During our three years in San Francisco, we *loved* our weekend get-aways to wine country and took them at any and every opportunity. One particularly busy month, Mr. SB suggested we take a "spur of the moment" trip to Calistoga (northern Napa Valley) for the weekend. Though I didn't think we had time, I agreed a little vacation would be nice.
For context, we'd been together 6 years at this point and had had conversations about the future, but he'd convinced me that although he was committed to our relationship, the time wasn't yet to get married. I was sad, but accepting and basically all "this could be it!" thoughts had left my mind.
That front tower is where it happened!
So after a nice, typical day wine tasting, Mr. SB told me he had arranged a tour and tasting at the winery Castello di Amarosa. This gorgeous winery is recreated, to the smallest detail, to look like an Italian castle. During the tasting at the end, a woman came and announced that he had won a raffle for a free tour of the off limits areas. I was so stoked, she said "Oh, I guess you can come too, you look pretty excited!" (He knew how much I LOVE contests and prizes... this was the PERFECT set up.)
When we went on our tour, she said, "There's a turret up there, but I'm afraid of heights, you go ahead." I wasn't suspicious at all and scampered up to find a stunning view of Napa Valley and a table set for two with wine and cheese. I *finally* got a clue and turned around to see a broadly smiling Mr. SB climbing the stairs. Where he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him.
Thank you for an exactly-right-for-us engagement story, Mr. SB. :)
Were you completely shocked, as I was, by your proposal?
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