Join me for a winehike and picnic Saturday, May 31st
Bradley Cooper lives in Canada’s Okanagan Valley, an immense winemaking region of British Columbia. It’s where he produces small lots of Cabernet, Merlot, Syrah, and a whole host of white wines for Township 7 Vineyards. Now that he’s finished bottling his latest batch of Rosés, he and his wife, Audralee, are going to visit California for their first real vacation since their honeymoon nine years ago.
Bradley’s my kind of guy. Sure, his winemaking efforts attract my interest, and so does his blog, Wine & Vine BC, but so does his love of jazz and baseball. What’s more, he and Audralee, who together also consult for Daum-Cooper Winery Services, are ready to engage in some winehiking.
We’re getting together on Saturday, May 31st, for a five-mile tour of the redwood forests at El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve, followed by a picnic and wine tasting at Saratoga’s Savannah-Chanelle Winery.
And Bradley and I invite you to join us!
Walk with Bradley, Audralee and The Winehiker in the redwoods of California. Then let’s do some wine tasting!Â
This event is essentially free but for the cost of your own transportation, lunch (shared potluck), and tasting fees at the winery (credited to any purchase of their fine syrahs and pinots). If you plan to join us, just add a comment to this post, and I will follow up with the details.
May 23rd, 2008 07:45
Russ, I was just going to email you and then this post came up. First of all how is your poor head? I hope the explosive pains have subsided. I know Bradley well. He is a great winemaker. As well he helped me out when I first started blogging. Say hello to him from me, please.
I am flying to California on the 16th of June to spend a week with my friend in Scotts Valley. He wants to take me to the Santa Cruz Mountain vineyards and to the Monterey region. Can you suggest some wineries that we should not miss visiting? Wish I could join you on this hike but if you are ever up to our beautiful Vancouver Island I will take you you to some stunning scenic areas and to some of our island wineries. Happy hiking!!
May 27th, 2008 10:12
Hi Wilf,
Head and neck are fine, thanks! Nothing like a 3-day weekend of adventure on the trails to work out the kinks.
About “can’t miss” wineries: gee, where do I start? The Santa Cruz Mountains AVA boasts many fine producers, many of the best of which are small “mom and pop” operations that do not have a tasting room. I’d list a few, but why don’t we instead discuss your plans and try to get together when you’re here in mid-June?
May 30th, 2008 20:31
Thanks Russ. I don’t want to take up a lot of space on this comment page. I am of course staying with friends in Scotts Valley, so somewhat dependent on their plans as well. I seemed to have misplaced your email address which I would like to use to communicate further. So if you have a moment to send that to me then I will take it from there. Mine is [deleted to prevent this commenter from being spammed].
Happy Hiking with Brad.