November is a great time to visit our wine growing regions. Sonoma county is one of our closest and also one of the best. healdsburg is the heart of the area and today was warm and sunny throughout the county.
We stopped at Williams/Selyam to pick up an order, and then decided to head north to the Alexander Valley to check out Mazzocco Winery on Lytton Springs Rd, a few miles north of Healdsburg. The setting is classic and the tasting room ample and well appointed for guests. We sampled there reds: cabernet, zinfandel, and petite syrah. All are delicious: fruity, but not too much; great nose/aromas; and smooth on the palate. We bought a few bottles and signed up for their release announcements. Their maker, Antoine Favero, is a 46 year old Frenchman, born in Champagne, raised in Peru, and educated at UC Davis. He has quite a history, and has been with mazzocco for only a few years.
We then turned south again, for Healdsburg, for lunch. We revisited Tapas Bravas, a tapas
restaurant in the authentic Spanish style. We ate duck sliders, calamari, padron peppers with sausage, and dates wrapped in Serrano ham, served on the patio under the umbrella with outside temps about 78. Perfect.
A quick stop at the vineyard to check on the "must" temps revealed a rise of about 8 degrees overnight- a good sign! More tomorrow.
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