996ragtop

The fall season is here and wine crush is on. Therefore, our presence is summoned for a run to the Napa Valley.

Trefethen Vineyards http://www.trefethen.com is holding their annual Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, October 4th, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This winery is one of my favorites and if you haven't visited before then you are in for a treat.

The cost for a full spread lunch and wine tasting is $40.00 per person. However, if you sign up to be a club member the lunch is complimentary. You can sign up on their web site or call 1-800-556-4847 and speak to Debby.

Similar to our run to Pebble Beach in March a number of Corvette's will be joining us.

More details to follow on the day, departure times and locations. In the meantime, enjoy the rest of September and I will see you all on October 4th.

TitanL9

This road trip sounds great. We live in So California's Temecula wine country area. I can only dream about a trip to Napa at this time. Enjoy what will be a great day my friend.

996ragtop

TitanL9,

We will have a toast of a nice cabernet in your honor.

The last time we went there Trefethen gave us 8 different wines to sample. To say the least the ride back home was a slow one.

Thanks

996ragtop

This Saturday we will head up t o Napa. So far we have a number of Corvettes and Vipers joining the ride.

Caravan departure will meet at Max's Restaurant on Crow Canyon in San Ramon. We will leave at 10:15 a.m.

Dirk Tanner

OK, let me just take this opportunity to point out that I HATE ALL OF YOU!!

Not only does wine cost a fortune in Arizona, we don't have a reciprocal agreement w/ real wine-producing states, meaning we can't even have any shipped here. WAHHHHHH!

Fine then, have fun w/o me.
-DT

TitanL9

So, what's the poop on the run to Napa? I hope all was filled with fun and resulted in a safe drive home.... ? I don't recall any surprise vino buzz's recently.

996ragtop

Dirk Tanner,

You always have an option to move back and pay a little more sunshine tax. We will have a toast in your honor.

TitanL9, This Saturday is the day. I will post some pictures for you as we surround the vineyards.

Torags

Jim, thanks for for hosting this ride (especially since a member had to sponser guests). Gloria & I really enjoyed ourselves. After we left Coppollas Winery we went north to Tra Vigne (St Helena) & had a pizza (to miss the traffic & it worked).

It was a great day with great people (should have had more P hdwr).

Thanks again.........

996ragtop

Torags,

You've got mail.

Later in the day I ran into a guy that with a GT2 followed by a friend in a 996TT. Both cars were black and looked pretty fierce coming down Highway 29.

I saw a new S4 later that evening. The car looks a lot better in person.

Itzkirb

Any pictures from this drive?

Torags

Nah..., Just a belly full of good wine, laughs and good repartee....