Mendocino headlands
Val enjoys the garden outside Trillium restaurant in Mendo
Stags Leap palisades above Stags Leap Wine Cellar’s Fay Vineyard. Photo thanks to www.wine-muse.com
Val arranged a get-away to Mendocino and Napa and points in between over an extended Memorial Day weekend. I needed the escape after a pressure-packed and travel-intensive month of May. I met her formidable mom Marion and shared Adventist Sabbath with her and many of Val’s hometown peeps. We shared a relaxing afternoon at the boutiquey little coastal town of Mendocino, followed by a sublime day of wine tasting in Napa Valley. I loved the Stags Leap district. Thanks to Barb, Val’s lifelong friend, who shared her charming cottage in St. Helena. We had a lot of fun together.