Thursday, February 21, 2013

wine country







with all the rain, gentle readers...
the hills of 
Santa Barbara County
are this brilliant 
green color...






that is so breathtaking...
in the summer they turn brown
which is gorgeous too, just different...
we met with our tour guide...
Mr. LDV's dear brother
and SIL







you see us in this photo below
enjoying our tour of

which was great fun as well as informative
not to mention really good wine..





it was quite a trip and if you
saw the movie 
Sideways...
then you know we ate at the 
and









which was stellar...







the rain stopped about mid day..









allowing some photos...


of the old vines...









and more wine drinking...
cin cin!!



xo