Napa Valley Vacation

[chuck 0]

I'm going to be in Napa with my wife for a couple of days before labor day weekend. We are looking to go to 6-8 vineyards - anyone had any good/not so good experiences to share as far as vineyards go.

Appreciate it!

wde

[Proud Tiger 4,261]

I'm going to be in Napa with my wife for a couple of days before labor day weekend.  We are looking to go to 6-8 vineyards - anyone had any good/not so good experiences to share as far as vineyards go.

Appreciate it!

wde

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My favorite is Opus One. It's my favotite wine and when you go there you understand whay it stands abovee the rest. Second is Sterling. You will enjoy it. Others I like are Mondavi and Clos du Bois.

[rexbo 104]

6-8? Don't do them all at once, you will end up driving off one of those golden hills...

[rolltoomer 0]

Beware the "Wine Train". It's a neat trip on a vintage train through the wine country, but the locals hate it.

[Jenny AU-92 0]

In Sonoma, do Rodney Strong and the one next door "J" (obviously my fav ) The J champagne is INCREDIBLE. I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E. I keep a bottle in my house at all times. They also charge a lot for a tasting, BUT... they do food pairings with it too, so it is more than worth it.

J Lohr is Fabulous too. LOVE their Cab.

The gardens at Beringer are worth going to see - just don't drink the wine (ha).

Between Napa and Sonoma is the Coppola winery - as in Francis Ford. Pretty good stuff.

Ferrari Carano is a pinko leftwing vinyard - they are HUGE Clinton supporters, even tho they are Italian, and supplied a LOT of the wines for the state dinners at the White House during Slick's term. They also have a HUGE bronze statue of an Arkansas Razorback on the front lawn. Beautiful winery and the tour is very interesting, but PINKO!

Ironically, I just got back tonight from a weekend in the Niagara wine country in Ontario, Canada. I am just about "wined out" for at least a week.

[Tiger in Spain 0]

Forget that brown bag Napa rot gut anti-freeze. You guys need to come over to real wine country. Once you go Tuscan or Jerez, you never go back to California!

[SKCAUB 0]

Just give me a nice cheap Lambrusco ANY time.

[Guest Tigrinum Major]

Is Boone's Farm in California?

[eibua12 81]

Yes Boone's is in Cali .. Under the sudo name Gallo