Wine Country

On Saturday Morning, 

we dropped Shiva off at the boarder, 

and headed up to wine country. 

First, we stopped in Santa Rosa. 

The weather was perfect, 

so we meandered a bit, 

before our table at Russian River Brewery was ready. 

To say the place was "packed" is an understatement. 

BUT, the "everything" sampler, totally made it worth it.  

You HAVE to get it if you go. 

It's really not -that- much, 

especially when drank with food and over time. 

AND it's tasty. 

Then we drove around, looking at vineyards, 

sampling some of the wines, 

and generally enjoying the day. 

We eventually found ourselves at Red Car Winery. 

If you're in Santa Rosa, you should really stop by. 

Fun atmosphere, great people, even greater wine.  

We might have joined their wine club. 

OH, and all the artwork on their bottles is STELLAR. 

Check out this set, which have a boxing theme going.  

Finally, we went to Rosso for dinner.  

While the pizza is excellent, 

the bruschetta is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G  

Sunday, 

we headed over to our meet our wedding coordinator, 

and walk around our venue. 

THIS is the only photo I have. 

I didnt take a lot of pictures, 

because I was getting a lot done. 

I'm not going to tell you anything about the wedding, 

except its going to be beautiful and perfect. 

I'm so excited. 

We had one last chance to grab some food in the Valley of the Moon, 

before heading back to the work week.  

<3

The State of Our Union

On Saturday, 

during GORGEOUS weather, 

we went to our first potential

WEDDING VENUE. 

Seriously though, this place was pretty stellar. 

I. Love. It. 

My only wish,

 is that I could get a guarantee on the weather. 

Our First Sonoma Trip

One of our final days together, 

was spent up in wine country. 

Scouting for the wedding. 

of course

We stopped at three different wineries, 

but the GORGEOUS weather only added to the scenery at every stop.

Viansa Winery

Sebastiani Vineyard

Nicholson Ranch

Sunset at Nicholson Ranch

I might have fallen in love with a bottle of wine. 

And this photo.  

Some of my favorite things..

a Vitner's calender

possible wedding site? 

I also discovered a sneaky love for wine glass shoes. 

Seriously: 

And our little team had quite the blast. 

The whole fam.

tasting

Mike's sister Liz & myself

<3

It definitely made me look forward to venue hunting for our upcoming nuptuals. 

Do you have a favorite winery to visit? or a location I should check out?