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 villa from the outside with its pastel-colored stucco walls and colorful flowers decorating the entrance, clings to the foot of steep vine-covered hills, each with layers of trees that climb from base to peak and gently follow the hills’ contours.  

The tasting room itself was airy and modern, with large-tiled floors, wood-panelled, curved tasting bars, and pale-yellow and stone walls.  We were presented with an option of two tasting menus, one for $15, which included Rose, Chardonnay, and Malbec, amongst others, and another for $25, which included four different styles of Cabernet Sauvignon.  We recommend shelling out the extra $10 for the latter menu, which would allow you to experience high-end and extraordinarily high-quality Cabernets without having to drop, $55, $80, $85, or $100 respectively. 

We left Pine Ridge Winery and, indeed, the Stag’s Leap District (which is located in a region that we had always associated with tourism) feeling as though we had discovered a gem.  Of course, given the winery’s fame, we are by no means the first to have experienced this feeling!

www.PineRidgeWinery.com
5901 Silverado Trail
Napa, California 94558
(800) 486-0503