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Napa Sonoma Recommendations?
Going this summer to napa sonoma to pay homage to wine...any
suggestions on where to stay in napa and or sonoma...best wine tasting rooms...best wineries to see etc.. thanks in advance!!! |
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> wrote in message oups.com... > Going this summer to napa sonoma to pay homage to wine...any > suggestions on where to stay in napa and or sonoma...best wine tasting > rooms...best wineries to see etc.. > > thanks in advance!!! Hi SD I'm an Aussie wine geek but I think I can help a little. I took my kids (12 & 13) to Disneyland last September and I planned my "Disneyland" trip as part of it, I spent the weekend of 25, 26 September 2004 in the Napa Valley with dinner at the French Laundry in Yountville on Saturday 25 September as the highlight. I worked 16 winerys in 2 days, 4 before lunch & 4 after each day and there are many highlights for me. The bubbles at Schramsberg were equisite and Vincent Arroyo was spectacular (a Petit Verdot & a Cab Sav that were absolute killers) I had a pinotage at Stelzner that made me re think an entire variety. I also loved the Franciscan Oakville Estate. 16 Napa winerys from halfway around the world and I remember these 4 as outstanding for their wine. If you are just tourists (and not wine geeks) there are plenty of wine tourism places to go. Domaine Chandon, Neibaum Coppola, Robert Mondavi were those kind of places (ordinary wine though). Another highlight of our trip, I have to say, is when I told the waitress at the French Laundry that I would only drink Napa wines, I mean I'd spent 14 and a 1/2 hours on a plane from Melbourne to LA (then to Vegas then to SF, then I had to drive a car on the WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD over 100 miles) why would I drink French wines? I'll drink them when I'm in France. As for accomodation we stayed the night at the Marriot in Napa and it was OK. For lunch we picked up bread at the Bouchon Bakery in Yountville and got provisions from the Oakville Grocery and had a picnic each day. We also got some cool things for the picnics at the St Helena Olive Company. Enjoy your trip. Cheers Andrew |
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Few tips:
#1-If you can avoid the weekends you will avoid crowds and save money. Most lodging is cheaper Sunday to Thursday. #2. I really enjoy lodging at Yountville, St. Helena or Calistoga in that order. www.napavalley.com has great site for B & B/Lodging. #3. Dinners I really enjoy Bistro Pierre Jeanty in Yountville, the Pinot Blanc in St. Helena and La toche in Oakville. #4. Lodging my favorites are as follows: Bordeaux House in Yountville Maison Fleury in Yountville Simple/humble is the "El Bonita" in St. Helena Wineries tours I really enjoy: My favorites are Schramsberg for Sparkling, Franks Family Wines for Reds...don't miss their back room tastings. http://napavalley.com/wineries/alphalistings.html#S Enjoy trip. > wrote in message oups.com... > Going this summer to napa sonoma to pay homage to wine...any > suggestions on where to stay in napa and or sonoma...best wine tasting > rooms...best wineries to see etc.. > > thanks in advance!!! > |
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Andrew Goldfinch wrote:
> The > bubbles at Schramsberg were equisite and Vincent Arroyo was spectacular (a > Petit Verdot & a Cab Sav that were absolute killers) Great choices of places to visit. Vincent Arroyo makes great wine with no pretense at all ... Dana |
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"Dana H. Myers" > wrote in message ... > Andrew Goldfinch wrote: >> The >> bubbles at Schramsberg were equisite and Vincent Arroyo was spectacular >> (a >> Petit Verdot & a Cab Sav that were absolute killers) > > Great choices of places to visit. Vincent Arroyo makes > great wine with no pretense at all ... I tasted some of his wines last year and concur. He knows what he's doing. Tom S |
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Drink em all.
> wrote in message oups.com... > Going this summer to napa sonoma to pay homage to wine...any > suggestions on where to stay in napa and or sonoma...best wine tasting > rooms...best wineries to see etc.. > > thanks in advance!!! > |
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Drink em all.
> wrote in message oups.com... > Going this summer to napa sonoma to pay homage to wine...any > suggestions on where to stay in napa and or sonoma...best wine tasting > rooms...best wineries to see etc.. > > thanks in advance!!! > |
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