A Very Wobbly Bike Ride

Is there a better way to see the most beautiful countryside in the US than a bike ride?  I didn't think so!  Therefore on my Spring Break this year, I rounded up my roomies and friends from college who are living in San Francisco and forced them to accompany me on a 15 mile bike ride through Napa Valley.  In all my planning though...I somehow didn't raise the question how drinking multiple glasses of wine and bikes mix.  The answer?  Well...its an interesting experience to say the least, but one I think everyone should enjoy!


On a classic cold Saturday morning in San Francisco, a group of 8 set out to tackle wine country t-5 style (aka, loud and tipsy!).  The mission: Bike 15 miles to 4 different vineyards while staying sober enough to stay upright on your bike and not end up in the van of shame.  The first three vineyards were a peace of cake...but then lunch hit and stuff began to get interesting.

The third tasting was easiest the heaviest pour, so we were already starting to head in an interesting direction.  We then proceeded to compound the problem though by buying a couple of bottles of wine for lunch, which we demolished in no time flat.  After lunch...it was onto the winery that our tour guide had named the frat house of the Napa Valley.  For sure right up our alley!

The winery lived up to its name as not only were they allowing us to have as many tasting as we wanted (and their tasting was half a glass at least), they were even giving us some Bud Lights to switch it up.  Needless to say, even though the wine wasn't our favorite, the experience was the best.  Unfortunately...we somehow had to make it back the last mile or so to the bike shop.  Though I'm not sure how we managed it...we all made it back in one peace!