wait, is this a rerun?

[rone]

No!  We actually went winetasting again today!  There was a fundraising event for the Mt. Eden Vaulting Club at Cooper-Garrod Vineyards, so Kim, her mom, sandollar17, and i sandwiched our attendance of the event between visits to Picchetti and Thomas Fogarty (i've been a fan for some time, but i only found out today that Fogarty was a doctor).  In addition to Cooper-Garrod's wines, they were also pouring wines from the The Winery at Holy Cross Abbey (they have a fugly Flashified site, which comes with an unmutable soundtrack of chanting monks), a Colorado winery (yes, there are a few wineries in Colorado), which were quite good, but unfortunately not for sale because they didn't bring enough (duh).

Wednesday was elmuchacho's first time winetasting, and today was sandollar17's first time as well.  The ladies had to patiently put up with me as i ended up working on my laptop (plus EVDO card) all through brunch.

Picchetti has peacocks.  Don't believe me?  I have proof!

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[pennyhill.livejournal.com]

Fogarty was a doctor

Oh, so it's not the other (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival) Tom Fogerty. . .

[If you point out the "A" not an "E" you will ruin the humor. So just don't.]

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

What if i point out that it's John and not Tom?

[pennyhill.livejournal.com]

That wouldn't be funny at all.
Because John AND Tom Fogerty were in Creedence.
Both. Two. Brothers. Fogerties.
(And I'm a big John Fogerty fan.)

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Damn, i'm stuck in Lodi again.

[pennyhill.livejournal.com]

I hear there's some good wineries there. hee hee

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

In fact, Fogarty had a merlot made from Lodi grapes that we almost bought.

[pennyhill.livejournal.com]

Oooo. Delta vineyards rock! (I think Lodi is technically in the Delta.)

[racerxmachina.livejournal.com]

The winery I worked at as a teenager had peacocks, including some albino ones, which are very pretty and weird. They eat pretty much what chickens do, so they were very decorative kitchen trash composters for the winery kitchen.

There were steep ravines and gullies surrounding the winery, and the peacocks liked to hang out in them and scream their damnfool heads off. They sound like a woman screaming for help, so you can imagine my reaction when I first heard them!

[arian1.livejournal.com]

Lush.

[divisadero.livejournal.com]

I love all three of those wineries. I also love Ridge's Monte Bello tasting room up the hill.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I've been up there once. The view is stunning.