Napa Valley
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Arts Venues
”Nearly 100-year-old Art Nouveau movie theater and concert venue...” MORE>> |
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Class/Courses
”Plein air painting school with classes at vineyards...” MORE>> |
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”The Rudd center holds its four-day-long Discoverin...” MORE>> |
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Events
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Nature
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Places of Interest
”Have a picnic on the mountaintop grounds after tasting the wines....” MORE>> |
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”For the impressive art collection....” MORE>> |
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Rentals
”A Tuscan-style villa in Napa with two guest cottages, a boccie court, indoor and outdoor pizza ovens, walking trails, a...” MORE>> |
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Restaurants
”The rustic Oakville Grocery is a one-stop shop for discriminating picnickers. Call ahead for a gourmet packed lunch, or assemble...” MORE>> |
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Shops
”A specialist in new and hard-to-find wines, ACME recently moved to a store a couple of blocks off of St...” MORE>> |
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”Dawson’s store is a one-stop source for small-production bottlings from...” MORE>> |
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”For perfect pressed sandwiches, pastries, cookies and, on weekends, amazing doughnuts....” MORE>> |
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”The Silverado Trail, tracing the eastern edge of t...” MORE>> |
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”Humphrey likes to visit this Napa Valley ranch’s farm stand on weekends to find organic herbs and produce along with...” MORE>> |
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”At Ma(i)sonry, visitors can perch on couches and chairs while trying wines from Blackbird and boutique wineries like Lail Vineyards...” MORE>> |
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”Great cupcakes at Kara’s; top charcuterie at Fatte...” MORE>> |
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”For olive oil and vinegar tastings....” MORE>> |
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Spas
”This town has more kitschy mud emporiums than one ...” MORE>> |
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”This town has more kitschy mud emporiums than one ...” MORE>> |
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Tours
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Wineries
”Longtime Carneros names Saintsbury, Acacia and Carneros Creek are making better wines than ever, newer entrants like Robert Sinskey are...” MORE>> |
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”Offers one-on-one wine tastings with vintner Drew Dickson; morning events include a breakfast of English muffins with...” MORE>> |
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”The best vineyards lie west of Highway 29, yielding fruit for rich, dense Cabernet-based wines such as Flora Springs Rutherford...” MORE>> |
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”Whitehall Lane Winery produces superb Cabernet from Leonardini Vineyard, and Beringer's St. Helena Home Vineyard bottling, from the winery's original...” MORE>> |
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”This new Cabernet and Sauvignon Blanc producer is ultra-green; winery walls are insulated with...” MORE>> |
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”Longtime Carneros names Saintsbury, Acacia and Carneros Creek are making better wines than ever, newer entrants like Robert Sinskey are...” MORE>> |
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”A 121,000-square-foot medieval-style castle, const...” MORE>> |
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”Free salsa lessons are followed by dancing on Saturday nights...” MORE>> |
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”Newer wineries with tremendous potential include Quixote and the eponymous Cliff Lede Vineyards, whose owner recently opened the area's only...” MORE>> |
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”Play a round of pétanque before tasting their wines....” MORE>> |
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”A winery designed by Michael Graves; the sculpture...” MORE>> |
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”A barrel-tasting and blending class lets visitors take home a bottle of their own personalized...” MORE>> |
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”For the impressive art collection....” MORE>> |
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”That's only one of several surprising facts about Yountville. Another is that its biggest winery, Domaine Chandon, doesn't make any...” MORE>> |
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”One of the few Napa Valley wineries that don't require an appointment or charge a fee, Frank Family makes some...” MORE>> |
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”Founded in 1886 by the first woman to own and run a California winery, this notable Cabernet producer offers wine...” MORE>> |
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”Winemaker Trent Ghiringhelli gives backcountry tours and tastings in his 1963 Jeep...” MORE>> |
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”The Hess Collection Cabernet is more approachable. (Hess owns more vineyard land in Mount Veeder than any other producer.)...” MORE>> |
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”The dark purple 2004 Petit Verdot, with blackberry jam flavors ($41 for a half-bottle), and the 2002 Cabernet Franc, with...” MORE>> |
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”One of Napa's oldest postwar wineries, Joseph Phelps is known for its Rhône varietal wines and California's pioneering Bordeaux-style wine...” MORE>> |
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”The vineyards have stunning views of Lake Hennessey and other great wineries, like Chappellet and Colgin....” MORE>> |
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”Tastings include wines that are sold only on-site. If you arrange in advance, the Stotesberys will lead a tour of...” MORE>> |
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”One of the most beautiful properties on Spring Mountain (with terrific wines, too), Newton was long open only to the...” MORE>> |
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”The older celebrities—Robert Mondavi Winery, Silver Oak Cellars and Opus One—still have many loyal fans but have been overshadowed lately...” MORE>> |
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”Pride Mountain Vineyard...” MORE>> |
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”Hewitt's sibling, Provenance Vineyards, makes a Cabernet from a site east of Highway 29 near the Silverado Trail that has...” MORE>> |
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”Rutherford winery that makes a delicious, biodynamic, Bordeaux-style blend and has iconic vineyard...” MORE>> |
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”Other notable producers include established names like Robert Keenan and Spring Mountain Vineyard (both back in good form after some...” MORE>> |
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”“It’s so cool to make, and you don’t have to be a rocket scientist to do it,” says Helm Sinskey...” MORE>> |
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”Napa’s Round Pond winery makes a sweet- tart blood orange syrup that’s great in...” MORE>> |
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”The older celebrities—Robert Mondavi Winery, Silver Oak Cellars and Opus One—still have many loyal fans but have been overshadowed lately...” MORE>> |
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”Longtime Carneros names Saintsbury, Acacia and Carneros Creek are making better wines than ever, newer entrants like Robert Sinskey are...” MORE>> |
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”The tour ventures into mile-deep caves that were hand-dug in the 1870s; tours on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11:30 a.m...” MORE>> |
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”The best are delicious when young and capable of aging quite well; Shafer Vineyards' Hillside Select Cabernet is a prime...” MORE>> |
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”The older celebrities—Robert Mondavi Winery, Silver Oak Cellars and Opus One—still have many loyal fans but have been overshadowed lately...” MORE>> |
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”Spring Mountain District is also the source of some memorable whites, including Smith-Madrone's great Riesling (the best in California), Pride...” MORE>> |
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”The St. Helena AVA is still struggling to establish an identity. So far, Cabernet Sauvignon is the district's most important...” MORE>> |
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”The tour includes a visit to the caves, vineyards where a variety of grapes are grown for educational purposes and...” MORE>> |
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”Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, which first brought fame to the area, still does a fine job with Cabernet, and Silverado...” MORE>> |
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”For a walk through the gardens, where about 85 different rose varieties are grown....” MORE>> |
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”For a sit-down wine tasting modeled on a 19th-century Parisian salon....” MORE>> |
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”Call to set up a visit that includes hors d'oeuvres, picnics or full meals (call two weeks in advance for...” MORE>> |
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”At the very top of winding Spring Mountain Road, this gorgeous winery opened in 2007 for tastings of its graceful...” MORE>> |
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”Dyer Vineyard turns out a full-bodied Cabernet with a hint of chocolate, while Von Strasser produces a notable Bordeaux-style blend...” MORE>> |
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