New Napa Valley Museum flagship St. Helena location set to open in mid-March 2025 with reprise of popular Julia Child exhibition. She’s back! Well, almost. “Julia Child: A […]
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Itineraries, what to do, points of interest, restaurants, hotels, and background info, sorted by region. Napa Valley | Sonoma County | Mendocino County | Marin County | Paso
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Sip Bordeaux-style wines in historic winery’s Napa Valley tasting room. “The Eventual Choice of the American Public” reads the copy in a framed 1930s print ad for Martini
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Napa Valley collective debuts as a combination shop, café, and community “third space.” There’s style galore at NO|MA House Café & Collective, which opened in late summer 2023
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Discover the Best Napa Valley and Sonoma County tasting rooms for Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet, and more. The 30-second videos below introduce nearly three dozen great Napa Valley
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Historic Monte Rosso Vineyard hosts Reach for the Moon! Charter members of the fantastic farmers club, Phil Coturri, lead photo left, with Randy Peters, were among the winegrowers
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Best Amador County wineries, restaurants, and hotels. An Instagram follower DM’d me requesting wine-tasting tips for Plymouth and Amador County. I cover the region for Fodor’s California, albeit
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Healdsburg’s best wine-tasting collective showcases Sonoma-based small-production wineries. About a mile from Healdsburg Plaza along Westside Road, Spanish Mediterranean–style buildings ring the large piazza at Bacchus Landing, an
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Whites delight on a recent wine-tasting excursion to the land of bold reds. On a June 2022 press trip to the Lodi wine country, the big takeaway was
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Devastating fire motivated Sonoma County winery’s cofounder to introduce eco-friendly “regenerative” practices. In Sonoma County’s Alexander Valley subappellation about a 25-minute drive east of Healdsburg Plaza lies 338-acre
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