From there we began our 2nd day of wine tasting through Sideways wine country. We started at the north end of Ballard Canyon Road and worked our way south toward Los Olivos and Solvang.
Ballard Canyon Road is incredibly picturesque with beautiful rolling hills in a smooth rolling valley just east of Los Olivos. Our 1st stop was at Rusack Winery and I think both Sarah and I were stunned at the flavors and the views. Not a bad wine in the entire flight of those that we tasted. I am definitely considering a membership in their wine club.
We then went east and stopped at Beckmen Vineyard. Another very nice tasting. A very modest tasting room and very nice pourer. He recommended Bridlewood which is just down the road from Beckmen. The wines were ok, but the grounds were amazing, so we stopped and had lunch and soaked in the view and sun.
From there we stopped at Blackjack, which was featured in the movie sideways. It was a nice tasting and a very good conversation with the pourer who was very knowledgable about everything from the horticulture to the crush to the art in creating the wines themselves.
Our final stop was at Kalyra just southeast of Solvang. This is the tasting room that Jack and Miles met up with Sandra Oh's character in Sideways. The wine was good, but at that point we were ready to rest up before dinner at the Hitching Post in Buelton.
After about 2 hours of resting up, we went to the Hitching Post and had an amazing meal. Sarah had quail and I had a filet mignon. We had a ridiculously delicious appetizer of chanterelle mushrooms in some sort of wine reduction. It was amazing.
That meal made me need a good 15 minute walk before settling in for the evening. Check out today's photos at Facebook. Tomorrow we head back to LA to catch our flight to Tahiti, so we may not have a posting. See you the next day for sure.
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