Napa Valley - Wine Tasting....

And today?  It's Sunday....what's on the agenda?

Lunch and Wine Tasting @ Inglenook, a well kept secret and almost the "private" winery of Francis Ford Coppola, famous of course for The Godfather!  Difficult to choose, but for me, this was possibly the highlight of our trip!  If you have a little spare time, I recommend you read the history of this winery, fascinating.

Next up, wine tasting @ Paraduxx, famous for Napa Valley reds

... and finally ... wine tasting @ Silver Oak where we each were presented with a crystal glass each, somehow I inherited a second, so just two beautiful thin crystal glasses to pop in the suitcase minus boxes for safe travel home!  I am happy to say, they made it in tact!

Life's tough!

Francis Ford Coppola's winery and yet another beautiful blue November sky!

The little white house in the middle?  Home to Francis Ford Coppola.

Beautiful Redwood tree

Would you pay $1.2M for this car?

For lunch, we were fortunate in experiencing a private event in The Daniel Cellar, exquisite, we couldn't have asked for more.

A private tour followed by lunch, with our chef walking us through the dishes and our personal Sommelier talking us through the history of the winery from 1842 through today.

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and on to ... Paraduxx to enjoy a few reds ...

... and finally ... a stop at Silky Oak winery ...

... and this I just have to share! that evening, we headed out to a nearby restaurant for dinner, our waiter recommended Chicken Pot Pie, "a traditional American dish" - until it arrived, I hadn't appreciated it would serve a family of four for a week!  Delicious but I confess, it beat me!  

I hope the many restaurants of San Fran at least offer returned food for the many many homeless people we noticed!