My little brother is getting married on Saturday. Exciting, exciting.

This means that we've got lots of family in town. I haven't seen some people in years. It's been great catching up with people.
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I started with my brother. We had a lunch date at this really cute, really popular lunch spot called Sweet Basil Pizza. They make pizza and sell it by the slice. They also have a punch card. Buy 10 slices of pizza get one free.
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We had a Dude's Day. We had pizza and beer. I gave him some Bulgarian pottery. We talked. Just the two of us. It was really nice to catch up with him.
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After lunch, by brother N. had to do wedding things. So he dropped me off at home and I went wine tasting with my sister C. and my cousin J.
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My cousin J. is newly 22 and said that he wanted to go wine tasting because he doesn't know much about wine. So C. and I took him to a couple of our favorite wineries. We started at<a href="http://www.triovintners.com/" target="_blank"> Trio</a>. Karen knows her wine and was happy to teach J. a few things about wine and wine tasting without overwhelming him with details. Her Riot was a crowd pleaser and we bought a bottle for dinner.
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From Trio we headed down the street to <a href="http://www.teroestates.com/" target="_blank">Tero Estates</a>/<a href="http://flyingtroutwines.teroestates.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=15&amp;Itemid=15" target="_blank">Flying Trout</a>. Ashley Trout was pouring. We had a great conversation with her and drank some wonderful wines. C. bought a bottle Deep River Red which is one of the Flying Trout labels and one of C.'s long-time favorites.
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After this tasting room, we walked down Main Street to <a href="http://www.fortwallawallacellars.com/" target="_blank">Fort Walla Walla Cellars</a> neither C. nor I had been there to taste wine before. It's a relaxed, friendly tasting room. The wine was excellent--big, bold reds.

The only problem with wine tasting when you live in Bulgaria is that it isn't easy to get wine home in your suitcase. As such, I more or less try to buy what I'll drink while I'm visiting and not more.