Last night Joy arrived, and we had quite a day planned for today.  Alex, Claire and Theo arrived at 11am, shortly after our car and driver arrived to begin our tour of Napa’s wineries. It was a glorious day, and I recommend highly seeing and tasting wines in this way!  Barry Smith was our driver, and we started off with a bottle of champagne in the car.  Yes, champagne from France.  I know, sacrilege when there are great California Sparkling Wines!  Our first stop was Hunter III winery, where we had a private tasting.  A lovely space and great way to start the day of tasting off.  We couldn’t resist buying a few bottles there.  Next, we were off to Prager for port.  The port was good, and it was a completely different vibe.  Much more casual as we stood to taste and get some background on port.  Bought a bottle there too! Also had a late harvest Riesling, which was not my cup of tea (too sweet) but David liked it.

Then we were off to Frog’s Leap, which was all of our favorites.  Stunning views, and we sat on the porch tasting six wines each, and all were delightful.  Joy actually liked the red wine, which was not the case at the other tastings!  Very relaxing and cool and just the perfect place.  Then we went back to V. Sattui for lunch on the lawn.  Fortunately, we were able to get two benches in the shade.  Again, a very nice time, and much cooler than the last time we were there!

The Start of the Day – David was in the front seat, sorry.

Our first stop at Hunter III

Alex, Theo and David before the tasting

Alex, David and Theo at Frog’s Leap

Joy and David laughing about something

The aftermath at Frog’s Leap

So, a little story about last night too.  When Joy and I got home after picking her up at the airport, David woke up, and called for me to come into the bedroom.  He has spilled juice on the floor, so we cleaned that up, and he gave Joy a big kiss and hello.  Then he wanted to tell me something.  Finally he explained to me that he had fallen while trying to turn off the light, and was very proud that he had been able to get up by himself.  He said it took a while to figure a way up, but after trying the bed post (didn’t work, not able to get a grip), the bed itself (too high), he figured out he could use the chair in the corner to get himself up and back to bed.  What a great feat!!  I was happy that he was able to do it, and that he felt really good about it.