive without getting a little something in my tummy. We checked into a ghetto Hilton Hotel and immediately were a bit put–off. They had screwed up my reservation and gave us one king bed instead of the 2 double beds I had asked for. A lady came to our room, dropped the bed off and scurried off without even offering us some help. But, we laughed about it and drove about 20 minutes back out to wine country to try the restaurant Martini which Nicole had suggested. We were all done with drinking for the day (I think we were all feeling a little hungover already) as well as still full from all of the snacks we ate on the porch at the winery (while enjoying the Napa sunset). But, we were there, and we had to try the food which looked delicious. The decoration of the restaurant was completely French-rustic like, it had an earthy wooden feel to it. We ordered a few things and just about all of us got something with mushrooms because this was the restaurants’ specialty and man, it was just incredible. With a menu consisting of mushroom options like this, how can you resist?
Olive Oil Poached King Trumpet Mushrooms
Mascarpone Cheese / Artichokes / Olives / Radishes / Meyer Lemon
Sautéed Morels
Risotto / Sweet Peas / Tarragon / Parmesan Cream
Pan Roasted Maitake Mushroom
Asparagus / Polenta Cake / Red Wine Sauce
We were completely stuffed after not even ordering that much and made our way home.
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