Jim B.
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We enjoyed DA Ranch.
Be careful when turning off the main highway. You go only a short distance up the gravel road, then turn left at the DA Ranch entrance. Do not continue on that gravel road, up the hill. Al of the signs on that road going up are for something else :)
It was a nice sunny day today, but it was quite warm. We got there about 1 PM. We went inside the main house where the tasting room. We grabbed a table but it ended up being too noisy inside. There was a large group and they were talking quite energetically. We ended up moving to a table on the deck around the main house. There are other places on the property with seating in shade as well.
We bought a couple of glasses of wine (Willow White and Malvasia - both chilled whites) and began to enjoy them at our table on the porch. I walked over to the food truck placed our lunch order. I was given a pager. The food took about 15 minutes and was really tasty. We shared an order of Vegetable Spring Rolls (deep-fried) and a Southwest Turkey Melt sandwich.
All of the staff that I encountered at the winery were very nice. There was one woman in particular, who was sort of a floater. She was everywhere doing all sorts of things. She was quite helpful to us.
The grounds are beautiful here. There’s a babbling creek that runs on the side of the main house. There’s a large swing suspended from a tree in the front yard. There are private areas that can be rented out and other small areas to hang out in. They allow well behaved leashed dogs on property and we saw several. And they have goats! There were a number of goats in a 2 acre fenced area next to the parking lot.
We both enjoyed the wine and lunch, but it was a warm day, we were sweating and decided to call it a day. On a cooler day, I would enjoy coming back again on a day that's a little bit cooler.
A lot of wine tour companies include DA Ranch on their tours. There’s a reason why. Check it out.
