We’ve Landed
Lunch at Murray Hill - the lunch tasting selection of four mini courses: little gem lettuces, soup, dayboat halibut, chips & dip, plus dessert.
On the ground and we’re on our way. First stop - Sausalito for lunch. After a horrible experience of grazing on peanuts and pretzels the entire flight (Delta ran out of the only menu items worth eating) we were primed for a nice relaxing meal. Before we left New York we had scoped out the restaurant Murray Circle at Cavallo Point on the grounds of historic Fort Baker.
Located right over the Golden Gate Bridge Cavallo Point offers a fantastic view of San Francisco. We sat on the veranda, were warmed by the sunshine, and comforted by the cool bay breezes - it was all we could ask for knowing that days like this in New York wouldn’t be seen again for months.
After lunch we continued north stopping along the way to taste wines at Cline Cellars and then Sebastiani Vineyards and Winery located right in the the heart of Sonoma. The first tastings on our trip were a bit of a palette shock - subtle is not in the lexicon of descriptions for many of the reds we tasted.
Day one was exhausting so we wanted a light dinner. Our host at the Birmingham Bed and Breakfast suggested a little bar and restaurant on highway 12 in Kenwood called the Vineyards Inn where they specialize in Spanish foods including a delightful tapas menu. This was the perfect choice for ending a long day of traveling. We enjoyed fire roasted artichokes, pot stickers, calimari, and flan for dessert.
Today we poke about the Kenwood area. Jerry, our host suggested a number of small, family-owned wineries to visit. And this is exactly why we came out here - to visit the small, unique wineries whose wines we’ll never get to experience back home.
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