On Tuesday, my birthday, we went to lunch at a small bistro in town and had tapas. It was really delicious! We did some shopping after lunch.
After shopping we went to The Castle, Castello di Amoroso, for some wine tasting. The owner of V Sattui (in business for 125 years, 4 generations) planned and researched medieval castles throughout Europe for about 15 years before designing his 12th century Tuscan castle-winery. To taste and get a preliminary tour it costs $16.50 which is pretty steep but it was interesting investigating the castle. The castle is 121,000 square feet with 107 unique rooms, 8,000 tons of hand-squared stones and 8 levels (4 below ground) 900 feet of caves, a drawbridge and moat, dungeon and torture chamber. We didn't see the caves or chambers, that tour was more expensive. The castle also has 30 acres of vineyards. They produce Italian style wines that are made to go with food. Unfortunately; Jim, Della, Ted and I didn't care all that much for their wines. We enjoy V Sattui more but it was a neat castle with beautiful grounds!
When we got back to the campground we had appetizers and wine and enjoyed the cool weather. It was a wonderful birthday with beautiful weather and fun friends.
I need to catch up with all the fun we had the rest of the week but I will save that for another day. Tomorrow we leave beautiful Napa and head east of Fresno to Bass Lake. Hopefully we will have wifi so I can catch up on blogs and laundry!!!!
Having another birthday..."Ain't Life Grand!"
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