Thursday, November 11, 2010

BEER...BEANS...OIL...WINE

THE LAST TWO DAYS WERE SPENT IN FAIRFIELD AND NAPA, CALIFORNIA.  ON WEDNESDAY WE TOURED THE BUDWEISER BREWING PLANT, THE JELLY BELLY JELLY BEAN FACTORY, AND VISITED AN OLIVE OIL BOTTLING PLANT.  THURSDAY, WE TOOK A TOUR OF THE NAPA WINE COUNTRY ON THE "NAPA VALLEY WINE TRAIN".  THIS TOUR CONSISTED OF A ONE HOUR TRAIN RIDE THROUGH THE NAPA VALLEY WHILE DINING ON A GOURMET MEAL, FOLLOWED BY A TOUR OF THE GRGICH WINERY, THEN BACK ON THE TRAIN FOR A ONE HOUR RIDE BACK TO NAPA WHILE ENJOYING DESSERT.


There are 120 of these tanks in the cold brewing facility.  Each of these tanks is 10 feet by 40 feet.  Each tank contains $1,000,000 worth of beer.  



John Wayne done in the popular jelly bean media.

We learn a whole lot more about olive oil than we wanted to.















There are 600 wineries in the Napa River Valley.

The following are some pictures we took while on the train.
















2 comments:

  1. I don't know what I ever did with out this blog.
    Great!
    $1M worth of beer!!! MMMMM

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  2. Wish I could have caught up with you guys while you were in Napa!!! Looks like you guys had a great time!!!!
    Dawn

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