Second Saturdays in Hopland

We are coming up on the the second saturday of the month --- again!! 

Second Saturdays in Hopland


Jul 9, 2011

The Second Saturday program has been a huge success. Six Hopland wineries (Cesar Toxqui Cellars, Graziano, Jaxon Keys, McNab Ridge, McFadden and Weibel) become open houses for the second saturday of each month! Rain or shine, all wineries offer complementary seasonal culinary delights, paired with your favorite varietals. All of these wineries run second saturday wine specials, discounts and deals! There's always a few with barrels out, for tasting the wine of the future. These wineries spare no expense and feature vertical tastings of their best wines! Other Hopland wineries participate on and off, so if one of your favorites is not on this list, feel free to contact them to see if they will be involved!

There is no entrance fee or tickets, just show up to any participating winery to start the fun!
Jaxon Keys winery typically hosts music and food from 3-7 pm. Come on by after the rest close up!

July 9 ~ Second Saturday ~ Open Late

Enjoy live music by guitarist Nate Lopez while lounging on the veranda in the shade. Complimentary appetizers and wine by the glass available. Special sale! 40% off all cases. Tasting Room opens at 10am and the music plays from 3-7pm.

McNab Ridge's tasting room has been pouring 2003-2007 CORO verticals!

It's almost time for "Second Saturday" at our Hopland tasting room. We'll be serving garlic & shrimp caesar salads topped with a zesty lemon splash, savor our new gourmet dips & spreads and Decadence will be here serving their fine handmade truffles. Try our new releases and don't forget we'll be barrel tasting and selling futures of our 2009 Cononiah Zinfandel.

Graziano has been bringing out the large format bottles (magnums and up) for tasting!

McFadden

This Saturday, we will be pouring all our wines at the McFadden Vineyard Tasting Room in Hopland and, for Second Saturday, will pair our Pinot Gris with a Wild Rice, Dill Orange Pesto, and Veggie Salad prepared by professional chef Anne Fontaine McFadden. We're closing early, around 3:30, to run up to McFadden Farm in Potter Valley for our Annual Wine Club Appreciation BBQ Dinner

THIS WEEKEND...

On the Second Saturday of each month Milano Winery, along with several other tasting rooms here in Hopland, offer delicious appetizers, some music & wine specials on these fun-filled weekends!

So come join us and don't miss out on these great values while you taste, socialize, nibble & shop.

SPECIALS... SPECIALS... SPECIALS...

40% OFF Selected Merchandise

RED HOT REDS

Discounts on some of our Award Winning Wines are...30% OFF 2004 Carignane, 2004 Merlot & 2004 Petit Verdot

&

CLOSEOUT...35% OFF Ken Schilling Wines...While supplies last...Quantities limited!

It's going to be a beautiful weekend in the Wine Country so come wine tasting @ MILANO!

Don't miss out! Can't wait to see you!

Everyone Welcome!!!

Milano Family Winery

Second Saturdays in Hopland

Jun 11, 2011


The Second Saturday program has been a huge success. Six Hopland wineries (Cesar Toxqui Cellars, Graziano, Jaxon Keys, McNab Ridge, McFadden and Weibel) become open houses for the second saturday of each month! Rain or shine, all wineries offer complementary seasonal culinary delights, paired with your favorite varietals. All of these wineries run second saturday wine specials, discounts and deals! There's always a few with barrels out, for tasting the wine of the future. These wineries spare no expense and feature vertical tastings of their best wines! Other Hopland wineries participate on and off, so if one of your favorites is not on this list, feel free to contact them to see if they will be involved!

There is no entrance fee or tickets, just show up to any participating winery to start the fun!



Jaxon Keys winery typically hosts music and food from 3-7 pm. Come on by after the rest close up!

McNab Ridge's tasting room has been pouring 2003-2007 CORO verticals!

Graziano has been bringing out the large format bottles (magnums and up) for tasting!

Hopland Passport Day #2 - Sunday May 1

I have to say, offically, that I overdid it on saturday at the Hopland Passport!!  Thank goodness we had a DD -- Thanks so much Carrie!!

Sunday Turned out to be just as nice a day as Saturday!!  On our way out of town we picked up one of my co-workers, Marisela, to spend the day with us!!



We decided to hit the rest of the wineries -- or the in-town tasting rooms!!!

Parked at McNab and started the tasting there!!  We were, actually, just a little early, but that didn't stop us or them!!  We really like McNab and the wonderful dips that they always serve at their wine tasting!! Hmmm -- another one that I might just have to join.  You can even buy the dip packets there -- I admit that I bought a couple of them to use later -- probably at one of our girly get-togethers or some other such get-together!!  They, also, have a wonderful Sangria recipe that uses their 'Charisma' wine!!!  Yep!! I had to buy a couple of bottle of that too!!  One of these days I'm gonna make their Sangria!!  We were talking about making it for our next girly get-together(sunday?) or our monday 'Dancing With The Stars' get-together.



We then headed accross the street -- Carrie was hoping the 'hot' fireman was directing traffic again this year, but, alas . . .no!!

Brutacao was next on our list -- Their tasting room is also in with a really great Italian restaurant called 'The Crushed Grape' and they have 'Bocce Ball' courts.  Haven't tried the Bocce Ball yet, but maybe one of these days. . . .

I must say I have tried Brutacao's port and chocolate and hmmm is it good.  Being associated with an Italian restaurant they naturally serve piza, but not just any pizza - gourmet pizza's!!! 

Then it was on to another new winery/tasting room for passport - Cesar Toxqui, not bad for a small winery, will have to keep an eye on them in the future.  And yes. . . they served a mexican chicken dish, Marisela knew what it was called, but all I knew was that it was good and they served homemade flan to go along with it!! 

Right next door ar SIP they were tasting wine from the Patianna winery. I just love stopping in and chatting with Angela and Bernadette at SIP!  The wine is good too!

We headed a little further down the street to McDowell -- great gift shop and tasting room!!  the food was good too!!  Soft tacos!! Can you tell what I really come to this for? . . . the food!!  Oh yes, and the wine!!

Back across the street to what I like to call tasting room row!!  All of these tasting rooms are almost side by side in downtown Hopland!!  First of the bunch was Weibel -- their in town tasting room is fairly new, I still like heading out to the winery for the tasting better -- what a great place and another great view, so peaceful!!  Alycia's favorite by far I think -- they have some great sparkling wines and even have a non-alcoholic sparkling wine!!!

Next door is Graziano's tasting room!!  Some nice wines that are actually from Redwood Valley, the other side of Ukiah!!  Kind of funny that their tasting room is in Hopland!!  They have some great homegrown BBQ beef and wild rice salad that they present each time at passport!!  I understand that they grow the beef themselves and you can even buy it at the winery!!  Now that's some fresh meat!!

McFadden was the last of bunch for today. 

We all kinda took things easy and light on the drinking today!!  At least I know I did.  We were, actaully done about 3pm, I am sure Marisela was glad about that as she had worked all night and had only taken a cat nap prior to going out with us!! So we headed back to McNab, did a little more window shopping!!  Then headed home!!

Carrie, Alycia, Me and Marisela

Here we are in front of McNab's Tasting room at their fountain, Danielle didn't want her picture taken!!  So she took the pic and caught me with my eyes closed -- boy do I looked smashed!!  Well. . . it was the end of the day!!

Can't wait till the autumn Hopland Passport!!!

Sunday movie get-together with the girls!!

Wasn't sure if this was going to happen or not!! 

Yesterday was such a nice day, even though I had been told that rain was expected today and snow in Willits I was a little doubtful.  Well, doubtful till I was awakened to the pouring rain! 

Then about 7am while I was on facebook I saw that Trish posted 'It's May 15 and it's snowing!!"  I thought to myself, 'Hmmmm . . . not sure if we'll be headig up their as the last time it snowed in Willits they were kinda snowed in. 

So I waited and waited and didn't hear anything from Trish or Alycia saying that the get-together was nixed, so I packed up my 'Tine's White', 'Charisma', OJ and 'Captain Morgan's Rum to make Sangria's and jumped in the car.  As I was pulling out I get a text from Alycia to pick up some chicken broth and spinach dip!!!  I guess the get-together is offically on!!

Trish made a wonderful Mexican Soup with chicken, cheese and tortilla chips in it, and cornbread!

We had spinach dip as an appetizer and Sangria to drink!!

While we watched

and . . .

Guess we had a tribute to Patrick Swayze day!!!

Believe it or not by mid afternoon the sun was shining and it was even hailing for a short time!!  By the time I drove down the hill towards home the sun was trying to shine and the rain was taking a break -- stopped in RV and Calpella to find a couple of geocaches too!!!  But that's another blog #339, 340 & 341 when I catch up to them!!  LOL!!

Second saturday - May 14th

I can't believe it!!  All my friends bailed on me!!

Took me most of the day to make myself get out of bed and go to this by myself!!

After getting out there I was so glad that I did -- nice day, although it wasn't as hot as it has been.  Forcast was saying that it was suppose to be overcast.  OK so I wouldn't have wanted to be out in my shorts, but I was fine in short sleeves and jeans!!

Didn't hit all the wineries but did make it to 4 places and ran into great people to chat with!!

Frankie J & Anita Blu

Milano Winery had some live music by  and Frankie J and Anita Blu nice and easy to listen to jazz and blues.  Might have to check them out at a few of the other places that they will be playing around the area!!  Great to see local talent!! 

Visited and tasted for awhile there -- found out that my wine club shipment was in and that I am scheduled to work next weekend when they will be having their wine pick-up party, so I picked mine up and just had to get a couple of bottles of 'Sunshine' too!!

Then I headed on into Hopland and spent some time visiting at the McNab tasting room!!! What wonderful people and some really good wines too!  Just about picked up some more 'Charisma' but held off since I have 2 bottle at home already.

Denise paired up some yummy curried prawns over coucous with their French Colombard wine.  Yummy, Yummy!!

One of these days I just might have to join their wine club too!!!

I then headed across the street to visit with Bernadette at SIP!!  Just for the fun of it!!! We talked wines and geocaching!!  I always like to try to get new people interested in geocaching!!!  She couldn't believe that there were any in or around Hopland!!!

To end my day I drove down the road and landed at Jaxon Keys!!  One of my favorite places to just buy a glass and sit on their wrap-around porch and enjoy the view -- for hours!!  They are open late for second saturdays so it's a nice place to end the day!!  Frankie J was just leaving there when I pulled up and we stopped and chatted a bit!!   Then went up and met quite a few people that were from out of town tasting in our wonderful valley!! 

So, yes I had fun even though I ended up having to go out by myself!!  Hopefully next month everyone won't bail on me as it can be twice as much fun with good friends!!