West Coast wineries

Ah! You stopped there. It was worth it, no?

Too bad you never called this week... a visitor from the Continent would be a good reason to play hookie.

;-)

Dana

Absolutely! Anthony King of Acacia (another lovely visit) recommended them to us, and we just arrived without warning. Had a very warm welcome, swapped anecdotes, tasted lovely wines and gave Josh my recipe for my favourite terrine de campagne. He threatens to pop in and visit us in France next spring, which would be wonderful.

Dana, I know, I felt really bad about not having contacted you, but we simply ran right out of time. Half the days we were having to phone ahead to warn that we were running late, and in general we hardly had time to eat lunch! Tom found the early morning starts too testing on a couple of days, and it was just about all we could do to do all the visits. Any suggestions that yours truly talked too much with the winemakers etc are entirely true and entirely unnecessary. All the best

Ian

I don't think I suggested Lazy Creek to you, under the impression that you wouldn't be straying that far north. It's a must-stop for me and has been since Josh took over several years ago. I'm glad that you found it anyway.

Heh! Not to worry - I was just rankling your chain. As it was, my pal Don was in town for a few days and I used up whatever goof-off time I had with him.

Cheers! Dana

in article snipped-for-privacy@toshiba-user.nomadix.com, john shaw at snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com wrote on 12/6/04 6:24 PM:

My wife and I happened upon Lazy Creek just a few weeks after Josh and Mary Beth acquired it. We've been fans ever since. At that time, you had to have a little inside info to know exactly where it was (only a mailbox at the road, with the name of a previous owner, I think). It was, and continues to be, one of those very special experiences.