We had it all planned out, get on the road between 10-1030am Saturday morning, get to the vineyard by 1ish, relaxing with a glass of wine shortly thereafter. Snap! Boy did that plan go out the window when we hit wall to wall traffic immediately after getting on the 101 freeway...I guess a million other people had the same idea - who'd ever thunk it?!!. We crept along at a snails pace, eventually the drive taking its toll - both of us starving and if you don't know Amanda and she doesn't get a little something something to eat, it can get real bad real quick (I love you sweetheart)! Instead of pushing on through, we eventually stopped in Montecito to get something to eat. Amanda spotted a coffee shop serving ice-tea to some people outside - we knew we had arrived at our destination. Sylvie was so happy to get out of the car...spitfire. Amanda got a salad and myself a burger. The rest of the drive was easy peasy. We worked our way through God's Country on the 154, eventually arriving at our destination around 3 o'clock on the swatch watch. The place was amazing, a bit dated, but just lovely. It was well worth the effort getting there.
All and all the weekend was spectacular, moving at a pace that if I could figure out how to make a living, I would relocate to Los Olivos in a heartbeat. We were surrounded by the vast beauty of rolling hills, pink sunsets, enough wine to last us a lifetime and of course, Ms. Sylvie Rain. It was perfect.
As for the photography, there was an endless amount of moments to capture. I took about 400 or so frames. The light in the morning and early evening was heavenly. Rather than take you through the whole weekend, I figure I'll mix it up a bit and talk about some of the photos below as you browse. Take a look at some of my favorites.
We started the evening off with a bottle of Koehler of course.
Sylvie looking fantastic in her cowgirl hat.
Bringing in the first sunset on the back lawn...amazing.
Koehler's finest...
Uncle David was very excited to show Sylvie one of his true loves...the wine at Foxen.
We picniced at Lincourt Vineyard between Los Olivos and Solvang. I was trying to think up something on the fly to capture the wine tasting experience so I threw up these two glasses and snapped a quick shot...fudge! I forgot the bottle of wine!
Hannah & Mitch.
Meghan and David pointing to their vineyard they plan to buy in 20 years...hopefully sooner.
Another amazing sunset...it's all about long shadows.
Probably everyone's favorite part of the weekend was having some wine & cheese as the sun set in the west...what more do want...
And to top it off, Sylvie was caught trespassing on private property and spent the morning in jail with her doggie....
I'll send out the full batch later in the week, most likely on Thursday (L'shanah Tova) when I have more time, but as they say in wine country, I just wanted you all to have a quick "taste."
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