{"id":54,"date":"2010-03-20T10:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-20T17:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=54"},"modified":"2011-06-12T18:12:32","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T01:12:32","slug":"wine-barrel-tasting-in-sonoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=54","title":{"rendered":"Wine barrel tasting in Sonoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our friends Mika and Matt invited us to join them and their friends during the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wineroad.com\/\">Wine Road <\/a>wine barrel tasting weekend in Sonoma.  We only went up for the day on Saturday, March 14th but for $20 a person (pre-sale cost) you can enjoy the amazing wineries that participate in Wine Road all three days&#8211;Friday, Saturday and Sunday!  Plus you get a cool wine glass.  Well worth the money!<\/p>\n<p>Neither of us had ever been to Sonoma and all I can say is that it is G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!  Rolling hills, green everywhere you look, beautiful weather&#8230;we were in love!<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Ztb5QM9I\/AAAAAAAAAzY\/XCkmEPI2-OM\/s1600\/IMG_5922.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453746679630017490\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Ztb5QM9I\/AAAAAAAAAzY\/XCkmEPI2-OM\/s320\/IMG_5922.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Z2MfgikI\/AAAAAAAAAzg\/dmPGMziiMBM\/s1600\/IMG_5919.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453746830114327106\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Z2MfgikI\/AAAAAAAAAzg\/dmPGMziiMBM\/s320\/IMG_5919.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Z2oGO8uI\/AAAAAAAAAzo\/dFi__2L0LMI\/s1600\/IMG_5917.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453746837524509410\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Z2oGO8uI\/AAAAAAAAAzo\/dFi__2L0LMI\/s320\/IMG_5917.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">The above there photos were at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forchini.com\/\">Forchini Winery<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Zs4ByuaI\/AAAAAAAAAzQ\/Vf_5i0xPBLo\/s1600\/IMG_5928.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453746670002157986\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Zs4ByuaI\/AAAAAAAAAzQ\/Vf_5i0xPBLo\/s320\/IMG_5928.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Matt and Mika<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZsPRsR0I\/AAAAAAAAAzI\/4TMmsOptfp0\/s1600\/IMG_5929.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453746659062990658\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZsPRsR0I\/AAAAAAAAAzI\/4TMmsOptfp0\/s320\/IMG_5929.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Terri and Scott<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZriVo5mI\/AAAAAAAAAzA\/lXgprw7TlDk\/s1600\/IMG_5931.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453746646999950946\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZriVo5mI\/AAAAAAAAAzA\/lXgprw7TlDk\/s320\/IMG_5931.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Kevin impressing Mika and Matt with his wine-tasting skills \ud83d\ude09<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZqLevVRI\/AAAAAAAAAy4\/iCz9-kdG05k\/s1600\/IMG_5932.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453746623684236562\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZqLevVRI\/AAAAAAAAAy4\/iCz9-kdG05k\/s320\/IMG_5932.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">So I didn&#8217;t realize that we&#8217;d actually be tasting the wine straight from the barrel!  Very cool.  Obviously I&#8217;m not a big wine-aficionado, haha.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZVSjjxZI\/AAAAAAAAAyw\/s5ius16J9uY\/s1600\/IMG_5936.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453746264806245778\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZVSjjxZI\/AAAAAAAAAyw\/s5ius16J9uY\/s320\/IMG_5936.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Enjoying the river behind <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truetthurst.com\">Truett-Hurst Winery<\/a> (the above five photos were taken there)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZU3GGmwI\/AAAAAAAAAyo\/9Lb3KphYBUc\/s1600\/IMG_5941.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453746257434942210\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZU3GGmwI\/AAAAAAAAAyo\/9Lb3KphYBUc\/s320\/IMG_5941.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Apparently, Kevin&#8217;s a Dan Fan.  Who knew?  \ud83d\ude09  At <\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.teldeschi.com\">Teldeschi Winery<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZUXPSFHI\/AAAAAAAAAyg\/wV2C_pwKpGY\/s1600\/IMG_5946.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453746248883508338\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZUXPSFHI\/AAAAAAAAAyg\/wV2C_pwKpGY\/s320\/IMG_5946.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Hop Kiln Winery was our favorite because of the amazing historic building and the awesome food they provided!  \ud83d\ude09<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZTy4DRKI\/AAAAAAAAAyY\/p0KrCo6WaSM\/s1600\/IMG_5950.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453746239122392226\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZTy4DRKI\/AAAAAAAAAyY\/p0KrCo6WaSM\/s320\/IMG_5950.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Did I mention the food?  \ud83d\ude09  They had mustards and curry sauces and chocolate to dip pretzels in while you tasted their wine.  Delicious!<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZTYMuPiI\/AAAAAAAAAyQ\/UP3TGCNnh4c\/s1600\/IMG_5948.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453746231961337378\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-ZTYMuPiI\/AAAAAAAAAyQ\/UP3TGCNnh4c\/s320\/IMG_5948.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Y4_upRII\/AAAAAAAAAyI\/-d_PNzkucNg\/s1600\/IMG_5959.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453745778716132482\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Y4_upRII\/AAAAAAAAAyI\/-d_PNzkucNg\/s320\/IMG_5959.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dlmwine.com\/\">De La Montanya Winery<\/a><\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Y2MC4eQI\/AAAAAAAAAyA\/ry62Gbg2ghU\/s1600\/IMG_5961.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453745730482632962\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Y2MC4eQI\/AAAAAAAAAyA\/ry62Gbg2ghU\/s320\/IMG_5961.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Y1Spb4NI\/AAAAAAAAAx4\/1o1AfIZLDNk\/s1600\/IMG_5962.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453745715075080402\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Y1Spb4NI\/AAAAAAAAAx4\/1o1AfIZLDNk\/s320\/IMG_5962.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Y05uarcI\/AAAAAAAAAxw\/D_0SFbP71-Q\/s1600\/IMG_5967.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453745708385086914\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Y05uarcI\/AAAAAAAAAxw\/D_0SFbP71-Q\/s320\/IMG_5967.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Y0cBkxgI\/AAAAAAAAAxo\/ClcQgHgG2bI\/s1600\/IMG_5969.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453745700412376578\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_fN7NgVO553Y\/S6-Y0cBkxgI\/AAAAAAAAAxo\/ClcQgHgG2bI\/s320\/IMG_5969.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>After the fun-filled day soaking in the sun and enjoying the tasty wines, we had dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maryspizzashack.com\/\">Mary&#8217;s Pizza Shack<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/ci.santa-rosa.ca.us\/Pages\/default.aspx\">Santa Rosa<\/a>.  Santa Rosa is home to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.schulzmuseum.org\/\">Charles M. Schulz museum<\/a> so I had to take a photo with my buddy Snoopy.  \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>We had such a fantastic time in Sonoma and can&#8217;t wait to go back when the grapevines are in full bloom in the fall!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our friends Mika and Matt invited us to join them and their friends during the annual Wine Road wine barrel tasting weekend in Sonoma. We only went up for the day on Saturday, March 14th but for $20 a person (pre-sale cost) you can enjoy the amazing wineries that participate in Wine Road all three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-not-san-francisco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1058,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/1058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}