Castello di Amorosa
Today Kim and I were off for a morning visit to "The Castle" of Napa Valley - Castello di Amorosa. The day began with a scrumptious breakfast that featured poached eggs & sausage served with what is called "California Cowboy Breakfast." We played some cards with Randy and Karrie and then were off on our adventure. As you can see from the above photos, this clearly was the winery to be seen and photographed. The story goes that when the owner purchased the property and they began planning the chateaux he finally decided on this castle. They imported the rocks and it took well over twenty years, but it is something to see and walk around in. After we'd toured the castle we headed up for our tasting where we were given the opportunity to pick six wines from a menu - and we didn't have to pick the same ones. Two that were noteworthy - both Kim and I selected their "La Casttellana" from the "Reserve" list - and this red win sells for a mere $98 per bottle. I will say that as far as red wines go, it was good. And the other noteworthy one was one I tasted, "Ill Passito" which was a white Sauterne wine which tasted nearly identical to the Sauterne wine I'd had in France and recently found in Orlando. It was only $89 per bottle. Despite the drizzling rain all morning we had a great time touring the castle, taking photos, and sampling some very good wines!
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