napa

Restaurants, wineries, hiking trails, museums, day trips, hotels, and more. Plus, a sample itinerary!

I have been in the restaurant business in San Francisco for over sixteen years, but only recently started going to Napa Valley to explore. Even though the Napa Valley AVA could be considered the most important domestic wine-growing region, I thought there was nothing to see. I couldn't understand why a great bottle of Barolo, a wine steeped in old world tradition and vetted over generations, could make it all the way across an ocean and a continent and still be cheaper than an average bottle of