Napa Valley wine tasting

Wine tasting has become a really common thing to do since I've moved here. My sister always makes fun of me and says "Jeez do you do anything other than wine taste?" 

HA.

On this particular trip to Napa Valley, all the DG girls rode in a big bus and traveled to 3 wineries. The first was called Siduri where we ended up tasting around 12-15 different wines. Once leaving there we were all feeling pretttttyy good. We then went to Benovia where we tasted and had lunch and we ended the tour with a tasting at Dutton Goldfield, which had some of the best chocolate I've ever had. It's sooo much fun taking a weekend and traveling up to the wine country. Especially when its so cold in the city!!

Vintners Market Number 2

It's so interesting experiencing a brand new city and actually doing everything the locals do. I have lived here for about 9 months {wowza} now, but sometimes I get so excited about all the events that it feels like my first day in the city.

One of my favorite things to do, as you can probably tell, is going to wine events. The fact that wine country is so close to SF really makes for wonderful tasting events on a budget.

 This was my second trip to the SF Vintner's Market held at Fort Mason. Wineries from all over California come to pour and typically we end the day feeling great! I've decided that the Vintner's Market is my favorite wine tasting event in SF so far! Highly recommended.

Calistoga

I've been waiting to post my second trip to wine country for a long time! I went to Calistoga to visit my friend Logan. We had a blast traveling around to 4 different wineries and we even got our bottles signed by the wine makers. :)

 I couldn't believe how breathtaking the views were and CANNOT wait to go back.

Chinese New Year & Wine Tasting

I know its true, I do a lot of wine tasting, but when you live so close to Wine Country its kind of hard not to! A few weekends ago my sorority alumnae group met up and we went wine tasting in the city to a place called August West Winery. Little did I know there are actually wineries in the city. They get their grapes harvested in wine country and then bring them back to the city to make the vino. 

After our wine adventure we decided to take a pit stop at the Chinese New Year Parade in ChinaTown which is apparently the biggest festival outside of China. It was crazy!! We saw a lot of fun costumes, dancing and fireworks. I will definitely go to that again!

pit stop in front of the Fairmont Hotel. can we say Bachelor?

Brunch & Golden Glass Wine Tasting

The other day my girlfriends and I got together for brunch at one of my friends houses. It turned out to be an amazing day in the city so of course we decided to take our mimosas to the roof top and enjoy the view of SF. After our brunch we decided to head over to Fort Mason for the Golden Glass wine tasting. Wineries from all over Italy and California joined up to give us tastings all afternoon. Not only that, but there were food vendors there as well. I wouldn't say it was as neat as the Harvest Festival tasting, but it was still fun!

SF Vintners Market

 

A tad bit belated post, but I went to the SF Vintners Market a few weekends back and had a blast! We started out with brunch at a friends (mimosas included) and then we walked down to the market that was held at Fort Mason. There were a ton of wonderful wineries there and for $35 bucks we got to go around and taste them all! Im pretty sure I tasted some great wines...I just wish I could tell the difference :) I'm getting there though! I went to Calistoga this weekend so I'll post about that experience soon!

Also, I am in the process of finding an apartment in the city and just might have found the one! The only downside is that its a room share with one other girl--but im so used to living with a ton of people that it seems super fun! I'll keep you posted on that though!

In the meantime, here are some pictures of the Vintners Market. Right outside of the market was the food truck event called "Off the Grid." They station there and provide amazing different cuisine options. I tried the 'Grilled Cheese' truck and had the most incredible grilled cheese sandwich everrrrrrr!

 -Katie