Yay, today is our anniversary. Forty-one years. Wow, does time fly. Such important milestones must always be celebrated with a special day or group of days and, of course, a festive dinner. For our anniversary we are headed up to Guerneville to the Applewood Inn and restaurant. We plan on tasting some wine along the way and having a picnic lunch. Tonight we will have our festive dinner at the Applewood Inn Restaurant, a Michelin one star.
We reach the Graton Ridge Winery around 12:30 and settle into their picnic grounds. We are prepared with our picnic pack and delicious lunch.
The picnic area is nice. It has picnic tables and Adirondack chairs as well as a bocce ball court.
Nearby grapes are growing.
We also have a great companion, Bella the dog. Bella is very adept at catching a ball in her mouth while flying through the air. Although we are not great dog fans, we have a good time tossing the ball to Bella who dutifully returns it to us for another throw.
In the bright sunlight of a beautiful afternoon with Bella as our companion, we have lunch.
After lunch we mosey into the tasting room and try their wines. We buy a zinfindel and a pinot noir as well as an apple cordial.
It is still too early to head up to Applewood Inn so we stop at Russian River Vineyards. We do a little more tasting and buying. Now it is time to head on to the Inn.
The Applewood Inn is very pretty, set in orchards and with towering coastal redwoods as a backdrop. We are given a glass of champagne and shown to our room which is lovely. The sheets on the Temperpedic bed are great. We check the tag and they are made by Frette. I think I’ll get some until I check the prices online, almost $2000 for a king set!!! The rest of the day until dinner is used relaxing and getting ready for our big dinner. (Separate post for dinner.)
