Napa Bound

[...] I just added to my assortment of one-day excursions to Napa Valley wineries.  Each features a selection of four wineries.  The wineries selected are all related, [...]

[...] www.stclement.com I had two motivations for my prompt return to Napa Valley this week.  First off, I was eager to try out my new SLR on the fall color in Napa Valley [...]

[...] - 6 / Wines - 6 Range:  1 to 9 (9 is best, 5 is average) Nestled among the few redwoods in Napa Valley.  Cabernets and interesting whites. www.sequoiagrove.com This place has a lot of wood … and [...]

[...] half-bottles online. Then, I found these 2005’s at a wine shop in Saint Helena while visiting Napa Valley and scooped up a few.  On my second visit to the winery, [...]

[...] early harvest season, with great quality in the grapes.  And from what I have seen, the fall color will likely arrive similarly early.  In late vintages, the fall color will peak around [...]

I spent the day in Napa Valley and was fortunate to find that much of the brilliant foliage was still clinging to the vines, but not all of it.  Most [...]

[...] return to Napa Valley this week.  First off, I was eager to try out my new SLR on the fall color in Napa Valley before any more weather stripped the foliage from the vines.  Second, I [...]

[...] www.corison.com It was time again to pick up my wine club shipment at Corison winery.  This time my pickup consisted of two bottles of the 2010 Kronos Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon. [...]

www.corison.com I had my own wine club pickup at Corison, which was my main motivation for my trip to Napa Valley today.  Every March, the wine club [...]

[...] operations on the main highway without stopping in.  The winery is the next-door neighbor to Corison Winery, where I am a wine club member, so you know [...]

[...] www.elizabethspencerwines.com The one problem I can think of with the Elizabeth Spencer Wines tasting room is that it is too convenient to the main highway.  Nearly every time I pass [...]

www.elizabethspencerwines.com I must be a good friend.  After all, I am willing to stop at the winery where my friend is a wine club member, pick up [...]

www.elizabethspencerwines.com It was time for a return trip to Napa Valley to pick up an assortment of wine-club shipments, both for me and my friend [...]

www.elizabethspencerwines.com My second stop of the day was Elizabeth Spencer.  The main reason for my visit here was to pick up my friend’s wine [...]

www.provenancevineyards.com Okay, so this winery was largely responsible for the timing of my visit this month.  And, rather than coming during norm [...]

www.provenancevineyards.com  Between my wine club pick-up and a case of Carneros Merlot that I acquired on sale, I had quite a bit of wine to t [...]

www.provenancevineyards.com Here is one nice feature about buying wine from a winery …  Provenance put one of the single-vineyard Merlots (a 2007) [...]

[...] www.provenancevineyards.com I like to take people to Provenance Vineyards to show off the quality of their wines.  Folks who enjoy white wines often take a liking [...]

[...] Winery - 8 / Wines - 7 Range:  1 to 9 (9 is best, 5 is average) Beautifully decorated tasting room in central Yountville. Cabernet blends and Chardonnay. www.hestan.com When I first discovered [...]

[...] Tasting Room - 4 / Wines - 5 Range:  1 to 9 (9 is best, 5 is average) Ideal outdoor tasting for good [...]

[...] wine, I would leave disappointed because they did not have enough bottles left to pour in the tasting room.  I guess I will simply have to be surprised by this wine.  [...]

I still remember when I first discovered a few half-bottles of 2001 Oroppas online and ordered some.  The wine rating was 93 points, so it couldn’t [...]

After tasting the 2005 vintage of this wine, I was eager to try the 2008.  Noting how many of the 2008’s are starting to come alive now, I thought [...]

Whether you buy just two bottles or a few cases of any wine, you will eventually be faced with opening the last bottle.  When it is a wine that lacks [...]

www.stclement.com Saint Clement was patiently holding onto my July wine-club shipment, so the primary motivation for my trip today was to relieve the [...]

www.stclement.com Next stop on the agenda was Saint Clement, after stopping to pick up some sandwiches at Ranch Market Too in Yountville. My hope was [...]

www.stclement.com I had two motivations for my prompt return to Napa Valley this week.  First off, I was eager to try out my new SLR on the fall col [...]