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Oct 8, 2009 4:55 PM

Sports and Wine

Friday I'm hosting High School Sports Rally, as Frank has the day off.  So if you live near Belle Plaine, come visit me!  I'll be live in the 5pm and 6pm news (as Riley the dog tries to pick the winner).  Then I'll be live at 10pm with the winner of the undefeated Holy Family (in Victoria, MN) and Belle Plaine.  Awesome.  I'm not a sports guy, but someone will no longer be undefeated after this epic game.

And then this blog is going to disappear for awhile.  Well, I'm going to disappear.  Unless I get really inspired and turn this into a wine blog for the next five days.  I'm off to Napa Valley, California for a vacation.  Don't think about robbing my house, my in-laws will be staying there with the kids while we're gone.

I'm super excited to visit Fantesca Estates Winery.  A couple years ago, I wrote about my visit to O'Shaughnessy Winery, a winery run by former Minnesotan Betty O'Shaughnessy.  
Jason & Alyssa at O'Shaughnessy
Delicious wine, we tasted it out of the barrel, and all the people working there are from Minnesota.
Mike, Jason, and Sean

After I wrote about it, I got an e-mail from former Best Buy exec. Duane Hoff.  He and his wife Susan left Minnesota, and bought a vineyard.  (They met at the U of M, worked their way up at Best Buy, and now are big shot winos.)  So we're visiting there Monday, I'll give you a report.

Any other must-stop places in Napa or Sonoma Counties?  Let me know!  I'll see you Friday during Sports Rally, and back Thursday doing Good Question.

 

 

Comments (5)

  • Oct-27 - shirley

    What happened to Mark Rosen?

    What did I miss when I was on vacation and he left?

     

  • Oct-9 - Jon B Black Stallion winery is owned by the same guys who own MGM liquor in MN. Good wines. Also check out V. Sattui and Mario Andrettis winery. But really, you can't go wrong in Napa.
  • Oct-9 - JasonDeRusha Steve: The last time we were in Sonoma, we stopped at Ledson and had one of the nicest cabs we had the entire time we were there.  Spicy, rich, wonderful.  We're going back for sure!
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