Homewood Winery

Homewood winery was a quaint little winery out further into the farmlands east of sonoma with a small little tasting room, but it's wines were as good as any of the others. It reminded me of the smaller wineries back home.

Veranda white was the first we tried, named for being a easy wine to sit on the porch with. Light tropical aromas. They had a deal of buy 1 get 1, and if we didn't have to ship everything home we might have done so.

MC and I had different flights, with hers being all whites. Her first was the Chardonnay, aged in stainless steel. Nothing mind blowing, but a very solid wine.

Sauvignon Blanc was next, and had very nice pineapple and citrus notes. Would pair excellently with seafood. We took one of these home.

Rousanne was next, on MC's custom white flight. It had a bubble gum type sweetness to it, and was very interesting, and not unpleasant. It had a dry lemon finish.

Tempranillo was the first of my reds, and was my favorite. Soft tannins and vanilla notes made this a very enjoyable wine to try. We bought a bottle of this. A note on pronunciation: Its Knee-o, not nill-oh.

MC had a wine club exclusive wine named after the wine dog, but unfortunately I didn't take any notes on this one, just wanted to mention it because she liked it.

Merlot was the next red I tried. Fruitier, and no green pepper to it as is found in VA wine. It had a rhubarb nose to it.

Next came the zin. After having so many amazing Zinfandels in Healdsburg, this one did not stand out as much, but it was still good. Black pepper and a nose of vanilla bean and berry.

Semillon was the last white wine we tried. Nose of orange and apricot, it had a floral and honeysuckle taste.

The last red was the interestingly names Flying Whizzbanger. Herbal and cocoa nose, a good porch sipping red blend, but nothing I haven't had before.