Indulgent Dorkery

Last weekend, Alyssa and I were invited to her vineyard's open house. How could we say no? It ended up being a weekend of indulgent and intellectual treats. We started off our wallet emptying spree at the outlet mall, finding something cute to wear. Sheenie had to work the open house, so Alyssa and I headed to the Greystone Culinary Institute of the Arts just north of St. Helena. The bookstore there is fantastic. It is a combination of a college bookstore and culinary arts extravaganza to put Williams Sonoma to shame. We both bought gifts for assorted foodies in our lives, and headed down the road to Duckhorn Vineyards.
The open house was Cinco de Mayo themed. We tried, we really tried, to sample all the wines and all the food, but we couldn't. There was ceviche, duck and masa or polenta, fish tacos, seared ahi, everything was delicious, but I don't think we even tried half of all the options. The food was well paired with their selections of Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon and (of course, at Duckhorn) MERLOT! Desserts were also delicious - Mexican wedding cake cookies, teeny tiny Mex. chocolate cupcakes, and itty bitty banana cream pies.

After the open house we were too stuffed to move, but managed to go to Stave (the wine lounge) and got sucked into sitting with 3 obliterated wastes of space at a different place called Bounty Hunter.