What Do You Do with Five Hours in Wine Country?
Written by joythebaker on March 9, 2009 – 5:32 pm -
Five hours in Napa… ready, set, GO!
Drink wine. Talk about tannins, body, oak barrels and finish. Blah Blah Blaaaaahs.
Stomp around the vineyards like you own the joint (pictured above).
And stop by Fatted Calf to talk about how approachable and awesome American charcuterie can be.
More later! Right now I’ve got more ground to stomp, and a plane to catch.
Tags: napa, san francisco, travel
Posted in Beyond the Kitchen, Thoughts, around town, life | 18 Comments »
I’m jealous already!
So cool! I can’t decide which picture I like better…the vines or the meat! Two of my favorite things. Can’t wait to hear more.
Awesome picture…everything is so GREEN! I can’t wait to hear more about your trip.
5 hours? You almost could have squeezed in dinner at The French Laundry!
This makes me miss NorCal a ton!
I love Wine Country so much. Its so peaceful and beautiful.
Haha! I have a picture similar to the 1st one! Gotta love that vineyard stompin’.
Sounds fun! Love the stompin’ picture.
I’d love to visit that area sometime.
Having just spent a day and a half in Napa, I’d add:
Visit Woodhouse Chocolates and Napa Valley Olive Oil Manufactory in St. Helena.
Pick up yummy baked goods at the Bouchon Bakery.
Other options: Bar snacks at Redd? Quick bite at Ubuntu? Was very favorably impressed by both this weekend.
Looks like so much fun! My mom and sis are visiting me in Berkeley/San Fran this week and I was thinking about taking them to wine country. Your pics have me convinced that I need to stomp around the vineyards, too!
I hope you had a good time girl! If you come up again soon, let’s meet up at Mumm Vineyard where we can drink our lives away in glorious flutes of champagne
I plan on going to Napa in May and have NO clue which vineyard to try and where to stay… I know you’re only there for 5 hours but do you have any suggestions?
How beautiful! It definitely looks a lot more green than our wine country of the north right now (Niagara, Ontario)!
You cross over the hills into my wine country, Sonoma County. We’re much more down to earth and a lot more affordable. Come on over…..we’d love to have you……….
oo wine country! I’m so jealous! Hope you have a blast!
On our honeymoon, we had the option to go north from SF to wine country or south to Monterrey. Since I was only 20, we figured wine country would have to wait. I haven’t been back, and now your pictures REALLY make me want to. Hope you had a great time!
How fun!!
5 hrs – Off to the races and fast – SO much to see and drink in so little time.. A great challenge that I would love to try!! Looks beautiful!!