Hit the Road

For the next month, AVV owners Hank and Linda Wetzel are plying the nation's roads, visiting with sommeliers, restaurateurs and consumers to tell the winery's story and preview many of our new wines. They are also filing these blog entries along the way, chronicling their trip.

FRESNO-April 2--Our first stop on the trip took us only a few hundred miles from the winery, to Fresno for a trade tasting at a new restaurant called Pangea. We arrived about an hour early. We needed the time because Pangea is located in a maze of shops in a new upscale shopping center. We had a good turnout, lots of great appetizers and much interest in the wines. By 3, we're back on the road headed for Phoenix (an eleven hour trip per our

GPS). Much discussion just which was the quickest way (avoid LA) but we decided we'd risk the LA traffic as it was the shortest way. Fortunately we were late enough to avoid rush hour and had a fairly easy, although long drive to San Bernardino where we had dinner at Slim Pig N's.