NorCalCigarLover
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Your CP BOTL's will be herfing Wild West style on the Historic 49er Trail. There will hopefully not be any gun slingin', but should be plenty of whiskey & cigars flowing! We've been talking about it for half a year now and I've been getting emails asking about the next one. Last weekend, Alice and I took a little tour to scope out an area to hold our Second Annual Norcal HERF and Wine Tour and we think we've found the perfect location. Great food! fantastic wines! cigar friendly and a little something for everyone!
This year we're headed to the Sierra Foothills, making Sutter Creek our homebase. We've been going to the Sutter Creek area for a number of years now, it's a very romantic Gold Country getaway for those bringing their significant others. The American Exchange Hotel is offering our group some very nice specials and will work closely with our group for our dinner as well.
As wines go, there are some spectacular Rhone varietals, Zinfandels and probably the best Sangiovese producer in the State. Everyone has offered to host our large group with no problems! I can't wait to share with you some of my favorite producers in this area.
Date: Friday, April 17 to Sunday April 19, 2009
Where? The American Exchange Hotel, http://www.americanexchangehotel.com/home.php
53 Main Street Sutter Creek, CA 95685 (800) 892-2276
This historic and newly refurbished hotel has only 25 rooms total -
10 rooms have a private bathroom (second floor), $95 to $105 per night
15 rooms share 4 bathrooms (third floor), $75-$100 per night
We have 10 "second floor" rooms on hold until 3/31/09. Tell them your with Cigar Pass when you make your reservation to get one of the reserved rooms.
Friday, April 17 Itinerary:
10:00 a.m. - Meet at Tower Cigars in Sacramento, Tower Pipes & Cigar is located at 2518 Land Park Drive, Sacramento, CA 95818, Tel: (916) 443-8466.
1:30 p.m. - Meet at Van der Vivjer Winery in Fair Play, Van der Vivjer Winery is located at 7451 Fair Play Rd., Fair Play, CA 95684. The winery is a little dificult to get to so we'll be rejoining at the Pokerville Market in Plymouth on Highway 49 to get lunch to take with us. We'll be meeting at the market at between 12:00 and 12:30. I'll PM everyone my cell number so we can stay in communication.
5:00 p.m. - Dinner at Taste Restaurant in Plymouth CA, Taste is located at 9402 Main Street, Plymouth, California 95669. We'll be ordering from the menu at Taste so no need to preorder. After dinner we'll head on over to the Imperial Hotel in Sutter Creek where we can check in and perhaps do a little pre-HERF'ing.
1. NorCalCigarLover (2)
2. Swissy (2)
3. DePasta (2)
4. Blue Dragon (1)
5. sned45 (2)
Saturday, April 18 Itinerary:
10:30 a.m. - Leave the American Exchange Hotel for our first winery visit at Story Winery. We will be carpooling in at least 2 cars, I have a minivan that holds 6 very comfortably and Dan is getting a large vehicle as well. Traveling is very easy as all of the wineries are very close to each other. The order of our visits will be Story Winery, Vino Nocetto, Terra Rouge, Karly, and Montevino or Bray Winery. Vino Nocetto will be charging $5 a person which includes lunch, music, Riedel wine glass, all the tasting you can handle and a $5 coupon off any purchase ..... how's that for a deal?! There are no other tasting fees for the day.
5:30 p.m. - Dinner at Susan's Place in Sutter Creek. We'll play it by ear as to what time everyone wants to get back to the Hotel before Dinner. The restaurant is across the street from the Hotel so there is no travel time, we'll just meet there at 5:30 p.m., TWP Productions will be supplying the wine for the Dinner
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Immediately Following Dinner - After dinner we'll meet back at the Hotel Balcony for the HERF.
Saturday Wine Tours:
1. NorCalCigarLover (4)
2. Swissy (2)
3. DePasta (2)
4. Blue Dragon (1)
5. sned45 (2)
Saturday Night Dinner & HERF:
1. NorCalCigarLover (David, Alice) - Chicken Breast, Chicken Breast
2. NCCL Friends (Ken, Mike) - Pot Roast, Braised Pork
2. Swissy (Jim, Mary) - Pot Roast, Braised Pork
3. DePasta (Dan, Leslie) - Braised Pork, Pot Roast
4. Blue Dragon (Cory) - Pot Roast
5. sned45 (Allen, Star) - Pot Roast, Pot Roast
6. Elittle (Evan) - Braised pork
7. Insight (Phil, Erin) - Pot Roast, Braised Pork
8. PuroEsq (Jason, Jason's Wife)
Sunday, April 19 Itinerary:
11:00 a.m. - Leave the Hotel for winery tours in Lodi. I'll post more information later.
This year we're headed to the Sierra Foothills, making Sutter Creek our homebase. We've been going to the Sutter Creek area for a number of years now, it's a very romantic Gold Country getaway for those bringing their significant others. The American Exchange Hotel is offering our group some very nice specials and will work closely with our group for our dinner as well.
As wines go, there are some spectacular Rhone varietals, Zinfandels and probably the best Sangiovese producer in the State. Everyone has offered to host our large group with no problems! I can't wait to share with you some of my favorite producers in this area.
Date: Friday, April 17 to Sunday April 19, 2009
Where? The American Exchange Hotel, http://www.americanexchangehotel.com/home.php
53 Main Street Sutter Creek, CA 95685 (800) 892-2276
This historic and newly refurbished hotel has only 25 rooms total -
10 rooms have a private bathroom (second floor), $95 to $105 per night
15 rooms share 4 bathrooms (third floor), $75-$100 per night
We have 10 "second floor" rooms on hold until 3/31/09. Tell them your with Cigar Pass when you make your reservation to get one of the reserved rooms.
Friday, April 17 Itinerary:
10:00 a.m. - Meet at Tower Cigars in Sacramento, Tower Pipes & Cigar is located at 2518 Land Park Drive, Sacramento, CA 95818, Tel: (916) 443-8466.
1:30 p.m. - Meet at Van der Vivjer Winery in Fair Play, Van der Vivjer Winery is located at 7451 Fair Play Rd., Fair Play, CA 95684. The winery is a little dificult to get to so we'll be rejoining at the Pokerville Market in Plymouth on Highway 49 to get lunch to take with us. We'll be meeting at the market at between 12:00 and 12:30. I'll PM everyone my cell number so we can stay in communication.
5:00 p.m. - Dinner at Taste Restaurant in Plymouth CA, Taste is located at 9402 Main Street, Plymouth, California 95669. We'll be ordering from the menu at Taste so no need to preorder. After dinner we'll head on over to the Imperial Hotel in Sutter Creek where we can check in and perhaps do a little pre-HERF'ing.
1. NorCalCigarLover (2)
2. Swissy (2)
3. DePasta (2)
4. Blue Dragon (1)
5. sned45 (2)
Saturday, April 18 Itinerary:
10:30 a.m. - Leave the American Exchange Hotel for our first winery visit at Story Winery. We will be carpooling in at least 2 cars, I have a minivan that holds 6 very comfortably and Dan is getting a large vehicle as well. Traveling is very easy as all of the wineries are very close to each other. The order of our visits will be Story Winery, Vino Nocetto, Terra Rouge, Karly, and Montevino or Bray Winery. Vino Nocetto will be charging $5 a person which includes lunch, music, Riedel wine glass, all the tasting you can handle and a $5 coupon off any purchase ..... how's that for a deal?! There are no other tasting fees for the day.
5:30 p.m. - Dinner at Susan's Place in Sutter Creek. We'll play it by ear as to what time everyone wants to get back to the Hotel before Dinner. The restaurant is across the street from the Hotel so there is no travel time, we'll just meet there at 5:30 p.m., TWP Productions will be supplying the wine for the Dinner
.Immediately Following Dinner - After dinner we'll meet back at the Hotel Balcony for the HERF.
Saturday Wine Tours:
1. NorCalCigarLover (4)
2. Swissy (2)
3. DePasta (2)
4. Blue Dragon (1)
5. sned45 (2)
Saturday Night Dinner & HERF:
1. NorCalCigarLover (David, Alice) - Chicken Breast, Chicken Breast
2. NCCL Friends (Ken, Mike) - Pot Roast, Braised Pork
2. Swissy (Jim, Mary) - Pot Roast, Braised Pork
3. DePasta (Dan, Leslie) - Braised Pork, Pot Roast
4. Blue Dragon (Cory) - Pot Roast
5. sned45 (Allen, Star) - Pot Roast, Pot Roast
6. Elittle (Evan) - Braised pork
7. Insight (Phil, Erin) - Pot Roast, Braised Pork
8. PuroEsq (Jason, Jason's Wife)
Sunday, April 19 Itinerary:
11:00 a.m. - Leave the Hotel for winery tours in Lodi. I'll post more information later.
But it's far too early to see if she'll be up for the travel, able to get time off, yada yada. Me on the other hand... I can easily get the time off and zip down. Now, if I'm allowed to go WITHOUT her... a whole 'nother story! :laugh:
