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Napa Suggestions
We are going back to Napa! We have been to the following wineries below. Do you have any other suggestions? I do not think we are going to do Sonoma this year but instead spend a day in the Calistoga region. We like cabs if that matters.
Thanks for your help! Below is a list of wineries we have tried:
Cline Cellars
Jacuzzi
Ravenswood
Domaine Carneros
Round Pond
Frogs Leap
Mumm
Rubicon
Peju
Del Dotto
Stags Leap
Mondavi
Luna
Hess
Alpha Omega
Beaulieu Vineyard
Chaix
Elizabeth Spencer
Meander
Honig
J. Moss
Lieff
Pedemonte
Raymond
St. Supery
Tres Sabores
Vice Versa
Ledson
Benzinger
Kenwood
Franciscan
Swanson
Robert Sinskey
Rutherford Ranch
Jacuzzi
Ravenswood
Domaine Carneros
Round Pond
Frogs Leap
Mumm
Rubicon
Peju
Del Dotto
Stags Leap
Mondavi
Luna
Hess
Alpha Omega
Beaulieu Vineyard
Chaix
Elizabeth Spencer
Meander
Honig
J. Moss
Lieff
Pedemonte
Raymond
St. Supery
Tres Sabores
Vice Versa
Ledson
Benzinger
Kenwood
Franciscan
Swanson
Robert Sinskey
Rutherford Ranch
Re: Napa Suggestions
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Thanks for the tips. We did French Laundry our last visit. LOVE...saw it in the blog.
We love Silverado (we're wine club members there). They have fantastic cabs! If you want to splurge, their library tasting of older and reserve wines is fantastic.
We also really like Whitehall Lane and Conn Creek (members there too). Whitehall Lane has some great cabs and they do a really nice food pairing tasting upstairs in a private room. Conn Creek does a wine blending that is pretty incredible too - you get to blend your own wine from a dozen different cabs from various appellations in the valley. I learned so much in that session and had a lot of fun (their wines are great too).
They don't do cabs, but Prager Port works is really fun (need appointment) and Venge does an excellent tour and tasting (also appt only). And I have heard great things about Chappallet, Scribe, and Balducci (all need appt).
You didn't ask, but some general restaurant recs:
Redd and Bottega for a fancier dinner (I've not done FL but I think both of these have incredible food that's a more affordable alternative for a big night out)
Redd Wood - great pizza and pasta
Farmstead - really solid farm to table food. the burger is excellent
Goose and Gander - awesome cocktails
I'm in SF and head up to Napa and Sonoma about once a month so if you have any other questions, let me know.
Our two favorites on our Napa tour were The Terraces and Salvestrin. Both were private tours that our tour guide set up though. However, you could call ahead. At The Terraces, the owner drove us around the vineyard in his golf cart, let us taste his 12 year old balsamic vinegar and had us taste wine in his kitchen. It was awesome.
I also agree that Prager Ports was fun as well.