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savannah chanelle | Designated Driver Napa Sonoma

It’s Budbreak time in the wine country !!

By | Wine tour

Budbreak… one of my favorite times of the year to visit Northern California’s wine country. It’s happening right now at any number of your favorite wineries and you know what that means? The wine tasting season of 2017 is just getting started. It’s exciting and ah-inspiring to me to see these little green buds popping up all over Napa and Sonoma Counties.

Despite the rain, Let’s Roll has been fairly busy with wine tasting and wine tours. The rains haven’t kept visitors away from taking advantage of our designated driver service to explore Napa wineries, Sonoma wineries or Dry Creek wineries.

Do you consider yourself a wine tasting enthusiast?  Feeling like a winner?  Watch our newsletter and website for a chance to win a wine gift card and be featured on our website.  I will be posting a photo of an obscure place at a winery and you’ll have to guess where it is. Sound fun?  Send me an email telling me where it is and a brief explanation of why you like a certain wine or favorite winery. First one to get it right, wins!

These are some of my favorite places to take my clients: Gundlach Bundschu, Scribe, Twomey, Silver Oak, Truett Hurst, Cast, Inglenook, Pride Mountain and in Saratoga, Savannah Chanelle.

I can’t believe how time flies.  We’re going into our 5th year at Let’s Roll Wine Tours & Designated Drivers. If you’re new on the mailing list and want to know more, go to www.letsrollwinetours.com. On the FAQ page, I answer questions about wineries, rates, lunch and what you need to know to have an amazing experience on a wine tasting adventure in Napa, Sonoma, Dry Creek, Russian River and beyond.

Don’t let another day go by without making your reservation for a wine tasting experience with Let’s Roll Wine Tours & Designated Drivers.  You will be glad you did.

See you soon,

Deborah

Twomey winery, Dry Creek

Twomey winery, Dry Creek

mouth watering grapes on the vines

The Cabernet grapes are the last to crush

By | Wine tour

It’s October and the “Crush” is on. Northern CA, along with Napa & Sonoma County wineries are in full swing with picking grapes and continuing on with the fermentation.  The process of crushing and destemming is critical. Seeds and stems contain the high concentrations of tannins. This is what can make the wine taste bitter and have an undesirable flavor and what the wine makers try to avoid in the wine making process.

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On location at Savannah Chanelle winery, I photographed the guys picking grapes and the destemming process. The grapes were then transported into large stainless steel tanks and yeast was added in the tanks to ferment the wine.  This was a fascinating process to watch.

When is a good time to take a wine tour? NOW! The season will be winding down at the end of the month but there is always wine tasting all year long. Also, Wine Road is coming up November 5th & 6th, please book your tour with Let’s Roll Wine Tours & Designated Drivers.