A trip to English vineyards Wraxall vineyard, lunch at the Cove, then afternoon visit at Aldwick Court Farm vineyard.

Day six took us to the iconic Ridge Estate in the Santa Cruz mountains where we were met with Paul Draper. Before we even arrived at the winery the drive up to the vineyard was memorable in itself. If you haven’t got a head for heights it may not be a drive you want to […]

Day five started with a two hour drive south to Livermore, Central Coast to visit family owned and run Wente winery. We were greeted by Christine Wente, fifth generation who hosted the tour and tasting. The Wente estate is also home to a golf course which is set within the vines as well as a […]

Day four and a full day in Sonoma County with the first stop being at Patz and Hall Winery for a talk on the Sonoma wine region and a speed tasting! When we arrived we actual saw the rolling fog over the mountains which was amazing to see, this fog being the key to producing […]

Day three, the first stop was St Supery in Rutherford, Napa Valley where wine maker Michael Scholz Presented Napa Rocks, which is a set presentation from the Napa Valley Vintners Association. It gave a great over view on the diversity of the Napa region due to climate, soil and aspect. A small region (same size […]

Day two and jet lag is great! Awake at 4am. The day started with a stroll to the Oxbow Market in Napa, which is just full of lovely foods! We then went across the road to meet Brent Shortridge from Waterstones Tasting Room and Winery, Lindsey from California WIne Institute and Alison Jordan from California […]

First day of our California visit and we had the pleasure of having a tour of the wonderful San Francisco City. We then made our way up to wine country, first region Napa Valley. We visited Black Stallion Winery in the Oak Knoll District and very lucky to taste their iconic Bucephalus 2010