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#CatTravels: Wine Country, it’s been awhile

By Catherine Toth Fox • June 11, 2015 • #CatTravels

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Let’s put it this way, the last time I was in Wine Country in California, Instagram didn’t exist, Ann Curry was still on “Today,” and no one was taking selfies with an iPhone.

It was 2010 — and man, things have changed.

For one, I actually drink wine now.

That’s quite a change from the last three visits to Napa and Sonoma, when I either sipped champagne or served as the boring-but-important job of designated driver.

This weekend — actually, in a few hours — my husband and I are heading to Sebastopol, Calif., a quaint town in Sonoma, just 20 minutes from the ocean, between Santa Rose and Bodega Bay. Once a plum- and apple-growing region, this area is dominated by, well, grapes. We’ll be staying in a trailer — yes, trailer — at the Full House Farm, where we can get up early and milk goats if we wanted to.

We’re only there for a few days — Friday through Sunday — for our one-year anniversary. (Yes, it’s been a year already!) Since my husband doesn’t have the luxury of a freelance life — where I can take off whenever I want so long as I’ve got my work done and there’s WiFi wherever we go — we can’t stay long. So we plan to make our trip very meaningful — and pack as much as we can in!

This time around, though, I’m really interested in the wine.

Not that I’m much of a wine drinker, but I enjoy a nice Riesling or moscato d’asti every now and again. (The fact that I know THIS much shows progress!)

So stay tuned for more from Wine Country! Follow me on Instagram (@catherinetoth) and Twitter (@thedailydish) — or stay right here! Photos to come!

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  • Reply Annoddah Dave June 12, 2015 at 4:02 pm

    CAT: you will find that if you continue to drink wine, your taste will evolve more and more toward the dry reds. Is it really a “trailer” or is it a camper? Don’t forget some bathroom pix!!!

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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