Driving south on Silverado Trail from Calistoga you’ll notice a large stone facade home and winery set against a redwood forest hill. The gate is often closed but when it is open drop into Paoletti Estates Winery and enter the … Continue reading
Corison Winery is located just south of St. Helena on Highway 29 in Napa Valley. This is the most crowded section of road in all California wine regions because it is where many large and famous wineries are located. Visitors … Continue reading
We love visiting Clos Pegase in the upper Napa Valley off Silverado Trail. The owner’s pitch it as a temple to wine and art and we agree. The Michael Graves designed building is both unique and beautiful. The landscape art … Continue reading
Casa Nuestra is a small old style tasting room on the Silverado Trail in upper Napa Valley. For those who think that the Napa Valley is highly commercialized this winery (and many others) will give you a shock. The grounds … Continue reading
It wasn’t really our plan to stay in the Napa Valley after a Saturday video shoot at Clos Pegase Winery. Our budget is tight and Napa Marriott, always helpful that way, was full up and couldn’t take us. As we … Continue reading
We were recently surprised to find wineries in what was once one of our favorite fine art galleries in Yountville in the Napa Valley. The gallery moved out for whatever reason and Cornerstone and Page moved in. Page has some … Continue reading
Napa Valley Marriott guests are invited to a complementary tasting in the afternoons most days. The wines are from quality vintners in the Napa Valley, many of them very small operations, and the pouring is done by the vintners or … Continue reading
I hang out on Twitter with a bunch of wine biz and wine blogger folks. Late Friday PM I noticed a little post offering two free tickets for the Silver Pass. What’s that? I googled it and found that the … Continue reading
Not everyone is aware of the wonderful sparkling wine road trip experience in the lower Napa Valley and Carneros. All of these fine producers of sparkling wines can be visited in one day from the San Francisco Bay Area: Domaine … Continue reading