Visiting my father in San Leandfro, California the week of July 18th, 1995 and visiting wineries like RUTHERFORD HILL, STAGS LEAP, GROTH, VILLA MOUNT EDEN, PARDUCCI, ROEDERER ESTATE,BONNY DOON, CONGRESS SPRINGS, RIDGE, SILVER OAK, and making these series of eight watercolors each day at the end of such wonderful experiences we shared together, thanks Dad! You were our chaufeur extraordinaire, vraiment mon pere a moi ...

I did these  eight small deep blue watercolors when visiting Dad in San Leandro, California on April 18th, 1995. hat was a great time for me to spend with him and also visit with him the local wineries like SILVER OAK, RUTHERFORD HILL, VILLA MOUNT EDEN, STAGS LEAP Winery and many more, like GROTH, and JOSEPH PHELPS ... RIDGE AND BONNY DOON CONGRESS SPRINGS, PARDUCCI and also ROEDERER ESTATE, SIMI, GEYSER PEAK, SOUVERAIN ... wow, we visited quite a few over the visits I made, and at the end of each day I would draw some to my heart's content in San Leandro with perhaps a glass of wine after dinner in my hands, sharing some with Dad . Fine memories, enjoy! These maybe inspired by the wineries mentioned above that we visited, I am sure to some extent ...   TONY 9/24/2014

I forgot to mention that we visited the BV Winery here pictured above on my first visit out there even earlier that 1995 as I was just about to start working for Forman Brothers Distributing company ...