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Entries Tagged as 'Napa Valley'

Winery Review: Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments

We chose to visit Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, in Napa Valley’s picturesque and low-key Stags Leap District, primarily due to the winery’s historic role in the famous Paris tasting of 1976.  We had expected throngs of tourists and tour buses, given the winery’s significance in California wine history.  Fortunatey for us, since we’re really not much for big crowds, our preconceived […]

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Tags: Napa Valley · Stags Leap District · Winery Reviews

Winery Review: Pine Ridge Winery

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

We were thoroughly pleased with our visit to Pine Ridge Winery, in Napa Valley’s Stags Leap District, last Sunday — the location was gorgeous, the tasting room’s atmosphere lively, the pourers friendly, and the wine, exquisite.  As we pulled into the winery’s parking area, we were struck by the unique beauty of the setting.  The tasting room, which resembles an Italian […]

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Winery Review: Chateau Montelena

March 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Since we had the fortune of spending a decadent night at Calistoga Ranch (as we described two weeks ago), we decided to combine the trip with a visit to nearby Chateau Montelena.  We had recently finished reading Judgment of Paris by George M. Taber, the only reporter to have witnessed the 1976 blind tasting contest that […]

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Tags: Calistoga · Napa Valley · Winery Reviews

Winery Review: Barnett Vineyards

March 17th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We had just about accepted that we weren’t going to make it in time for our 11:30 a.m. tasting appointment last Sunday at Barnett.  We had rushed out of the house in a frenzy, and according to our GPS, at 10:15 a.m., had an hour-and-a-half’s drive ahead of us.   Luckily for us, though, we managed to pick […]

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