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 shades of red, then you should expect to fall in...
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Pick a couple of great Harvest Activities
Weekend wine tasting in Napa is fun year ‘round, but things really swing into high gear when the grapes are crushed at the end of summer. Winery workers are up at the crack of dawn (and frequently before) – picking, sorting, transporting bins, crushing, cleaning, checking, testing, moving barrels, running equipment, and in general...
| Continue reading >>A Perfect Day Wine Tasting – November
Putting together a perfect day in the Napa Valley: November 10:00 am It was a gorgeous fall day so we busted our 1967 Firebird out of the garage and took it for a drive up valley. November through January has the best foliage colors and I could have spent all day in the car...
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Another installment in the series about putting together a perfect day in the Napa Valley. January I had a girlfriend visiting and we thought it would be nice to get away and spend some time – just the two of us. We knew we only had a few hours to hit the wineries and...
| Continue reading >>Comfortable Consumptions at McKenzie-Mueller
If casual wine tasting is your style, pack the jean shorts and grab a light sweater as you head off to McKenzie Mueller Vineyards & Winery. Nestled in beautiful Napa, McKenzie Mueller is a family-owned winery with dogs to boot! You can park once you pass the private house and be sure to head...
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