JON & CARMEN SARGENT · NOVEMBER 6–14, 2026
Fifteen years together.
A California journey worth savoring.
NOVEMBER 10, 2011 → NOVEMBER 10, 2026
Private tours, wedding-year bottles, extraordinary meals, and the kind of hospitality that makes it hard to say goodbye. Our fifteenth anniversary became a celebration of the life we’ve built—and the friends who made this week so personal.
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The map shows approximate places and the sequence of the main stops, not the roads driven. Private homes are omitted.
N ↑ Geographic overview · California North Bay
TO EVERYONE WHO OPENED A DOOR
To our friends in Boston who made the calls. To the people in California who welcomed us as friends. To Jake, Katie, Mia, Shirley, Henry, Ensan and Lauri, Brian, and every host who made time, found a special bottle, or simply wished us a happy anniversary: thank you.
We didn’t want to leave. Luckily, there are a few cases of memories coming home for the holidays.
Here’s to the next chapter.Written from Jon’s memories, Jon and Carmen’s photographs, original photo capture dates and locations, and travel confirmation emails. California chapters use local time (PST); departure photos retain their capture dates. Reservation times describe bookings, not exact arrival times. Personal email contents, booking references, and private-home coordinates are not included. Published photographs have no embedded GPS metadata.
LIOCO is included from Jon’s account; no clearly identified photo of that visit was found. The exact Sonoma hiking trail, the spelling of Ensan and Lauri’s names, and the oldest wine and vinegar details remain to be confirmed. The three-mile castle tunnel estimate is omitted because it could not be substantiated.
Place references: Truchard’s terroir · Clos du Val · Robert Foley · Castello di Amorosa · Brian at Enclos · Ramey · LIOCO.