Napa Wines & Other Fun
Tasted some 25 wines from various Napa dealers over last Saturday. Perhaps too many, though for a first trip on limited time, what can one do? Visited Cakebread, Grgich Hills (yay for grape tasting off the vines), Heitz Cellars, Beringer, Duckhorn Vineyards, and Silver Oak Cellars. Wine ranged from decent but overpriced to amazingly good. Picked up a bottle of Heitz Bella Oaks Vineyard Cabernet for additional study.
Ferry building much more open and focused than eclectic Pike Place Market. Travel light, so only browsed around. Peet's Ferry Building espresso very Italian, with a Double Shot espresso served in a cup, rather than a shot glass. Decent crema, though neither sweet nor robust. Lingered well. Stopped by Spanish Table Berkeley store: much larger, same great selection of Spanish products.
Limón in the Mission area serves excellent drinks, amazing Peruvian/fusion cuisine. Only downside: packed and loud, though it was a Friday. Tartine bakery & café serves excellent French morning fare. For dinner, Breads of India very much worth the wait for dinner (Ajanta promised longer wait at the time, so moved on). Chinese for breakfast at Koi Palace unusual. Arrived early to beat the weekend rush, amazing Dim Sum ensued.
