Monday, June 10, 2013

El Dorado Wine Tour Passport Weekend - April 13–14, 2013

We enjoyed a beautiful, relaxing weekend wine tasting in El Dorado with George & Carol.  The weather cooperated this year!

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We had beautiful views of the Sierra snow capped mountains

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Tasting “future” wines from the barrels… always interesting, some good & some not so good

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There is never a shortage of resident doggies and of course I will always find those cute puppies and just love them!  No, I’m not an animal lover… nothing like that!!

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Some of these wineries have received ton of awards, just check out these ribbons!

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The wineries always have a different “theme” and they do it up right with the decorations, food, and back drops.

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We saw this mean looking guy on the road and had to stop to take some pictures.  Carol & I got really close to him (of course there was a fence in between us and him) and he was really scary even with the fence.

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Most of the wineries have really good food and lots of it.  We had a meal planned at home each night but after eating all day at the wineries we didn’t even need dinner.

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Some miscellaneous stuff

We had a turkey in our backyard… that’s a first for us.  It was fun to watch it walk around and jump up/down on the fence line.
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We got these pictures from a neighbor that has lived at Catta Verdera since 2005 when these houses were built.  Our house is the far right one under construction (click to enlarge and see the arrow over the house).
Back of our house 2005Back of our house pre-tile roofBack of our house tile roof installed
This is the entry where the gate is.Catta Verdera Main Entrance Dec 2004

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