Ater an afternoon of wine tasting, Simon, Mike, Lynn and I enjoyed eating at Celadon, a restaurant on the river in downtown Napa. It is really a nice restaurant, a large patio and wine bar with art work inside. We sat on the patio as it was a warm and beautiful night.

I am in a vegetarian phase and I had this amazing dish, layers of grilled potenta, eggplant, mozerella, with a balsamic reduction and grilled zuchinni and yellow peppers. Unbelievably good.

Simon had lamb shanks with couscous, but the lamb was grass fed which made it somewhat vegetarian. It was a great ending to a very enjoyable day. Thank you Lynn and Mike.

No wine before it's time.

We recently spent a week-end with our friends Mike and Lynn at their home in Davis. Davis is a lovely college town with tree lined streets, miles of walking and bike paths, wine bars, restaurants, coffee houses and book stores, could one ask for more?

Well maybe one thing more, miles and miles of grape vines. We went to Napa on Saturday and after a vigorous hike with a panoramic view of Napa Valley, we descended and began the important work of wine tasting. We visited several wineries and noted an interesting fact, the more wineries you visit, the better the wine tastes.