Father's Day in Sonoma!

I spent Father's Day wine tasting with my D.I.D. (dude i'm dating) in Sonoma. It was an imromptu trip that turned out to be a great day in 80 degree weather with wine and steak tacos. Really, what more could a girl ask for (besides some good wine)?

How It Happened

This trip was 100% impromptu. No planning. No mapping. No making a list of places we “must go”. We hopped in the car, rode up the 101, successfully avoided the traffic associated with Nascar, and started
hitting wineries based on what looked/sounded interesting or where we could get complimentary tasting recommendations.

How do the complimentary tastings work? To be completely honest, I’m not sure. The D.I.D. kept saying “c’mon Nadi, if you knew your wines were legit, would you really be giving other vineyards complimentary tasting cards to get you to come out?”. I ignored him. But we stopped in H. Frank (amazing
furniture spot) because I like looking in furniture stores that I can’t afford that
sell furniture that I have no space for and that's where the complimentary tastings began.

- H Frank (thanks Denise) gave us a complimentary tasting at Roche

- Roche (thanks Bonnie!) gave us a complimentary tasting at Robledo

- Robledo (thanks Luis!) gave us a complimentary tasting at BR. Cohn
and Imagery

Where We Went

Roche

Robledo

[After two complimentary tastings, we decided to give them a rest and go back to following our gut.]

Imagery

Kunde

Paradise Ridge

What We Bought

Kunde Zinfandel Port (2 bottles – one for sipping and one for cooking)

What We Joined

Nothing. That should tell you everything you need to know.

We really wanted to stop by BR Cohn but they shut the joint down early for a wedding.
Supposedly the ambiance is incredible because its owned or managed by
the former manager of the Dubee Brothers.