Keri B.
Yelp
This winery was on my must-try list thanks to recommendations of friends that frequent this area. As I checked the reviews and saw that Kevin N, our former Austin Community Manager, had given it five stars, I was convinced to go.
Their tasting room is practically in downtown Healdsburg but still manages to retain an atmosphere of casual beauty. The room itself is interesting in that there's a window behind the bar looking into the barrel room. Our servers were very informative and friendly.
We went through several very good tastings until we got to the Omaggio. It's a 60-40 blend of Cabernet and Sangiovese. In other words, sex in a bottle, as it made me moan with pleasure. Our first server poured us our sampling and then wandered off. About 10 moaning minutes later, a new server arrived and asked us where we were in the tasting. I promptly replied, "The Omaggio is next!" Which elicited laughter from the patrons around us as they knew we'd just sampled that and I just wanted more. Omaggio means "Homage" in Latin (a tribute to Edoardo and Angela Seghesio who planted the family's first vineyard in America in 1895), altho I could think of another "O" word it should stand for.
Some puppy dog eyes later and hubby bought me a bottle. At $60, it's definitely a special occasion wine, which means we'll probably never drink it :). As another winery pourer said, "Any time you open these wines, it's a special occasion!"
Yeah, maybe we'll drink it on a Tuesday.