Napa
Travel Blogs from Napa, United States
Nov 15, 2008
Run, Eat and Drink at Napa
... the day before, drove and stayed at Santa Rosa. After the race, we stayed two nights at bed and breakfast inn in Calistoga, tried the mud spa, visited old fathful geyser, the petroleum forest, several wineries, and Copia in Napa, enjoyed the wine and ...
El principio del final
... , no sin antes perdernos una media hora por aquí y por allá hasta dar de nuevo con la carretera indicada. Ya en Napa fuimos directo al RV Camp el cual está muy nice, campirano, con sus arboles, sin nada alrededor, aprovechamos para jugar un ...
Day Eight
... scene for "full house". Not that I really wanted to know, but Nikki knew that. Out of the city we go up towards Napa and we took it from the north and stopped into the Sterling Winery. It was a self guided tour with wine stops along the way ...
Napa
So, mittlerweile haben wir einen grossen Bogen durch den Norden Kaliforniens gemacht und auch sehr viel gesehen, wesentlich mehr als mit dem Velo. Es hat eben auch grosse Vorteile mit einem Auto zu reisen. Man kann mal schnell runter ins Dorf, sich ein ...
Spectacular Scenery
... tumbling into the Pacific, huge waves with blowback mist in aqua and deep blue water - WOW! Ever changing coastal vistas made this a memorable days' journey. Currently at the Marriott Napa Valley & Spa. Bob and Maureen ...
Mammoth Lakes (CA) to Napa (CA)
... and then we were out of the park and on the interstate. Long drive today so it was at least 7pm when we got to Napa. We stayed at the Westin and got upgraded to the most massive suite, excellent!!! Wonderful seafood dinner and then hit the bed. Massive ...
Napa and Sonoma with Book Club
... from Westchester, very cute. The tastings we tried were: Honig 2008 Sauvignon Blanc Rutherford, 2006 Honig Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley (solid wine), 2006 Honig Cabarnet Sauvignon Bartolucci vineyard (big and bold), 2008 Honig Late Harvest Sauvignon ...
del dotto winery
We booked a tour at the Del Dotto winery, which has 'caves' full of barrels of different wines. These wines are all reds, each aging in different types of oak, and each having its own distinct taste. We tasted many, many, wines, some of which are ...
San Francisco
... but that didn't put the kids off sitting outside, while Annie and I sat inside and had a drink. The ferry takes about an hour to get to Vallejo, where Phil picked us up and took us back to his house in Napa, where we'd stay for the next few nights. ...
Hiking in Bothe St. Park, wine tasting, steaming
... egg, avocado breakfast. Would have never imagined this combination. Seriously yummy. Then we are off to hike in Bothe-Napa State Park about a 2 miles from the Ranch. It is a beautiful redwood forest. We were in the forest around ...
Blending in (in?) Wine Country: One Fabulous Day!
... a lifetime experience. I think it’s safe to say it places a distant third in preferential order, though! We headed into Napa to the Visitor Center, where we learned about a local RV park in town. However, they, once again, ...
The French Laundry
We didn't love Napa as much as we were expecting – it’s really touristy and almost a bit like Vegas in that they try to replicate some castles and buildings from Italy. The French Laundry, however, was amazing. It's my favorite part of ...
Craziest road trip EVER
... stop in at one of the outlets though and got some nice sweaters and pants for our fall wardrobe... After Napa, we headed over to Sonoma and had a nice lunch in the Sunflower cafe. I had a really ...
The start....Finally
... not to mention stealing valuable storage space from friends) we managed to get our lives packed into Ruby (the Subaru) and farewell Napa. The toughest part by far was saying goodbye to our adopted little friend, Key-Yat. The introduction to ...
Napa-Calistoga: Persian Palaces to Gas Nozzle Wine
... case it isn't obvious, I like wine. Actually, I love wine and wine tasting. However, I was honestly a little skeptical about Napa. I love Monterey, Sonoma, and Paso Robles. Yet when discussing Napa with others in the non-Napa wine industry, the most ...
FUN in the JUNGLE!
Ziplining thru the jungle. I am not quite used to awakening at 5:30 am, but must admit I am much better at it now, now that I've been "forced to" in order to see the sights. It was a 20 minute ride up more muddy roads to a beautiful ...
Pix Of Sonoma & Napa
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The Wine Country Tour DeJour
... about 6 p.m. and we able to be in first class. Got there, picked up our "Hot" car-see picture and headed for Napa. When we arrive there we were starved and went into the Marriott Restaurant at the Hotel. It was excellent and we had a ...
Sunny and Warm
... to Napa. Weather man said they broke a record today. Our journey took us on some really narrow and bumpy roads. Napa Valley is a beautiful place. Large homes, and many many winery's. Tomorrow we plan to visit some of them. We are ...
Schramsberg vinyard visit and day on Napa Valley
... ) in Iceland, but this was a different but still interesting experience - it spouted for much longer at a time. The we drove back down the Napa valley to our hotel where we had an early night (time difference still playing ...
Wine Tasting
Following our corny stop in Davis, we braved the traffic and the crowds to head to the Napa and Sonoma Valleys for a bit of wine tasting. Americans being Americans (i.e. generally wankers), they charge for wine tasting... even for trying as few as four ...
2 into 1 don't fit
We finishd our lovely picnic and drove down the road to the fairground. We pulled into our reserved space and there was a small RV parked in the wrong direction and another in the space next to us. They explained they were together and we seemed to ...
Running on Chicago time in California
... in 45 minutes early which was a bonus. On the down side, Joan's (em's mom) flight was an hour late. Arriving in Napa the first order of business was our stomachs not our palates and we stopped at a cute mexican grocery store that served amazing burritos ...
Day Nine
... drinking and driving, but still wanted to be able to see as many of the wineries as possible, so we booked a tour with the Napa Valley Wine Shuttle. It was a great decision! It was a small tour, with 3 guys about our age from Western ...
The time has come the walrus said...
... be fun. Wine Buys: 1. Faille Hirsch Vineyard Pinot Noir 2007 2. Faille Estate Syrah 2007 3. Chateau Montelena Estate Chardonnay 1995 4. Chateau Montelena Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 5. Reverie Cabernet Franc 2006 6. Reverie Petit Verdot 2006 ...

