Innsider Tips and Topics: A Napa Valley Blog
Quenching your Beer Quest

(Beer Blog Part 2)
Notwithstanding the new found popularity of tap rooms, nanobreweries, micropubs, and the surge of craft beers from all corners, there is one old-school proprietor in Napa that debunks the beer craze as just the newest cool fad.
In this instance,
Breaking the Beer Barrier

(Beer Blog Part 1)
In Napa, wine is king. We know this because there are more tasting rooms and wineries per capita here than any other location in the US. Even the grocery store aisles boast more rows of the local product, than
Bloody Mary is the drink I love!

AND THAT AIN’T TOO DAMN BAD (APOLOGIES TO SOUTH PACIFIC)!
If you are crazy about the Bloody Mary there are a couple of stops on the local’s list for this alcoholic eye-opener. While some people focus on the mix, others are about the
April Showers you with Art

There is magic in the arts.
Art enriches life in so many ways — by creating beauty, by making difficult subjects more palatable, by bringing people together, and by inspiring us to think beyond the
THE NAPA VALLEY WINE TRAIN: GETTING THE NAPA EXPERIENCE ON TRACK

The amazing Napa Valley Wine Train
You can’t come to downtown Napa without seeing or hearing the Napa Valley Wine Train. This marvelous train is an amazing collection of vintage rolling stock, an outstanding restaurant, a great wine shop and wine bar, and
The beautiful bloom of mustard in the Napa Valley

When you live in a predominantly agricultural area, every season produces beautiful scenery. For Napa, the lingering sun and Mediterranean climate produce spectacular foliage almost year round.
The grape vines, of course, are handsome in all their permutations: the bare wood of winter
In “case” you need some Valentine ideas

In Napa, Valentine’s Day is something we wine about . . . a lot.
WHAT BETTER THING TO TOAST THAN SWEET AFFECTION?
If you have decided to participate in the annual rite of love affirmation typically held on February 14 and celebrated with varying
Ride the Santa Train

Add a little bit of Old Fashioned Charm to your holidays
New this year: A rare and magical holiday evening that mixes childish wonder with a piece of bona fide Americana when the Napa Valley Wine Train becomes Napa’s version of
Oh the guilty pleasure of the cover band

I admit it. I’m guilty. I have Old School taste — especially in music. I love the toe-tapping tunes of pop radio. I sing mournfully along with sappy ballads. I rock out in my car, at stoplights, to exuberant strains of 80’s
Napa Crack’d

If you live in California, it is very likely you have felt the earth convulse. While technically temblors are shakers, and people report rocking and rolling, the ones that have occurred around my domiciles have felt more like a Snap. Crackle. And
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