From there we stopped at Korbel, supposedly for our picnic fixings and ended up buying a few bottles of wine not available outside of the winery and then off to Iron Horse. We then went to visit Halberg Butterfly garden but since the sun wasn’t out for a few days, the keeper said the butterflies didn’t survive. She was a sweet lady who offered to give us a tour of the flora but we decided to pass and let the lady get out of the rain. She was sweet and I hope we remember to come back on our next trip.
From there, we went to Luther Burbank Home & Gardens. He’s the “Bur” part of Burpee and hybridizer of beautiful flowers. He is most famous for the Shasta daisy but also hybrid roses too which most were in bloom and lovely. We marveled at the canna growing easily above 12 feet tall and she said they were in zone 15. I find that hard to believe but perhaps there is a microclimate in there that I’ll look into later. It is definitely Mediterranean type of weather as this reminds me of winter in Greece.
Other wineries we stopped at included Martinelli, Hop Kiln, Thumbprint, Stephen & Walker. All in all, we bought over 2 cases of wine the first day. At this rate, we’re going to have 18 cases of wine if we’re careful. :) We’re staying at a quaint ‘50’s motel tonight. It met our needs, Spartan with wine glasses, a small frig, clean sheets and clean bathroom.
No comments:
Post a Comment