We wake up at Michel Schlumberger and do some quick barrel samplings (sans Kel, who declared we are insane for sampling at 9 am Kelly: I was sickie that morning!) with Mike. We pack up,wave good-bye, and head to the first appointment: De Loach.
De Loach is a little larger than most of the production facilities we have seen so far: they just whittled down from 300,000+ cases per year to 125 thou (which is still ALOT!). They dabble in organic practices (which is Melissa's new fav). Lisa and Cindisey host us for lunch at a lovely vineyard side abode. Cindisey makes us appointment for Gourmet Mushrooms tour the following day.
After we finish up at De Loach, we are heading to the town of Sonoma to tour and stay the night at Hanzell Winery, which is tucked away at the very tip top of a mountain. We toured around with the winemaker Michael (Melissa's note: from the very top of a Chardonnay vineyard, you can see all the way to San Fran and the bay area).
For dinner, we piled in the car, said a quick prayer and speed down the mountain to Sonoma for a bite at Cafe La Haye, where we also shared a bottle of Spottswoode Sauvignon Blanc. Afterwards, we sped back UP the mountain and listened to rap music (I kid you not), and drank wine by the fire.
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