Wine Country Week

Don't tell anyone in Sonoma County but Santa Ynez might be my new favorite wine tasting region! The wines were fantastic and so affordable. We spent a week visiting different wineries, golfing and checking out the small towns. The B&B we stayed in is in a town of only 100 people! It was so peaceful sitting on the porch in the evenings drinking a glass of wine. We got into a relaxing routine of sight seeing in the morning, wine tasting in the afternoon, wine/cheese on the porch before dinner and then watching the Olympics at night. It was definitely a routine I could get used to!

We went on a wine tour the first day to get a introduced to the area.

Santa Ynez has three main industries: wine, horses and marigolds!  I'm not kidding, they grow marigolds everywhere!

One of our stops was at a horse ranch/winery.  The owner, Jeff, knew a lot about both.  He quickly learned we only knew a lot about only one (wine!).  I asked some of the dumbest questions about horses.

Based on this picture, I think I need to work on my swing some more!  Not bad for my second game of golf though.

I think my swing is supposed to look a little more like this...

Solvang is the cutest town!  Everything is Dutch.

Hey, look....we're wine tasting again!

A few places had these signs instead of "closed".

Best wine tasting room EVER.  Wine tasting AND painting!!