fred@alberta.UUCP (07/08/83)
I'm going to be driving through California this summer so I'm looking
for suggestions as to which vinyards offer good tours... (good price,
good wine!!!!, good location (close to a major highway), etc...
Any Suggestions?
Please respond to me by mail or to this newsgroup. Thanks in advance.
Lacking grapes in the Far North
Fred Popowich
(decvax!microsoft!uw-beaver!ubc-vision!alberta!fred)lacy@hplabs.UUCP (07/11/83)
#R:alberta:-37700:hplabs:13300001:000:836 hplabs!lacy Jul 11 12:44:00 1983 Advice on wine tours depends on what you want to see. There are dozens of wineries and each one offers something different. You can plan a tour around: Wine History Wine Making Good Reds Good Whites As an example, I've already seen the tours and I like to taste good cab/zin/chard. I'd do the following: Robert Mondovi Cakebread Stags Leap Silver Oak Heitz Schramsberg Sterling Guenoc (Lake County) Chateau St Jean (whites - Sonoma) Good wine tours might include: Korbel Beringer Sterling Buena Vista - history Christian Bros - history Ask anyone else and you'll get a different list. Oh yes, if you want good prices, go the the liquor barn in San Jose. The only deals you get at wineries are on the wines you can't buy anywhere else anyway. Sharon Lacy Lacy@HP-VENUS
berry@zinfandel.UUCP (07/27/83)
#R:alberta:-37700:zinfandel:12800002:000:472 zinfandel!berry Jul 19 09:25:00 1983 There are "Liqour Barns" * all around the bay area, including one just off highway 29 in Vallejo. (I used to live 6 blocks from it). If you take a Napa tour from the SF Bay area you go right past it. They have the best prices and widest selections I've seen. Not too much help if you don't know what you want, but what the heck. Berry Kercheval Zehntel Inc. (decvax!sytek!zehntel!zinfandel!berry) (415)932-6900 (*Liqour Barn is a trademark of Safeway Strores Inc.)