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re: Recs for Napa and Sonoma
Posted on 6/8/15 at 10:23 pm to DonChowder
Posted on 6/8/15 at 10:23 pm to DonChowder
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DonChowder
Awesome man, i appreciate it. I was just looking at the menu at Solbar. Looks interesting. We have tastings and tours at Hourglass and Jones the first day. Decent places?
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Posted on 6/8/15 at 10:25 pm to DonChowder
Actually that second one is Tamber Bey.
Posted on 6/8/15 at 10:53 pm to EMILIO
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Solbar.
Had the Lucky Pig at Solbar back in April. It was damn good.
Posted on 6/8/15 at 11:05 pm to EMILIO
I looked into going to French laundry in May and they were closed for renovations (wouldn't have gotten in anyway)
I like Sonoma better than Napa. The tastings are cheaper ($10 vs $25 or so) and the town is nicer.
I like Sonoma better than Napa. The tastings are cheaper ($10 vs $25 or so) and the town is nicer.
Posted on 6/9/15 at 8:01 am to EMILIO
I had a great meal at the culinary Institute's Greystone restaurant. It's also a beautiful setting.
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:12 am to Bear Is Dead
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IMO Bottega is the best restaurant in all of Napa County
Had the Dungeness crab spaghetti at Bottega and it was outstanding.
Bottega dinner menu
Posted on 6/9/15 at 9:17 am to EMILIO
Frank Family
Tres Sabores
Tres Sabores is awesome, real small winery with some great wines, extremely friendly owners they have picnic grounds, horse shoe games and fruit trees that you can pick and eat right off of.
Frank Family has some of the best wines in the valley imo, we were lucky enough to meet the owner one of the times we went, he was sitting outside drinking wine telling stories, really down to earth and easy to talk.
Tres Sabores
Tres Sabores is awesome, real small winery with some great wines, extremely friendly owners they have picnic grounds, horse shoe games and fruit trees that you can pick and eat right off of.
Frank Family has some of the best wines in the valley imo, we were lucky enough to meet the owner one of the times we went, he was sitting outside drinking wine telling stories, really down to earth and easy to talk.
This post was edited on 6/9/15 at 9:19 am
Posted on 6/9/15 at 11:13 am to EMILIO
Family and I went to La Toque in Napa for dinner a couple years ago when we were out there for Don Chowder's wedding.
It was 5 courses and you had a couple options for each. We didn't do the tasting that accompanied it, but a couple of those dishes are still some of the best things I've ever tasted.
Food in general was great out there.
It was 5 courses and you had a couple options for each. We didn't do the tasting that accompanied it, but a couple of those dishes are still some of the best things I've ever tasted.
Food in general was great out there.
Posted on 6/9/15 at 6:27 pm to rollthatback
We are going to Napa in July. Actually, staying in Calistoga and also visiting Vincent Arroyo among may others! How does the shipping of wine back to Louisiana work? I was told that you couldn't ship back home? Any tricks I need to know?
Posted on 6/9/15 at 7:41 pm to Mung
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Short drive south to Tra Vigne in St. Helena.
I'm not clear o distances ther . How long is the drive to St Helena, Oakville, or Yountville from Calistoga?
Posted on 6/9/15 at 7:50 pm to Scoobahdoo
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I was told that you couldn't ship back home? Any tricks I need to know?
Of course you can ship wine back. Usually you can have it done by the concierge where you're staying
Posted on 6/9/15 at 7:51 pm to EMILIO
About 30 min drive from Calistoga to yountville
Posted on 6/10/15 at 9:05 am to Scoobahdoo
There are a lot of wine shipment places in the town part of Napa.
We've used buffalo shipping post a couple of times because we always forget and they are the only one open on Sunday's. Never had an issue with them, wine arrived fine and had not turned into vinegar in the heat. The wineries will ship your purchases back for you too, but a lot of them will not ship to southern states in the summer months due to the heat concerns.
We've used buffalo shipping post a couple of times because we always forget and they are the only one open on Sunday's. Never had an issue with them, wine arrived fine and had not turned into vinegar in the heat. The wineries will ship your purchases back for you too, but a lot of them will not ship to southern states in the summer months due to the heat concerns.
Posted on 6/10/15 at 9:15 am to EMILIO
Calistoga is the northernmost town in the Napa Valley. Maybe 10-12 minutes to St. Helena, 20-25 minutes to Yountville, depending on traffic. On weekend traffic on Hwy 29 gets bonkers, but mostly headed north, until the afternoon, when they head back south.
If you're going to Oakville, hit Plumpjack. Good stuff there. It's just a little down and across from Silver Oak on the Oakville Cross Road.
If you're going to Oakville, hit Plumpjack. Good stuff there. It's just a little down and across from Silver Oak on the Oakville Cross Road.
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