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Premiere Napa 2022

March 14, 2022 Leave a Comment

Premiere Napa Valley (PNV) is Napa Valley’s primary showcase for futures auction of barrels of its most recent vintage wines. The event attracts wine professionals and those from the wine trade and media from around the world. It also attracts us. It gives us a chance to taste and report on vintages that we will […]

Filed Under: California, Coombsville, Napa, Oakville, Pritchard Hill, Rutherford, St. Helena, Stags Leap, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine Region, Wine Tastings, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Alpha Omega Winery, Amici Cellars, Beaulieu Vineyards, Bond, Chimney Rock, Continuum, Cornerstone Cellars, David Arthur, Davis Estates, Ghost Block, Groth, Harlan, Hudson Ranch & Vineyards, Inglenook, Kale, Mark Herold, Mondavi, Morisoli Vineyard, Newton Vineyard, Peji, Premiere Napa, Priest Ranch Winery, RD Vineyard, Rutherford Hill, Rutherford Hill Winery, Rutherford Ranch, Silver Oak Cellars, St Supery, Taub, The Prisoner, TOR Wines, Tres Sabores, Turnbull, Venn Estate, Vine Cliff, Young Inglewood Estate, ZD Wines

Napa California Area Restaurants

March 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

Napa is so close to San Francisco that we frequently take a day or several-day trips to the area. This is a summary of our restaurant reviews throughout the years. Some places we loved on our first visits but second visits turned us off from them. Others are new. Ad Hoc Ad Hoc is a […]

Filed Under: Activities, California, Dining, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Napa, Napa, Restaurants, Wine Region, Yountville

Premiere Napa Valley Release Week Tastings: 2020

March 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

Premiere Napa Valley (PNV) is Napa Valley’s primary showcase event for futures auction of barrels of its most recent vintage wines. The event attracts wine professionals and those from the wine trade and media from around the world. It also attracts us. It gives us a chance to taste and report on vintages that we […]

Filed Under: Atlas Peak, California, Coombsville, Destinations, Dining, Featured-Trips, Howell Mountain, Napa, Napa, North America, Oakville, Pritchard Hill, Restaurants, Rutherford, Spring Mountain, St. Helena, Stags Leap, Travel, United States, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries, Yountville Tagged With: Angwin Estate, Chimney Rock Winery, Cliff Lede Vineyards, Coomsville, Cornerstone Cellars, Duckhorn Vineyards, Howell Mountain, Joseph Phelps Vineyards, Keenan Winery, Odette Vineyard, Provenance Vineyards, Robert Mondavi Winery, Rutherford, Stags Leap District, Yountville Appellation

Premier Napa Valley Wine Tastings—February 2019

July 14, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Premier Napa Valley (PNV) is an interesting event. Wine sellers, including retailers and restaurateurs, as well as members of the wine trade and media descend upon Napa Valley to primarily taste new vintage Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons and one-of-a-kind limited production wines. It is a four-day event filled with an opportunity to mingle with vintners […]

Filed Under: California, Destination Type, Destinations, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Napa, North America, Travel, United States, Wine Events, Wine Region Tagged With: Accumen Winery, Ackerman Family Vineyard, Ad Viviu’s, Alpha Omega, Arrow and Branch, Atlas Peak, Baldacci, Barnett Vineyards, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, CADE Estate, Caldwell Vineyard, Chimney Rock, Cliff Lede, Clos du Val, Covert Estate, Far Niente, Flora Springs, Gemstone Vineyard, Grigich Hill, Harlan Estate, Herb Lamb Vineyards, Heritance Vintners, Hesperian, Hewitt Vineyard, Hoopes Vineyard, Inglenook, Italics Winegrowers, Michael Moondavi, Monticello Vineyard, Napa Valley Vintners, Nemerever, Oakville Ranch, Oakville wine, Pine Ridge, Pride Mountain Vineyard, Prime Solum, Provenance, Quintessa, Quixote, Rocca Family Vineyard, Rombauer, Rutherford, Rutherford Hill Winery, Schweiger Vineyards, Sequoia Grove Winery, Sill Family Vineyard, Spring Mountain, Spring Mountain Vineyard, St Supery, Stag's Leap Cellars, Stag's Leap Winery, Stags Leap District, Stanton Vineyard, Tabu Family, Teaderman Vineyard, TOR Wines, Tournesol Wine, Yountville

Silver Oak Winery Release Party 2019

February 7, 2019 Leave a Comment

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Sunday, February 2, 2019, was not only the day before Super Bowl Sunday, it was also the day of a Silver Oak release party in Oakville California. The long-awaited day was for the official release of the Silver Oak 2014 Napa Valley Cabernet. The day itself was rainy with periodic downpours that flooded the vineyards. But […]

Filed Under: California, Destinations, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Napa, North America, Travel, United States, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: cabernet, Silver Oak

The Best of Napa

February 6, 2019 Leave a Comment

We came, we tasted, we once again surrendered to the wines, the foods and the experiences of Napa Valley in California.  We provided blow-by-blow (o at least winery-by-winery and restaurant-by-restaurant descriptions of many of our favorite tops from our two week stay in Napa. Following are our three favorites in each of four categories: Napa […]

Filed Under: Art, Events, Featured-Trips, Napa, Restaurants, SF-Art, SF-Dining, SF-Wine/Wineries, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: art, Napa, wine tasting, wineries

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