Today is the start of the two day Wine Tourism Conference in Napa Valley. This is reportedly the first National Wine Tourism Conference held in the United States. Yesterday, a very special pre-conference event took place. Approximately 25 people attended the event Sonoma Vineyard Walk at Michel-Schlumberger. We met people from Michigan, Washington, British Columbia and more.

Arriving early we strolled through the courtyard that had a large water display in the center. Several chairs were about for relaxing. We had a special room in the facility for the tasting of wines and enjoying a box lunch before our extensive walking tour through the beautiful vineyards.

The vineyards are located on rolling hills and during November the different grapevines offered splashes of paint colors including orange, yellow, brown, green, and red. It was delightful viewing the multicolored leaves and vineyards.

While we ate lunch, walked through the vineyards and tasted wines we were easily able to mingle with the other Wine Tourism Conference attendees. This pre-conference event gave us a head start on getting to know each other before the conference begins on Wednesday. We are looking forward to meeting more of the 200 people who are registered for the event.

Cheers, Kathy & Terry