After spending a little time at the guest house, we were off to Neal Family Vineyards on Howell Mountain for Trae and Hillary's rehearsal dinner/pig roast. Jar has had a long relationship with Neal Family wines so it really was like going to a family reunion.
They poured the 2009 Sauvignon Blanc and the 2008 Zinfandel as cocktail wines. For the dinner, they offered the 2006 Napa Cabernet and also the 2005 Howell Mountain Cabernet. As a bonus, for dessert, they presented the Rutherford Dust Petite Syrah (2006?), which was a wine I had never seen from them before.
The roasted pig was delicious! Kara was a little freaked out by a whole pig laying out on the table, but she gave it a shot. Thankfully, there was grilled chicken breast in reserve for her!
Mark Neal's son took me on a go-kart out to the chicken coup to see the 300 chickens they own. Wine grower, vinyard manager, AND chicken farmer...? Who has all this time?!!!
The wines were all great! I was partying so there are no tasting notes except to say that the wines always taste better at the vineyard from whence they have never been shipped. It was an excellent party and the wedding is certain to be a blast as well!
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