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We went with friends to Mendocino County in February.  We stayed at Fetzer Winery, and tasted wines from morning till night all weekend!  

We participated in a blending at Gallo Sonoma, and had a great time making our own wine!

Here are some of the pictures:

Group tasting from tanks1.jpg (136442 bytes) Barrels in Fetzer -2.jpg (165529 bytes) lunch at fetzer3.jpg (121952 bytes) Lunch at Navarro5.jpg (163886 bytes)
Tasting from the Fetzer tanks our first day.  No sad faces here! This is how Mike envisions our wine cellar..... Picnic lunch at Fetzer - cheese anyone??? Day 2 - lunch under the vines at Navarro - still some cheese left!!
tasting at Navarro4.jpg (105953 bytes) low rider suburban6.jpg (140888 bytes) cory and big bottle at gallo7.jpg (91911 bytes) laurel and bryn at gallo8.jpg (122802 bytes)
In Navarro's tasting room. Gwertz, anyone? Only the second day, and a new style of low-rider Now THIS is a bottle of wine! Bryn and Laurel amidst the clean white table linens
bob giving rules9.jpg (103955 bytes) at blending-making measurements10.jpg (126867 bytes) group after blending11.jpg (113256 bytes) making the batch at end12.jpg (91936 bytes)
Bob laying down the laws Master blenders at work Even if it doesn't win, we will drink it! Are you sure this is how the pros do it????