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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

Napa Art and Music

July 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

Given all the focus on the valley’s incredible wineries and restaurants, one can be excused for not viewing it as a venue for seeing fine art. It is, however, more than worth searching out some of the valley’s often hidden artistic venues. Although we always try to visit a number of Yountville and St. Helena […]

Filed Under: Art, Napa, SF-Art, Wine Region Tagged With: art, Napa

Upper Valley Restaurants—St. Helena to Calistoga

July 16, 2014 Leave a Comment

This trip saw a return to two of our oft-visited area restaurants, CIA and Solbar, one big disappointment and discovery of Archetype, another new (at least for us) valley favorite. Archetype (St. Helena). What took us so long to discover this two-year old restaurant? We shared two dishes: peanut-crusted soft shell …

Filed Under: Dining, Napa, Restaurants, SF-Dining, Wine Region Tagged With: Napa, restaurants

Yountville and Rutherford Restaurants

July 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

Despite the incredible growth in Napa restaurants, Yountville remains  restaurant central for the Napa Valley. This being said, we did have to make one lunch stop at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford.  Ciccio (Yountville). Another new hit in this restaurant-obsessed town. The four of us began by splitting a crispy …

Filed Under: Dining, Napa, Restaurants, SF-Dining Tagged With: Napa, restaurants

Napa Wine Experiences—St. Helena to Calistoga

July 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

Our two weeks in Napa gave us the opportunity to spend more times than usual at a number of wineries. Some were new to us. Others, long-time favorites. The following posts on Napa Wine Experiences begins in Los Carneros, at the southern tip of the valley, and ends in St Helena and Calistoga, in the […]

Filed Under: Napa, SF-Wine/Wineries, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Napa, wineries

Napa Wine Experiences—Yountville to Oakville

July 15, 2014 Leave a Comment

Our two weeks in Napa gave us the opportunity to spend more times than usual at a number of wineries. Some were new to us. Others, long-time favorites. The following posts on Napa Wine Experiences begins in Los Carneros, at the southern tip of the valley, and ends in St Helena and Calistoga, in the […]

Filed Under: Napa, SF-Wine/Wineries, Wine Events, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Napa, wineries

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