The travel blog for couples - Written by Melanie Waldman
Periscope Cellars Tasting Room, Emeryville, CA
Recently, we went up to Northern California to visit Adam’s mom and go wine tasting. However, rather than hit any of the nine wine regions in that half of the state, we toodled ’round Oakland, on the eastern shores of the San Francisco Bay.
But what’s it like to go wine tasting in an industrial city full of warehouses?
Delicious, fun — and surprisingly inspiring.
San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge from the Legion of Honor
Happy Labor Day Weekend, everyone!
We’re off to spend the holiday in San Francisco and Oakland, California, with a whole slew of new-to-us adventures.
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The Women of Napa Wine Trail
Chalk Hill above the Russian River Valley, Sonoma County - Photo by SShupe
Recently, I was so inspired by the female vintners of the Napa Valley, I designed a wine trail to honor them. As soon as I’d finished, I got to thinking:
Who and where are the women of the wine industry in Sonoma?
The result is a wine trail that’s so big, it takes 14 wineries to follow them all.
Tomales Point Trail, Point Reyes National Seashore
An hour north of San Francisco, the Point Reyes National Seashore is a lovely place to unplug from your regularly-scheduled lives. Cell phones hardly work and there’s not much to do but hike, comb beaches, taste cheese, oysters and a little wine. Wander a secret garden, gaze out at a silvery bay…and fall in love with Northern California.
Out back at Barndiva in Healdsburg
We’re big fans of the Sonoma Valley, one of the largest regions in California Wine Country. When we’re wine tasting up Sonoma way, we spend most of our time in and around the lovely, historic commercial center of Healdsburg.
