It's been a few years, but instead of the traditional turkey at home for Thanksgiving, my wife and I decided to take both of our Mothers to wine country for the holiday celebration. We were longing for something different and neither Mom had been to any of the California Wine Country valleys.
We booked the flights from LA to SFO and made reservations for all of us at our favorite wine country inn - The Honor Mansion in Healdsburg. Kathy & Steve - the owners - are wonderful people and over the years they have developed Honor Mansion into the most luxurious bed & breakfast inn we are aware of.
We landed on time, fought the traffic up the 101 and arrived in Sonoma ready to show "the Moms" why we love wine country. And over the 4 days and 3 nights - wine country did not disappoint.
The post harvest time is calmer, slower and with less visitors in part due to the holiday. But we felt there was a sense of satisfaction and pride that emulated from each of the wineries we visited. They knew another year was put to bed and that all their hard work would pay off down the road with outstanding wines.
We visited wineries like: Jordan, Simi, Ferrari-Carano, Korbel, Matanzas Creek and more.
Both Moms - in their late 70's - thoroughly enjoyed themselves and we came back with fond memories of a Thanksgiving spent - for us - in a very nontraditional way.
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