The wife and I have been thinking all throughout the years to go to one of the most romantic places in California since we love 30 minutes away from downtown Los Angeles in the suburbs of Santa Clarita near Red Flag Magic Mountain. We just celebrated 15 years of marriage and last weekend, we finally did it. Left home and drove in the morning all the way to Fairfiled, CA for 6 hours arrived there and checked in a popular hotel. We did our research about prices first . I think this is a perfect time to go to Napa since it's not peak season. Hotels lowered there rates to attract more customers. We decided to check in Fairfiled, CA since it's only 15-20 minutes away from downtown Napa and got a good rate for bed and breakfast. We arrived Friday night and ate dinner at a pizza place just a stone throw away from the hotel. We woke up early in the morning on Saturday..... had a free continental breakfast(which was surprisingly good)... then, drove up to Napa for our wine tour.
Wine tour included 4 wineries... in my honest opinion, only 3 of them were awesome. That weekend, weather was perfect.... not too hot , not too cold. It was a sunny and beautiful day to go out and just relax and do some wine tasting.We first went to a Kende Wineries.... wines were really phenomenal.
Ledson Winery... love there whites and reds.St. Francis .... heavenly.... and this other one just beside HWY 29 which is like a dive bar.. meh..didn't really care for it... their wines tasted like super cheap wines you get in the grocery store. The next day was awesome... we drove up to Calistoga and took the tour and wine tasting in Castello Di Amorosa ... took a lot of pictures there.... love the place and the wine was phenomenal. Had a late lunch in downtown Calistoga (coolest little town ever...would love to move here)... had a steak. Last stop O Brien Winery... a small family owned one in Napa.... then drove for 6 hours back home.
It was a fun and relaxing weekend. My wife and I would do it all over and over again.... after 15 years of marriage, this was an awesome treat for both of us. I would recommend it to couples too.
Here's a link to a slideshow with all the images I took of our trip.
http://philfernandezphotography.com/p618826127/slideshow
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