Yesterday was filled with interesting activity, starting with another breakfast at Perrys, followed by a farewell drive over the Golden Gate to Sonoma where we visited Vella Creamery to buy my favorite grated dry Jack cheese. After some walking and shopping we headed down the Kenwood Hwy. to visit Kenwood Winery. As soon as the tasting room heard that our guests were from Paris they received the "Royal Treatment" so they were able to taste some aged red wines followed by a private tour of the cask room.Our goal was to reach Redding for the night so we drove the Oakville Grade to Yountville where we had a memorable 2 1/2 hour lunch at Bistro Jeanty. Afram and Philippe absolutely loved the place and we all enjoyed some delicious authentic French food. I tasted Philippe's veal kidneys (yes, they are delicious) and Afram's smoked trout salad. Roger and I remained more conservative with Coq au Vin. With an appetizer and dessert, we sort of "rolled" out of the place and ended up on another very curvy 34 mile road that took us back to I-5. We didn't get to Redding until about 8:30 but, no regrets - the day was fabulous!
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