One of our top favorite things about living in California- wine!! We went to the annual Wine Winterland in the Russian River Valley with some friends. For $40 a person you get to attend any of the wineries participating (most of them) and do a tasting with a food pairing. It was awesome! We got there early and were able to hit up 7 wineries! All the ones we visited were ones Karl and I had never been before so it was fun to try all new wine. The weather was perfect and we had a blast. There was every kind of cheese you could imagine, bbq, soups, chocolate truffles, etc. at each winery. Our favorite was Talty who did a Zinfindel tasting. Most of the wineries in the Russian River Valley specialize in Pinot Noirs (YUM..my favorite) since its further North than Napa or Sonoma. And also, these wineries had more Zins (our other fav). So, there's your wine lesson of the day! ....yey for wine!
