Napa Vineyard Visit Recommendations?
0Hi fellow Casemates! If ever there was a question to put to your hive mind, surely this is the one. I’m making an upcoming visit to Napa with three generations of family, and I’m tired of visiting corporate wineries and having predictable tourist experiences. The whole reason we buy from Casemates is to support and interact with real people making interesting wine and doing it their own way. That’s where we spend our retail/shipping dollars, so it seems like it’s where we should spend our travel dollars too.
Obviously this would be an easier question if we were spending quality time in the Russian River Valley or Oregon or what-have-you. But we ain’t! We’re staying in downtown Napa, and that just is what it is. So given the geographic constraint, I invite your opinionated thoughts… where can we find real people, making great wine, from whom we can actually learn something from a visit, despite being housed in downtown Napa and traveling with both a small kid and one or two grumpy grandparents?
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First off, Sonoma is only about a 60-90 minute drive, so you could incorporate a jaunt if you want.
To answer your actual question, though, depending on your stylistic preferences you could go to:
Corison
Vincent Arroyo
Laura Michael
Prager Port Works
Bell
@klezman When Anthony was the winemaker, Bell was a sure stop. Since he is no longer actively involved, still a stop?
Last time there with Tim was disappointing.
Vincent arroyo! Small family-owned boutique. Wonderful Petit Syrah… Based in Calistoga they’ve been there for a long time. And I think we’ve been subscriber for 25 years. Vincent is always worth a stop