Saturday!
After a brief stop at the farmers market it was off to Niner
We arrived a little early so we had to wait at the gate for a few minutes
A view of the Niner tasting room from the gate
Hay! That's Lorri.
Birds and vines
The entry road
Waiting at the gate
I "heart" wine!
Niner building
The Niner tasting facility
tasting
posing
Bocce court
Bocce court from the other direction
OK, off to Denner
Next stop was Denner Winery.
Club members only? No problem! Thanks G&K!
The gate swings open to let us in.
Another Boule, Bocce, Petanque Court!
Marcia
It's hard to imagine a prettier area than the west side of Paso on a sunny fall afternoon.
Like I said...
G&K are building a court at their Oceanside estate, thus all the photos.
Taste me! Taste me! No, taste me!
You can tell by our clothing that the weather had cooled quite a bit.
Looking south
The Denner B&B on top of the hill
Denner
Makes you wanna get out there and play!
Bob & Rosario
and off to Opolo
We had made arrangements for lunch at Opolo for their pizza and wine pairings.
We did a tasting first, then pizza and more wine!
Cevapi is a lamb/beef/pork sausage Opolo specialty. Good!
Still a popular place
vines and clouds
vertical vines and clouds
Where we were.
Our final stop of the afternoon was Calcareous
Excellent views, decent wines and...
a nice tasting room and...
Places to relax...
...a nice bocce ball court
...and Bob, Lorri, Dianne and Marcia
a beautiful day!
We had Dinner in the "Paderewski Room" at the Paso Inn
a perfect setting for winding down the day and enjoying some of our purchases from earlier.
We were joined later by our friend Sarah and her boyfriend Rob.
Sarah is a former bartender at Meritage in Encinitas and an early instigator of the Encinitas Yacht Club! She is currently completing an internship at Justin Winery.
Bob, Rosario, Lady Di and Lorri
Rob, Kelly, Greg and Sarah
Marcia and Commodore AJ
Hey, that's me! And that's it for Saturday night!