Napa, United States Travel Blogs

California Dreaming
Aug 28, 2003 (5 photos)

... wander around Calistoga before heading back to the car. We headed down the Silverado Trail which is the scenic route through The Napa Valley Wine Region and it didn't disapoint. There were dozens and dozens of Wineries (they don't call them Vinyards here ...

where are all the bears..
Aug 24, 2004 (2 photos)

... there was no snow for us. It was´t very sunny in Tahoe so we decided not to stay and instead headed up to the Napa Wine Valley east of San Francisco. We found a lovely little town called Calistoga which was just one main street of shops, a couple of bars ...

Fall Colours
Nov 19, 2007 (4 photos)

... . But there was one final treat in store for us before the deadening drive up the I-5 Highway. The picturesque Highway 128 from Napa Valley, past Lake Berryessa, and out to Highway 505 was as interesting a drive as we had been on the entire trip. It ...

CA's Wine Country (World)-- Napa Valley (US&C)
Sep 26, 2007

... splendor. Since that time, I have gone several times with my DH. We enjoy wine tasting and visiting the many wineries within Napa, Sonoma and the surrounding areas. I couldn't even begin to count all the wineries that we have been to; there are just ...

Wine tasting in the Napa Valley!
Jun 17, 2009 (45 photos)

Our Napa Valley Wine Tasting tour started with a 90 minute bus ride from San Francisco to the Domaine Chandon Winery in Napa. We received a tour through the Chandon facility and learned about the wine-making and aging process.  Afterwards, we tasted ...

San Francisco to Napa
Oct 23, 2007 (6 photos)

... side of the road twice :)  Repeat after me.. turn left onto the RIGHT side of the road!!   Drove down the highway to Napa, took about an hour or so.  Stopped at 2 wineries along the way.. Robert Mondavi, who is the "grand-daddy" of wine in ...

Napa and Sonoma County
Feb 18, 2008 (60 photos)

... and you have to decide which part you want to camp out in.  We chose Sonoma, a quieter...more laid back town versus nearby Napa that tends to be very crowded and very touristy.  I had BIG ambitions to see a lot... but alas, it's impossible to do ...

Day 5: Santa Clara and Napa
Jul 4, 2009 (10 photos)

... my very last minute email, and that Pat and Danny were so patient in looking for the site. Next we drove to the town of Napa, which I guess is the gateway to the Napa Valley, and here I had my first disappointment.  It just wasn't what  I was ...

Wine, Wine, wine,
Aug 17, 2009 (9 photos)

Took several great tours & tastings and also visited the CIA - Culinary Institute of America. Great success :-)

Nipping the bottle in Napa
Sep 7, 2007 (14 photos)

... at racing events and also met him once while he was in Michigan promoting his (then) new wines.  A very beautiful estate in Napa Valley.  We enjoyed seeing it very much.  A real newcomer was next.  Black Stallion - the old riding club ...

Driving Mr. Ambassador
Oct 21, 2006 (4 photos)

... to our school to give several lectures and talks on Chinese foreign policy.  At the end of the week, he needed a ride to Napa.  I was chosen to drive him and his wife.  Having gotten them there safely, they invited me to taste wine with them ...

Napa Tourists Suck
Jul 21, 2009 (10 photos)

... and high-end, and suddenly our dusty, bug-spattered Kia felt downright country bumpkin. For anyone who’s ever travelled through Spain, Napa is a near dead ringer. This time of year, the grass is a hay-like yellow, and the trees dotting the hills ...

Finding My Nature
Jul 22, 2009 (12 photos)

... Small Hotel of the World (Joe is an ace on Priceline, he and William Shatner go way back).ready to conquer Napa’s offerings. After a lovely breakfast at our hotel with the daughters of the revolution where Joe had a major spilling incident mentioned ...

Biking the bridge, Alcatraz, and rainy Napa in RV
May 8, 2009 (34 photos)

... it is compact. The first few days were a bit of a washout as it was very wet and cold with lots of rain. Napa and it's lovley undulating vine covered fields was so grey and overcast we could hardly see over the hills and although there for 4 days we ...

Liz and Tim in Napa
Jul 8, 2008 (6 photos)

After we enjoyed SF, we journeyed on to Napa.

Beautiful Napa,lots of allergies.and a blanket.
Dec 16, 2007

Having a blanket and a convertible in the winter in San Francisco is fantastic.

Napa Valley - Wine Country
Aug 9, 2007 (10 photos)

After having lunch in Carmel, we cruised on up to the Napa Valley wine district. If you are interested in wine and Californian wine in particular, rent the Paul Giamatti movie 'Sideways', which takes place in California just to the South of Napa.   ...

Chardonnay and Cycling... (not at the same time)
Apr 8, 2007 (4 photos)

... The last two days have been fantastic and also busy. Yesterday, being Friday, Kathryn and I made our way to Napa Valley  for the afternoon, where we took two winery tours and enjoyed eight different wines as "tastings."  The weather ...

Napa - castle of love, legend of wine
Aug 24, 2007 (32 photos)

... was so refreshing, reminding me of Helen Keller's first impression of water in her hand. ... We finished our day walking around downtown Napa and had some really nice, cool, pint beer!! Yeah! Beer! Reminding us of "zum schneider" back in Manhattan :) I ...

Jelly Bellies + Wine = A Fine Combination
Jun 16, 2009 (4 photos)

... /cheese shop. We will give them a little credit in this department. Left and drove to where we were staying up the road, Bothe-Napa Valley State Park. Upon entering, we were very pleased. It was in the forest, the sites were private and wooded, and it was ...

Napa
Apr 21, 2009 (26 photos)

... ;Situation. he he he.  Die Leute kennen mich schon fast zu gut, wird Zeit dass ich abhaue;-) Wie gesagt, Napa ist ein bisschen snobby, aber mir gefaellt das Tal wirklich gut. Die koennen Raeubergeschichten erzaehlen soviel sie wollen, mich duenkt ...

Napa
Apr 8, 2009 (62 photos)

Text?? Text ist genug unter den Bildern hoe hoe hoe!!

Aug 01, 2009
Aug 1, 2009 (13 photos)

Mendocino and Sonoma counties
Sep 23, 2009

At Leggett we decide to get on Highway 1 and see more of the coast. The first part of the ride almost puts Denise down for the count, she's riding shotgun and is unprepared for the twists and turns and dips and dives, cliffs and mist, and almost loses her ...

THE PINK MANSION
Sep 17, 2009 (27 photos)

OMG. Omg omg omg!! HUR skall jag nånsin kunna beskriva denna upplevelse så att det kommer fram i dess fulla (!) betydelse? Ord räcker inte till! Min dröm, det jag har tjatat om, tusentals klick på Google och så en uppenbarelse, THE PINK MANSION, stod där och ...

Napa Valley: Not quite old enough yet.
Aug 22, 2004 (6 photos)

So after our little glimpse of L.A., we woke up in Patterson and started North towards Napa Valley. We drove through more hills and listened to Rush Limbaugh. No seriously. In sort of a know thy enemy sort of thing, we indulged the fat drug addict. All ...

18 Days and counting....
Apr 16, 2009

I cant believe i am actually going to South America. I'm departing from SFO at 1245am connecting in El Salvador for an hour and then arriving around 245pm in Lima Peru. I still haven't decided if i am going to stay the night in Lima or if i am going to ...

Napa Valley
Sep 14, 2007 (8 photos)

The next day, on our way to Sacramento, we drove through Napa Valley. What beautiful country, in its own right. The hills behind the vineyard were dry, which contrasted beautifully with the green of the bunches of grapes. We got a tip from a few locals ...

Hic!
Jun 8, 2006 (5 photos)

... is the vineyards and there can't be that many alcoholics in one place. Sonoma was such a charming place but as like everywhere in the States, carved up by wide roads that take about 10 hours to cross due to lack of stop signs. And then the cars stop for ...

Sipping wine in the valley
Aug 25, 2007 (23 photos)

Miles so far: 4551 Number of wines drank: About 30 Amount of money spent in just wine: $300 Napa Valley was by far my favorite place on the trip, but we still have a ways to go.  The night we got to Napa it was about 5 o clock when most of ...