Yet another reason I love living here..

Wine country.
Especially on a gorgeous fall Saturday.
A short drive, and you're in a different world of winding country roads and beautiful rural(ish) scenery.
And you get to drink! Yummy wines! And port! With abandon, when your friend is driving.

Aside from the one larger winery I love that was simply overrun with visitors (seriously. we were in something like the second auxiliary parking lot! and then had to WAIT TO TASTE. so wrong), it was a perfect day. Love those smaller, off-the-beaten-path places where the person pouring the wine might turn out to be the winemaker.