You can see a timelapse of us driving over the Golden Gate bridge below
We arrived at Grigich Hills Estate around 9:40 AM, the drive wasn't too bad
The sign at the entrance
American and Croatian flags at the entrance
Below are the grapes ready to be blessed
Here is a video of the blessing ceremony
I am not sure if you can hear it or not but Mike Grgich joined the ceremony via facetime because he had some issues with his back and couldn't make it in person.
There was some food for the people attending the blessing of the grapes. As you can see there is salamis, prosciutto, cheeses, olives and crackers.
You also could get wine, I had some Chardonnay, Fume Blanc and Rose. All of them were delicious
Here are some shirts hanging to dry from people who did the grape stomping
In this video, you can see my daughter stomping the grapes
A picture of grapes on the vine
Some barrels of wine
sWine tanks or perhaps even fermentation tanks?
Some more wine barrels
There was a small contents, you had to guess how many corks were in this bottle
A bust of Mike Grgich
I spent some time talking to Mike's daughter Violet. We talked about the winery that the Grgich family started in Croatia, the grapes itself and some other things
I also went into the store and purchased some wine. Now I have to figure out if I drink it here while I am still in San Francisco or do I bring it home to Princeton
I think the blessing/stomping event was very nice, I highly recommend it
Coppola Winery
Pool
The pool area was pretty packed, they have packages with cabins, towels and lounge chairs
Godfather's desk
This is the desk that was used in the Godfather movie. Pretty cool to see it in person
Car from the movie Tucker
Car from above
Costumes from some movies
View of the bar
View looking towards the vineyard
After Coppola, we went back to San Francisco had dinner and called it a day
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