I joined Santa Clara Valley Wineries Passport Weekend today.

This is the event just purchase the passport at any participating winery to tast wines with pairing foods.
It is nice cool sunny day today to go out and this is the first time to visit local wineries in Santa Clara Valley.
Pinder Winery in Campbell.
Satori Cellars in Gilroy.
They named this winery from the winery's founder's family's first name initial and it turned out the word "Satori"= "Enlightenment" in Japanese!

I got following wines here.
-Hallelujah Cabernet Sauvignon/2006 Walla Walla Washington(Double Gold Medal Award)
-Ta-Da Syrah/2006 Santa Clara Valley(Silver Medal Award).
Solis Winery

I got following wines here.
2008 Fiano Estate Santa Clara Valley/good pair with cheese
2005 Merlot Estate Santa Clara Valley(Gold Medal Award)/good pair with salami
2005 Cara Mia Meritage Reserve Santa Clara Valley/good pair with chocolate
All these wines are so smooth and good, I loved them.
Kirigin Cellars
Their best seller is dessert wine and they serve ice cream with dessert wine.
Jason-Stephens Winery
They have a picnic area and nice appetizers.
I got 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Clara Valley
Clos LaChance WineryTheir symbol is humming bird.

Entrance area
Morgan Hill Cellars
I got 2004 La Fenice Cabernet Sauvignon
Emilio Guglielmo Winery
I tasted barrel red wine and they have very nice appetizers.
I got following wines here.
2006 Zinfandel Santa Clara Valley private reserve
2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Clara Valley private reserve
Eredita Port dessert wine special family reserve
Also I got chocolates good pair with Cabernet and Port wine.
I really enjoyed today's wine tasting and got so much information for local nice wineries in Santa Clara Valley. I would like to visit them again.