Napa Trip

The trip to Napa on Friday was beautiful. Driving in on Highway 12 - the vines were just starting to break bud. It looked beautiful and looks like a good season so far. We drove straight up highway 29 to St. Helena. The winery was as beautiful as ever. We had a private tour - we got to see the original Bergfeld Winery Building - it is now in the middle of a warehouse - nobody knows why the warehouse was built around the original building. The building looked beautiful. I also got to see what the new tasting room will taste like 18 months from now. Frank Gehry has designed the new complex. The tasting room will be all glass with this mesh web of wood over it. Amazing concept and I cannot wait to see it completed. I got to finish tasting the portfolio of wines - the two wines I had not tasted were the Kathryn Hall and Bergfeld Cabernets - they were both beautiful and I look forward to my shipment of the Kathryn Hall in September... Couldn't have asked for better weather or company.