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Napa Valley & Sausalito |
3rd May 2003 |
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Napa Valley is the
valley of wineries and 12 of us went there to taste and buy wines! We met at
Marymount Apartment in Redwood City and set off in 3 cars:- 1) My car has
Edric, Vivian and Keya, 2) Caoyu's car has Lesley, Sherine and Keith and 3)
Lingyao's car has Bao Lei, Kartik, Dexiong (our guest from Bio Valley,
Philadaphia). Although it was raining intermittently in the morning, the weather became better in the afternoon. We travelled about 3 hours to Napa Valley but had stopped by Richmond to have some brunch. We spent most of our time at the V. Sattui Winery recommended by Olivia and bought a case of wines (a dozen + one) from there! We visited another winery, but it was late and it was closed... before we headed to Sausalito (north of Golden Gate Bridge) for dinner...
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 Me at a winery under construction, we stopped at this one for a break |
 Rows of grape plants? |
 At the Napa Valley Museum... it was difficult to have 3 cars on the road following and we lost each other halfway through the journey and so we decided to meet each other at this museum. |
 Some history on Napa Valley |
 More exhibits |
 Some art... |
 Flattened bottles used as plates for cutting cheese |
 A holder for wine glasses |
 An exhibit showing the components of wine |
 This showed the effects of having various levels of alcohol in your blood |
 Parts of a grape |
 Some terminals have quizzes on wines |
 We were at V. Sattui Winery and this was one of the tasting rooms but this room you have to pay to taste |
 Some wines for sale |
 Outside the tasting room, Vivian |
 Me |
 A fat black kitty |
 Benches to sit, drink and eat |
 A couple of wine jelly for sale, we got one of each type to try. |
 This place allows us to taste about 8 wines for free... |
 Here's the 8 of them... from white, rose, red and desserts wines |
 The tasting team - Me, Dexiong, Edric and Sherine |
 More people tasting and buying wines |
 Wine bottles and glasses |
 More glasses |
 Bags for wine bottles as a gift wrap |
 Cheese |
 They go well with wine too |
 Leaving V. Sattui Winery to the next winery |
 Stopping by for a scenic shot |
 Another farm... |
 Vivian |
 Me |
 The 12 of us! But too small to see huh... |
 Our 3 cars - from left, Caoyu's car, Lingyao's car and my car |
 Edric, Bao Lei, Lingyao |
 Me |
 Me, Keya and Edric at the Sterling Vineyards in Calistoga, the northmost part of Napa Valley |
 Me in the center of the road with rows of beautiful yellow-leaved trees |
 They were the only trees that had yellow leaves |
 Grape plants |
 My Jetta |
 The other cars |
 Heading towards the main office, only to find that tours were over, it was 5pm and they were closed |
 They had cable cars taking visitors up to a hill |
 Before we leave Sterling Vineyards, let's take pictures! |
 From left: Bao Lei, Edric, Lingyao, Keith, Kartik, Dexiong, Keya, Vivian, Sherine, Lesley, Caoyu and me |
 It seemed beautiful on the outside but too bad we were too late to tour the inside. |
 After about one and a half hours, we reached Sausalito |
 Looks like a boat pier |
 Many boats and yachts were parked here |
 House |
 What's that? |
 It said 'Private Residence' |
 A friendly dog |
 The downtown of Sausalito |
 It's a small but nice town by the sea |
 Lights up in the evening |
 A shop selling cute things |
 Soft toys |
 It seemed like a restaurant on a boat |
 Another expensive restaurant... and we went to a cheaper but good restaurant to have our dinner |
 Finally we returned home after midnight and here's my 2 bottles of desserts wine I have bought. On the left is a Muscat (whitish) which is mild and sweet and on the right is a Madeira (reddish) which is stronger as it had brandy and also slightly sweet =) |
