It was Wednesday morning and we were going through a typically hectic morning of planning where to go first and what to do. We knew the vineyards opened around 11am and that we definitely wanted to stop by Mumm and Wm. Harrison vineyards. My boyfriend is in love with Cakebread Chardonnay and since this is his first trip to Napa we decided to go there first.
After about an hour and a half of driving we finally arrived at Cakebread Cellars. We were beginning to get worried as the sign on the front door stated that tastings and tours were by appointment only. Probably due to the fact that it was one day before Thanksgiving there weren't a lot of people at the vineyard and we got to hop on a tour.
We chose to do the select wine tasting. For $10 you get to taste three white and three red wines. If you are a bigger fan of the red the other option is a very exclusive red wine tasting in the front room which is sectioned off.
Grabbing our first glass of wine we ran over and caught up with the tour. Our tour guide, Lia, was very entertaining and informative. For a group of about 10 it felt like we were on a private tour. There was no other tour ahead or behind us so all questions were answered and there was no rush.
After tasting our wines my boyfriend decided he had to get the biggest bottle of Chardonnay they had, the magnum! He was going to bring it back home and wait for a special occasion. You might think it was a stupid idea but Cakebread is not allowed to ship to the state of Massachusetts yet and the last time we were at the NH liquor store they said that it comes in very rarely.
We took our glasses as a memento and decided to drive on to the next vineyard and have a light lunch. The weather could not have been more perfect on this November day!
So...let's review...
1. If you are visiting Northern California, you must go to Napa for a day.
2. If you are planning on visiting Cakebread Cellars, make sure to call ahead, you may not have the luck we had with walking in and going on a tour
3. I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving!
Until the next review!
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