Longboard Vineyards has a unique tasting room in Healdsburg, California. Founded by a surfer named Oded, the winery focuses its efforts on Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir. Their tasting room boasts an array of surf-themed art, vintage and new surfboards from famous shapers from around the world, and a surf documentary playing on a big screen TV with a Dick Dale soundtrack. Oded is great supporter of pairing wine with food, saying, "Relax, it's only frickin' wine...enjoy it with food you like and trust nothing but your own palate." I couldn't have said it better.
Their web site rhetorically asks the question “What does surfing have to do with wine?” Answer: “Try balance, harmony and nature for starters. Surfing is part sport, part meditation and all working within, rather than against, nature. Winemaking? Pretty similar approach.”
While perhaps a bit of a stretch, the winery combines two of Joe Plonk’s favorite pastimes – surfing and wine tasting. If they add a basketball hoop and offer free popcorn, I’ll be moving in!
Best, Joe Plonk
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