Having finished up with the tour of the winery we (Margaret,Ramiro and I) headed off to our next stop in the Napa Valley tour to MUMM NAPA. Of course the interesting part was that our guide Ramiro had no clue where this place was at and for about 15 minutes we debated on its name, confused between NUNN and MUMM. Interestingly with the help of the iPhone and Google maps we quickly discovered the route and headed in the general direction until we arrived at MUMM NAPA.
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I was actually looking forward to this tour cause personally I like champagne better that wine. Same old drill we went for the tour and the first thing i learnt really got me. Apparently if this stuff is not made in a specific place in France, it cannot be called “Champagne”, WHAT!. Oh yeah anywhere else it is called “Sparkling Wine”. Ok I get it, the French are picky, they probably have a good reason to be, I just don't care.
I wont get into the details of the process, you can get that from http://www.madehow.com. However it is worth the while calling out that specific step through which they get rid of the dead yeast in the bottles by freezing them was fascinating.
Ramiro, Margaret and I retired to the lounge area to taste some of the Sparkling wines from MUMM NAPA and then headed home. It was a fine way to end our first day in San Francisco. We were looking forward to visiting Alcatraz the next day.
Over and Out, Raj
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