After three consecutive nights of excessive drinking and eating, my dear friend Whitney and I awoke on the second day of our California road trip feeling relatively human again at last.  We’d had a decent night’s sleep, and there was a pool, two hairy dog-bears, and cups of freshly brewed tea awaiting us at our AirBnB accommodation high in the Santa Ynez hills.  And although I could’ve happily stayed by that pool with those dogs for days, the vineyards were calling us. Loadin

When I heard that my cousin was getting married in California’s Sonoma county, I was chuffed to say the least.  Weddings are a great excuse to travel to beautiful places and stuff yourself full of the local food and drink.  And when the wedding happens to be set in one of the great winemaking regions of the world, even better. If I was going to be coming all the way from London to California, you can bet I was going to turn the trip into a proper holiday and spend a few weeks