Chef Rogelio Garcia draws inspiration from Mexico and California for Michelin-star restaurant’s tasting menu. A glorious alfresco setting with Calistoga Palisades views greeted a media contingent invited to Auro Napa […]
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Chef Thomas Lents celebrates the union of old and new world techniques and sensibilities. An exceptional, intellectually satisfying dining experience awaits at Violetto, the restaurant inside the white
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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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Intimate festival showcases Chardonnay and other white grapes in sparkling and still wines. Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley wine region is best known for Pinot Noir, but each February
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Fantastic wines, au courant cuisine, sticker-price delight in Mendocino County. Northern California wine lovers nostalgic for the days before glitz and high prices overtook Napa and Sonoma often
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Itinerary: Compact Napa Valley town is an ideal destination for wine tasting, dining, and shopping on foot. As the author of a Wine Country guidebook, I’m constantly on
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Play games, watch sports on TV, toss back a few, dine on elevated comfort cuisine. My dining companion and I got an instant good feeling upon arrival at
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Plymouth’s Grand Reserve Inn an excellent perch for Amador County winery and restaurant excursions. In late Spring 2023, the women behind Teneral Cellars purchased Amador County’s Grand Reserve Inn, where every
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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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Social-media highlights of Taste of Sonoma 2022 wine and food festival, plus three Sonoma County wineries – Inman, Anaba, and Pedroncelli – focused on sustainability. Taste of Sonoma
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