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Wine-Cations
Colleen & Catie’s Picks
Colleen
Accommodations –
The Inn at Piazza de Campovida – This family owned Inn is a great home base for exploration during your stay in the beautiful Upper Russian River Wine Country.
Restaurant/Wine –
Pennyroyal Farm and Vineyard – A family owned farm located in Boonville, California, in beautiful Anderson Valley, Pennyroyal Farm is committed to producing handcrafted wine and farmstead cheese. You can even meet the beloved goats and sheep that are raised on their family farm.
Adventurous Activity –
Drive Thru Tree – Drive through a real Redwood tree!
Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, CA – Beach made entirely of recycled glass
Catie
Accommodations –
Westin Verasa Napa – Located on the Napa River, steps away from local attractions like world-class wineries, the Oxbow Public Market and more. There’s even a spa and restaurants on site.
Restaurant/Wine –
Napa Valley Wine Train – 50 miles northeast of San Francisco and about 60 miles west of Sacramento (across the street from the Westin Verasa Napa), the Wine Train is a three-hour, 36-mile round-trip journey from Downtown Napa to St. Helena and back. Be sure to book in advance!
Adventurous Activity –
Sonoma Wine Country Weekend Bike Tour – Explore 3 Wine Country Valleys in 3 Days on bike!
“What’s” with the “Trip Sisters”
What’s in Your Suitcase?
WineHug Self-inflating Protective Travel Pouch – Self-inflates to protect your standard size wine bottle while traveling. $42.99 on Amazon Prime.
What’s on your phone?
Vivino – Take a photo of any wine label and learn that wine’s rating, review, and average price instantly.
Wine Enthusiast – This wine app lets you create your own notes and read reviews and tasting notes left by other app users, as well as reviews from this famous wine magazine.
What’s the tip?
How to bring wine back home on a plane
– Know the rules and regulations – Carry-on baggage liquid restrictions do not allow liquid containers of more than 3.4 ounces (100 ml).
– Travelers can’t transport bottles with more than 70% alcohol content, and can only take 5 liters of alcohol between 24% and 70%. There is no limit on liquids with alcohol content below 24%, and wine fits into this bracket.
– Make sure you meet the airline’s baggage weight limits. It is good to remember a typical wine bottle weighs between 2.4 and 3.3 lbs (1.1 and 1.4 kg).
– Always declare your alcohol in duties – The US allows one duty-free liter of alcohol per person.
– However, the duty over the 1 liter, for wine destined for personal use, is $0.75-$2 per bottle. Because it’s so low, most customs agents do not bother to collect it.
– If you need to, you can ship the wine separately
