Sbragia Family Vineyards: Dazzled by Sunshine, Wines and Spectacular Views

The time was early December. The place was Sbragia Family Vineyards. The day was perfect to celebrate the coming of new Holiday Season. The tune of love for life and wine was the thing nearest to my heart that day and I selected my favorite Sbragia Winery to be a place for that celebration.

The odd thing about my love for Sbragia wines is not that every time I am there I have this exciting hope of excellent, promising wine, but that every time it actually comes true. Sbragia wines are unique, delicious, seductive and instantly highly personal. I love this sudden personal connection the most.

The estate focuses on Chardonnay, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. My favorites are Zinfandel wines: 2012 Gino's Estate Zinfandel and 2012 La Promessa Zinfandel.

Bodega Bay is the Kingdom of Birds

With an inerrant sense of genius and drama, Alfred Hitchcock had chosen a little town called Bodega Bay, which is set along a magnificent part of the Northern California, and made it as a stage for his movie "Birds".

Untouched by time and strangely by people, this tiny town still stays here as an unchangeable set for the unforgettable movie, exposed to the fog and winds of the Pacific, to the numerous curious glances of tourists, and to the will and power of Birds.