Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Flora Springs

Our second stop for the day was Flora Springs. We went to the actual winery and not their tasting room. We had a special tour just for our group.

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This was my favorite tour/tasting of the entire trip.


Jason was our guide. He was from Tennessee and very entertaining. He obviously loves his job.


We started our tour in the courtyard with a Sauvignon Blanc, Soliloquy. It was really good. Flora Springs grows grapes for a lot of other vineyards and makes a limited amount of wine under their label. Their wines are hard to find unless you buy them there.

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Then we went down into the caves where the wine is stored.

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We did several barrel tastings.

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After the cave tour we had an amazing lunch in their dining room. We tried several other wines with our meal...I tried the chardonnay (AWESOME) and their Hillside Reserve Cabernet.

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I would highly recommend stopping here if you are ever in St. Helena. Rumor has it that the tasting room is a lot of fun too...complete with a disco ball.

1 comment:

momx3 said...

he was from new orleans. delta take me back to flora springs!!! oh, i discovered a new (for me) white that i love and it is from Rutherford. Conundrum, a white blend but oh so delicious!

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