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Travel Blogs from Napa, United States
Nothing like a picnic at a winery
We are having a lovely picnic with our friend Kay and a friend of hers Sandy from Castro Valley. Kay was willing to come over so we did not have to take the RV into the Bay area. Kay, her busband Don, David and I had several picnics here in the ...
Turkey in the woods
... and of course Sally and Campbell.... for extending the invitation and making it all possible. Bravo! The following day we drove to Napa Valley in search of fine food and wine. Hamish had been trying to swing a late booking at ´The French Laundry´, ...
The Grapes of Wrath
... Pacific Coast Highway itself should be a wonder of the world, with some of the more fascinating views in all the United States. Muir Woods was a daunting and mind-blowing experience, layered with redwood trees exceeding heights of 250 feet. It was ...
Losing My Napa Wine Tasting Virginity
On Saturday, 21 Jan, I officially lost my Napa Valley Wine Tasting virginity. Hard to believe - I know - since Napa has been pretty much in my own backyard for most of my life, that this was actually the first time I went wine tasting here. I had made ...
2 Tage Napa Valley
... Santa Cruz weiter den Highway 1 Richtung San Francisco habe ich mich entschieden an SF vorbeizufahren und einen Abstecher nach Napa Valley zu machen. Ein wunderschoenes Weinanbaugebiet noerdlich von San Francisco. Hab mich dort fuer 2 Tage in einem ...
Wine tasting at Sterling Vineyards
This is the first time I went to a vineyards. We tasted five different wines, and I like 4 of them. The one that I like the most is Malvasia Bianca. They have this mini air-tram to go to the building. They are located at 1111 Dunaweal Ln, Calistoga, ...
Change in Plans...
... be open all the way. Armed with this knowledge, we were able to cancel our lodge reservation there, and extend our upcoming visit in Napa. So after chipping a good 1/4 inch of ice off our car, we ate and drove west and north. In under an ...
Wine Tasting In Napa
... , but then also they had an argyle one on sale. So now Nash is styling with his argyle harness. From there we headed to Napa valley to taste some vino. I found a Napa valley website that had some 2 for 1 tasting coupons. So we visited ...
Arrive in Napa
Drove down from Portola to Napa. My Aunt Kristin and her friend Fox, dropped my mom and I off. We all went to the Chef's Market on Friday night which was fun. Grandpa and Grandma Belton took me to their winetasting art show they attended, and then we meet ...
What a beautiful valley!
... . We drove over the hills to Calistoga. It is, as I understand it, the town on the north end of the Napa Valley. Everywhere you look, there are grape vines--different types, some vineyards flat, some lining steep hills. The drive wasn't ...
Today we hike and enjoy the spa
... walk into the shade and start to get a chill. The forest glows with magnificent colors and textures. The view of the Napa valley is a sight to behold. We make our way back down the hill looking forward to massages and soaking in hot water. ...
Napa Valley
... road with a hundred or more switchbacks into Calistoga. We took the gondola up to Sterling Winery for breathtaking views of Napa Valley and some wine tasting. Then we stopped at a much smaller winery called August Briggs and sampled more ...
Napa
... started our day tasting some lovely bubbles at Domaine Carneros then went to other wineries, mostly private appointments, from Napa up to St Helena where we stayed. The tasting rooms were so incredibly beautiful and all staff so ...
We have achieved mellow
... mustard covered hills created a dramatic contrast between the of yellow mustard and black bare vines. We drove over to the Bothe-Napa state park where we walked through the lush forest. I looked for mushrooms as the forest calls me to ...
Druiwe trosse en blink karre
... plek - of ten minste op 'n plek, sodat nuwe dinge met jou kan gebeur. Het 'n dagtrip 'n uit San Francisco beplan- uit na die Napa vallei (die wyn vallei van California). Dis net so uur se ry. En so ry ons boere nog so, met sussie en haar karsiek ...
Carving Pumpkins
... the Americans do breakfast well - plenty of pancakes, eggs, bacon, omellettes and coffee to go around. Downtown Joe's overlooks the Napa River and is walking distance from Phil's place, but it was cool and raining this morning so we drove instead. ...
Mad traffic... and (ahhh)... Mud Baths
... road. The other minor stressor today was the fact that we hadn't quite secured accommodation yet, and it turns out that the Napa/Sonoma areas are not conducive to this particular way of traveling. After talking to several locals about this, it seems ...
More pics from the Cloudforest
Monteverde/St. Helena, the zipline canopy tour, and the cloud forest reserve was a great experience. I have always wanted to engage in such an experience and it is tempting to save up a few k and move down here for 3 months. ...
Napa
... Tom was willing to share his passion for wine and this winery with us. We ate at an Italian Restaurant in Napa and drank a 1996 Cabernet Sauvignon (mainly) that Enid produced from her cellar. It was from Beaulieu winery, where ...
Into the wine tasting today
Todays the day to taste but not too much as we are all riding or driving, shame!!! Went to Markham, Sterling (no Tasting) and Mumm for the champagne. Quite different from home and really didn;t find wine to compare with ours, but did end up with a magnam ...
Golf with Co-workers before our meeting
I was supposed to play golf with the other Houston guys. But since I was sick, I went back to bed. I did put a couple of golf course photos from my walking around in the previous entry. The course did look nice - but I know I made the right decision to ...