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Tips for first timer in Napa?
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:21 pm
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:21 pm
The wife and I are planning a trip to Napa in early April for four nights and I always value the depth and breadth of the OT's knowledge on such things.
Should we take a day/night to do SF, or just leave that for another trip?
Ideally we'd stay at a Mariott/Hilton brand so we can pay with points. What's our best option? I'm seeing a Mariott and Embassy with high marks in the middle of Napa. Any others?
Getting around - do we rent a car, uber/taxi, driver or combo of all three? Everything seems fairly close by once you get out there.
TIA
Should we take a day/night to do SF, or just leave that for another trip?
Ideally we'd stay at a Mariott/Hilton brand so we can pay with points. What's our best option? I'm seeing a Mariott and Embassy with high marks in the middle of Napa. Any others?
Getting around - do we rent a car, uber/taxi, driver or combo of all three? Everything seems fairly close by once you get out there.
TIA
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Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:24 pm to sneakytiger
Air filters are on the left
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:27 pm to jimbeam
The rear end lube will stain her panties
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:28 pm to weadjust
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:30 pm to weadjust
My suggestion is to stay in San Fran the entire time & take a day trip to Napa. They have plenty of day trips you can take by bus to Napa. The city is amazing. So many things to see & do. You can spend an entire week in San Fran & not see everything.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:30 pm to sneakytiger
There is very few ubers there. Taxis are expensive but worth it. If you are going around doing tastings at the wineries, things are not close together. Skip San Fran if you have to.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:32 pm to sneakytiger
Careful. It's like the OT, a Tool Center.
This post was edited on 1/10/15 at 5:33 pm
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:34 pm to sneakytiger
I suggest that if you're doing tastings, spit into the spit bucket, otherwise you're going to get fricking hammered. Save that for lunch/dinner.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:34 pm to sneakytiger
Your first vineyard stop should be Hendry. I've done dozens of vineyard tours and this is one of the top experiences. You will learn a lot about the science behind wine in an unpretentious way, and you'll be able to apply the knowledge at future tastings (that's why I recommend doing it first) LINK
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:35 pm to sneakytiger
How big into wine are you?
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:42 pm to foreverLSU
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Your first vineyard stop should be Hendry.
Yeah it's on my list. Which tour do you recommend? The seminar or the tour/tasting?
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How big into wine are you?
Neither me or my wife no shite about it, just that we love it
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:43 pm to sneakytiger
split time in napa (yountville) and sonoma (healdsburg). get a taste of both valleys. i'd spend at least one night in san francisco if you haven't been.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 5:54 pm to Hetfield
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My suggestion is to stay in San Fran the entire time & take a day trip to Napa. They have plenty of day trips you can take by bus to Napa. The city is amazing. So many things to see & do. You can spend an entire week in San Fran & not see everything.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 6:04 pm to Hetfield
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My suggestion is to stay in San Fran the entire time & take a day trip to Napa.
I disagree and don't think San Francisco is anything special, especially for a couple.
The many small towns in Sonoma and Napa are more unique and driving a big loop as far as Point Reyes can be a great few days hopping town to town.
I would also schedule one day with a driver having fun and getting daytime drunk.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 6:10 pm to foreverLSU
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foreverLSU Tips for first timer in Napa? Your first vineyard stop should be Hendry. I've done dozens of vineyard tours and this is one of the top experiences. You will learn a lot about the science behind wine in an unpretentious way, and you'll be able to apply the knowledge at future tastings (that's why I recommend doing it first) LINK
I had a nice Hendry last night. He's a cool old man. I've been to his a couple times and have a few left.
I'm about to open a 1999 Burgess Library Reserve.
I would skip San Francisco until you have plenty of time for it. Stay in St Helena which is about halfway through the county. Great restaurants and cool little town.
Hire a car for the day if you like. We rent a car but we have a good driver. Stay away from most of the big houses and pick smaller ones. You are treated less like cattle. Of course if you are buying they all will treat you well. Beau Vigne, Burgess, Shypoke, 750 Wines, David Arthur a few.
Get a map of the wineries and map your trip. Call ahead and set up tastings.
And by all means eat. Great food. Mustards Grill, Ad Hoc, Cook, Goose and Gander, REDD among my favorites but plenty others as well.
Stay hydrated as well and enjoy. We do it at least once a year.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 6:12 pm to sneakytiger
Do the seated seminar. It's awesome! The owner leads the tasting, I can't say enough about how great it was. If I recall, they waive the tour fee if you buy wine.
Also I recommend doing some time in San Francisco, it's such a cool city.
Also I recommend doing some time in San Francisco, it's such a cool city.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 6:15 pm to sneakytiger
Posted on 1/10/15 at 6:19 pm to sneakytiger
One other suggestion is that if you want to do a winery tour, pick a winery with good tour and do just one. I've found winery tours to be fairly homogenous and if you have limited time, spend it tasting a lot of different wines and/or eating and don't waste it hearing the same winemaking spiel again and again.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 6:40 pm to coolpapaboze
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One other suggestion is that if you want to do a winery tour, pick a winery with good tour and do just one. I've found winery tours to be fairly homogenous and if you have limited time, spend it tasting a lot of different wines and/or eating and don't waste it hearing the same winemaking spiel again and again.
I agree. A guy can only see so many barrels.
Posted on 1/10/15 at 6:49 pm to sneakytiger
V sattui is inexpensive....if you aren't that into wine, stay in the city and pick up different wines along the way. California wine is so cheap out here. Napa and Sonoma are literally just vineyards and tastings. Gets pretty boring if you don't give a shite about wine.
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