Inside Napa Valley - Holiday 2010 by Napa Register

CONTENTS IN THIS ISSUE 6 Dreams of Toyland

MAPS 34 Downtown Napa

9 The Beazley House to Turn 30

36 Downtown Yountville

15 Gifts for a Gardener

40 Downtown St. Helena

17 Give a Gift that Says “Napa Valley”

42 Downtown Calistoga

21 Winter Wonderland

56 Napa Valley Appellations

24 Grandma’s Plum Pudding 27 Holidays in the Valley : Calendar of Events

ON THE COVER

Queen of the Valley Medical Center

58 Napa Valley Wineries

31 Shopping by the Roadside

DIRECTORIES

37 Yountville’s Art Scene Comes of Age

45 Napa Valley Dining

43 Feasts for the Eyes Abound in the Valley

60 Napa Valley Wineries

48 Full of Beans 50 Monkey Flowers

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52 Where is Inside Napa Valley?

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53 Column : ‘Tis the Season for Bubbles!

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D n a l f y o o T s m a e r D “D 1.) Napa Valley Museum presents Dolph Gotelli’s Dreams of Toyland; a series of vignettes created from 19th and 20th century toys, decorations as well as Victorian ornaments. Tidings of Comfort and Joy, shown here, features Dickens-inspired dolls handcrafted from paper towels. 2.) Tea Time in London by Dolph Gotelli at the Napa Valley Museum features Punch and Judy puppets made in the late 19th century having tea with a children’s tea set. 3.) “Would You Like a Taste” by Dolph Gotelli at the Napa Valley Museum features Austrian dolls in a Hansel and Gretel-like setting.

olph Gotelli” the business card reads. “Father Christmas.” It’s a title the professor emeritus from UC Davis lives up to. When he arrived at Yountville’s Napa Valley Museum in early November, although he wasn’t driving a sleigh, he was bringing boxes of treasures for a holiday gift for the valley. Gotelli painstakingly assembled his vast collection of folk and antique toys, Victorian and European holiday decorations into “Dreams of Toyland,” a winter wonderland for all ages. The museum has constructed a special set to showcase the 35 windows that each offer a look at Gotelli’s fantasy worlds, each created with rich and intricate detail: In an old-fashioned kitichen, two kittens stir a pot of mouse soup; a toymaker works in his shop; Mother Goose hosts a holiday ball; a witch decorates her house for Christmas, and two royal monkeys, Louis and Marie, eat breakfast in a royally decorated room. “I’m a collector,” explained Gotelli, who founded the design museum at UC Davis where he taught fine arts and design. He also designed holiday window displays that drew crowds of viewers to department stores like Macy’s and Nieman Marcus. As that tradition faded away, Gotelli began creating other holiday shows from his private collection.

Gotelli said he got the name “Father Christmas” when he garnered national attention after he converted his Sacramento Victorian home into a holiday fantasy. His first public holiday show in 1989, and since then his collection has continued to grow and his following for his shows. “I get to play a lot,” said his assistant, Kim Hurst, a former student. She and another student, Robert Fry, now a set designer in Hollywood, were both helping Gotelli install the show. Hust was dusting snow over the scene she was creating: Two children peering over a fence at a wandering peddler, carrying a box of wonders around her neck. Gotelli, she said, “is very special. He’s a magical man.” Magical, however, is an adjective Gotelli prefers to apply to his works. He was busy fixing tiny elves on to the back of a turtle and a pig making their way through a forest. “This is magical,” he said, “This is a peek into fairyland.”

A director with A mission

his year, Gotelli approached director Tina Blakeney about creating a show at the Napa Valley Museum. “He came to me, and I looked at his images. He explained it to me and I was captivated,” Blakeney said. “I thought we have to get this here — it’s so special.”

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Blakeney, who has lived and worked in Vienna, said his scenes reminded her of Europe, especially the famous Christmas markets. “Most kids are never going to see this in their lives,” she said. “I want them to experience that and use their imagination and see something that isn’t virtual. “Our educator told me that fewer that 20 percent of the people in the Napa are ever going to go to a museum,” she added. “I really felt I had a mission to do something accessible and wonderful, where they can go with their imagination and be in a different world.” She said she proposed the show to the board of directors, and they said, “If you can raise the money you can do it.” Skeptical, they gave her a deadline to see if she could interest any supporters to back the show. Blakeney made her first pitch was to Napa’s new toy store, the Napa Valley Toy Company. “The owner, Renee Fannin, totally got it,” she said. Back at the museum, former Yountville Mayor Carlee Leftwich came by on other business. “I got on my soap box and said I really hope I can pull this off,” Blakeney said. “She said, ‘I’ll give you $5,000,’ I had tears in my eyes.” Still a long way from her goal, Blakeney

wrote a letter to the editor of the Napa Valley Register, and got an article about her project in the paper. “I came into the office and I had a message on my phone,” she recalled. “The caller said, ‘My name is Dede Wilsey and I read the articles about your project. I have some museum experience, and I think you need some help,’” Blakeney said. Wilsey, a San Francisco socialite and president of the board of the de Young Museum in San Francisco, spearheaded the $190 million campaign to rebuild the museum. “I thought someone was kidding me,” Blakeney said. It was not a joke, however. Wilsey sent a check for $10,000. And the board approved the project. Blakeney went on to get support from Yountville, the Napa Valley Destination

Council, Steve Jacobs Insurance and museum board members Gary Grace and Margrit Biever Mondavi. With this support, the museum is able to offer free admission to kids for the run of the show. Gotelli, however, emphasizes it is not just for children. “It’s for grown-ups,” he said. “Adults return to their childhood here. It’s a fantasy world.” Blakeney said her hope is that Gotelli’s magical world will return to the museum each year. Gotelli, however, says this is his last show. “I never do the same thing twice,” he said. “It’s so much work. I’d like to find a permanent home for my collection. What I’d like is to for some to create a toy museum maybe here in the Napa Valley.” Another project in the works.

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ext year, the Beazley House bed and breakfast inn turns 30. It was Napa’s first B&B, and remains one of its signature lodgings. The 1902 mansion on half an acre was turned into a six-room inn in 1981 by Carol and Jim Beazley. “Some of our friends thought we were nuts,” Carol said. “We sold everything we owned to make the down payment.” At the time, there were only four B&Bs in the valley, all upvalley: The Ink House, Wine Country Inn, Magnolia Inn and the Chalet Bernensis, the mansion next to Sutter Home Winery’s tasting room in St. Helena. It’s now owned by the Trinchero family and used for winery guests.

The Beazleys’ first experience with a B&B was at the Chalet Bernensis, owned by the late Jack and Essie Doty. Jim and Carol Beazley were living in Reno where he was a photojournalist and she was a hospital nurse manager. Both were burned out from their careers and seeking something different. Running a B&B appealed to them. With the Dotys’ encouragement and help, they searched for six months for a suitable candidate and eventually settled on what is now the Beazley House. It was owned by Joan Hitchcock, a local character who had been married seven times by her 40s. They bought it from her in February 1981. It took a certain amount of faith, because Napa then wasn’t what it is today. Aside from

Silverado Resort, the only better dining sites were La Boucane and Petri’s on Monticello. It was a long time before Napa became a food, entertainment and wine destination. They didn’t make a lot of changes at that time, and there were no private baths; the five guest rooms shared three baths. The Beazleys have always been quick to add the amenities which they found their guests desired, however. In 1984, they added five rooms in the restored Carriage House — really a replacement — and by 1989, all of the guest rooms had private baths. Six of the rooms now have fireplaces and five have private, two-person spas. In the early days, along with few attractions in downtown Napa, the inn business was -continued on next page 9

very different. Visitors had to rely on guidebooks that took years to publish. The Beazleys thrived on referrals from other innkeepers. That first October, they were busy with their new inn, then were shocked when everything stopped in November. “It was pretty scary,” Jim said. “It still is.” Business was so dead that they invited friends to stay for Thanksgiving, then discovered a large demand for the rooms at the last minute. “We never did that again,” Carol said. Now, the Internet and computers have revolutionized the business. Most people find the inn and book over the Internet, and the computer has greatly simplified such tasks as confirmation letters, billing and accounting. “The Internet is a great leveler,” Jim said. “It helps us make our 11-room inn show as prominent as the much larger Avia.” They have taken pains to make sure their website is complete, however, and even though Jim is a photographer, they even hired experts to take pictures of the inn for the site. He also says that Trip Advisor, the consumers’ site to post comments, has been a great help for the inn. “We get a 97 percent approval, but those other 3 percent really kick you in the stomach.” But they get a chance to respond to complaints. One of the Beazley House’s desirable qualities is that it allows canine visitors, a big attraction to some guests. In May 2001, the Beazleys purchased another circa1900s mansion just two doors west of the Beazley House and turned into The Daughter’s Inn for their daughter to manage, but she decided that life wasn’t for her after all. In May 2007, they sold it to Jim Gunther and Jamie Cherry, who renamed it the Inn on First Street. In addition to running the B&B, the Beazleys have been active in their industry. Jim has been president of the Napa Valley Conference and Visitors’ Bureau (now the Napa Valley Destination Council) twice and a director of the Napa Chamber of Commerce. The couple has also been active in innkeeping business and helped organize the Historic Inns of Napa. They are founding members of the California Association of Bed and Breakfast Inns and charter members of the Professional Association of Innkeepers International. The last few years have been tough for Napa’s hospitality businesses, and the Beazley Inn wasn’t immune to the troubles. But business seems to be picking up. “October is like the old times,“ Carol said. “I just took a reservation for Valentine’s Day and have booked rooms for May.” This long-term planning is a relief, as is the willingness for guests to book extras like spa visits and tours. “Last year, it was last-minute business and they didn’t want extras,” Jim said. They joke that their business was an overnight success that took 30 years to happen, but with Napa’s new attractions, the Beazleys’ commitment long ago has now paid off. They seem happy with what they’re doing, and Jim even says, “I don’t know what I’d do if I weren’t doing this.”

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Gardener By VAL WHITMYRE Inside Napa Valley Correspondent Photos by J.L. SOUSA

ucky are those of us who have gardeners on our holiday gift list. Being a gardener, I have a long list of gardening wishes for Santa. Napa Valley, with its temperate Mediterranean-type climate, supports a great diversity of plant growth. From south to north, a line of rolling hills on either side of the valley slowly rises and encloses the valley. It’s a beautiful sight. That may be one reason why visitors decide to stay. Besides lush grape vines, diverse types of gardens abound from Napa to Calistoga. That’s the long way to tell you that No. 1 on my list is a few bags of well-aged manure, (I’m not kidding). After all, nutrients and compost are the basic foundations of a beautiful garden. Forget the pesticides and herbicides, please. Napans aren’t too fond of spraying chemicals that may be harmful to people and pets. Instead, buy — or give — Mediterraneantype plants that aren’t bothered by pests or diseases, plants that attract birds, bees and butterflies, and do give a friend some pet-safe snail bait. Particularly typical of Napa Valley is the olive tree. Why not give a basket of Napa Valley olive oil, plus olive tapenade and spreadable olive oil. How about a Napa Valley cookbook? A little gem is Janet Fletcher’s “The Cheese Course.” Most Napa Valley restaurants feature gardens that produce food for their menus. Why not include a gift certificate to a Napa Valley restaurant? Or take your gardening friends on a tour of restaurant gardens; each one is a delight. Roses are included in the Mediterranean category, and the 2011 roses are spectacular. Winners are ‘Dick Clark’, a cherry pink to burgundy colored grandiflora, and ‘Colorific’, a coral to scarlet blend floribunda. My favorites include ‘Easy Does It’, a 2010 diseaseresistant, fragrant rose that is perfect in every climate, and ‘Julia Child’, a 2006 ever-blooming butter yellow floribunda. My dog says it’s delicious. Herbs such as rosemary, sage and thyme, used extensively in Italian cooking are popular in Napa Valley. As gifts, -continued on next page 15

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items: a bird-watching or wildflower booklet with wildflower seeds and plant labels.” these would fit beautifully in narrow wooden planters or a large 16- to 18- inch terracotta bowl near a kitchen. Serious gardeners have one special item that occasionally disappears into the recycle bin. That is the bypass shears. Felco shears ($56) are sturdy and will last for years, but it’s always good to have a back-up pair. Needle-nose scissors ($25) are good for trimming roses and thin stems. For large branches, give telescoping pruning shears, for about $30. Gardeners need three types of gloves. For every day work, Atlas gloves (about $7.50) are almost indestructible and are beautifully form-fitting. For heavy work, give long leather gloves. For planting seedlings or other light work, give a box of surgical gloves, available at most drug stores. The Mud Shoe from the Mud Boot Company ($67) is a great pair of comfortable after-rain wear. Give a wheelbarrow with tires that never go flat and, of course, already are put together. It saves your back when moving large plants or bags of manure or mulch, and it’s an excellent container for heavy gardening gifts, like a bag of manure, (hint) bags of special soil amendments like Perlite and Vermiculite. How about adding terracotta pots, hand tools, seedling trays, a heating pad for seed germination ($25 to $90) and a gallon watering can? Tuck in a six-pack of beer for the gardener who has earned it. Fill baskets with smaller items: a bird-watching or wildflower booklet with wildflower seeds and plant labels. Look for unusual seeds, available at Baker Heirloom Seed Company and local nurseries. Renee’s Seeds has a large variety of Sweet Pea seeds. Napa Valley’s interest in growing giant pumpkins may entice you to buy “Dill’s Atlantic Giant” pumpkin seeds. “Big Max” pumpkin seeds will yield pumpkins that weigh as much as 200 pounds. At the end of the day, a warm throw and a good book, like “Sunset Western Garden Book” or the Master Gardener California Handbook are favorites. You’ll love, “Tough Plants” by Felder Rushing, and “Sex in Your Garden” by botanist Angela Overy. Yes, that’s her real name. Along with those, please pass me a glass of Uvaggio 2007 Barbera. Last, but possibly the most beautiful, are two DVDs. “First Flower” as shown on NOVA, and Michael Pollan’s “The Botany of Desire.” These are films to be treasured. Val Whitmyre is a Napa County Master Gardener. 16

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“Napa Valley” By PAUL FRANSON Inside Napa Valley Correspondent

iving someone special a gift from Napa Valley is sure to be appreciated — both by those who live here and those from far away. The most obvious gift that says “Napa Valley” is wine. The valley’s signature wine is bold cabernet sauvignon, which is made by most of the valley’s many wineries. Prices range from $15 to $750, but many of the best values are around $40. The most desired are those that are hard to find elsewhere, of course, and you can buy those at your favorite local winery. Some people might prefer a chardonnay, the county’s other specialty. It’s also perfect with Christmas and Thanksgiving turkey dinners. Rombauer and Far Niente are the epitome of the rich buttery style many people love, while Grgich-Hills, Mayacamas and Chateau Montelena produce the more traditional style. Or try something a bit different, like one of the county’s wonderful sparkling wines. Everyone needs them for toasting on New Year’s Eve, though we love it while we’re opening Christmas presents, too. Domaine Carneros La Rêve, Mumm’s DVX, Chandon’s étoile and especially Schramsberg’s J. Schram can hold their own with the best from Champagne. Another unusual choice is a sweet dessert wine, the ideal ending for a holiday meal. Dolce makes a delectable dessert wine, but many wineries make small quantities, often available only at their tasting rooms. Shipping wine yourself is questionable. But If you buy the wine at a winery, it can legally ship the wine to most states.

Olive Oils Typify Napa Valley, Too

Olive oil is fast becoming one of the valley’s most valued

crops, though it’s a long way from grapes and wine. Two wineries, Long Meadow Ranch in St. Helena and Round Pond Estates in Rutherford, have their own olive oil mills (frantoios) and produce oil from their known orchards. -continued on next page 17

Both companies also produce a variety of other agricultural products distinct to Napa Valley. Round Pond also makes flavored oils and vinegars and sells them in sampler packages that would be an ideal gift for food lovers. The ultimate version contains miniature bottles with Italian and Blood orange olive oils plus their cabernet and merlot blend, and sangiovese, petit verdot and nebbiolo blend red wine vinegars. Many other wineries produce oil from their own olive trees, though few make very much. Other companies produce olive oil, too. St. Helena Olive Oil and Olivier in St. Helena not only sell many interesting oils but also related products. For the food lover, the venerable Napa Valley Olive Oil Manufacturing Co. in St. Helena sells not only its own oils, but a wide variety of imported Italian specialties, too. Great choices, too. Chocolate is Everyone’s Favorite

Chocolate is Everyone’s Favorite

Chocolate seems to becoming a local specialty, too. And choco-

late is a gift that almost everyone loves. Dark chocolate is also now seen as a healthy choice, for like red wine, it contains anti-oxidant polyphenols. Napa Valley has many dedicated chocolatiers. Anette’s artisanal factory in downtown Napa, and its store in the Oxbow Public Market, also in Napa, are famous not only for

their chocolates, but their chocolate sauces, some made with local wine. And though it’s not chocolate, their beer brittle is addictive. Woodhouse in St. Helena produces jewel-like chocolates, and other candies. It has a store in St. Helena. Wendy Sherwood at La Foret in Browns Valley produces highend chocolates including fudge, hazelnut praline sticks, chocolate bars and chocolate covered Tahitian marshmallows. They also make other sweet treats. Le Belge Chocolates is best known for delicious truffles, but also makes other sweet specialties. Napa Valley Fudge Company is another possibility, and some wineries also sell their own chocolates. Swanson Vineyards sells special chocolate products like Clarke’s Bark, toffee soaked in Swanson Vineyards’ Merlot, sprinkled with pink salt and then drenched in dark chocolate. The winery also sells chocolate bonbons. In addition to those specific producers, you can find a wide assortment of Napa Valley gifts at many local stores. Some good bets to visit include the Tulocay Culinary Center at the airport, Napa General Store in the Napa Mill, Oxbow Public Market, NapaStyle in Yountville, Oakville Grocery and Dean & DeLuca in St. Helena. Some of the best gifts, however, are ones you can take advantage of only here, like winery tours, balloon rides and cooking classes, so they’d be best for a local or someone who visits the valley. Your gift might even be provide a good excuse for one of your favorite friends or relatives to visit.

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n an overcast day in mid-winter, the Palisades above Calistoga appear vibrant, verdant and approachable. This majestic wall of volcanic rock, firmly installed among chaparral and woodlands within the Napa River watershed, invites us to experience spectacular views, an exhilarating walk, and the bounty of wildlife habitat contained in Napa Valley and surrounding coastal range. -continued on next page 21

apa County offers year-round hiking thanks to mild, Mediterranean climate. In winter, the hills are green and the seasonal creeks are starting to flow. The crisp air of winter months and a bit of cloud cover ensures a more comfortable hike than in summer, and moisture in the air accentuates the already dramatic contours, colors and textures of the working landscape and wilderness that surrounds us. More aware and active residents are determined to protect Napa County’s ample open spaces, to the benefit of agriculture, watershed and wildlife, and for the well-being of now and future generations. With the creation of the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District, and with the help of local residents dedicated to outdoor recreation and habitat preservation, a growing system of trails allows forays into natural areas while minimizing impact on the land. It also can satisfy a range of trekking tastes, from casual stroller to hearty hiker. Dress for changeable weather, make sure to bring along plenty of water, and enjoy your sojourn into Napa’s natural areas, a few of which are briefly described here.

Skyline Park

SKYLINE PARK

Within this 850 acres of treasured open space, a 5.8-mile loop trail of moderate difficulty climbs through grassy oak woodlands and chaparral. With limited cover and a potential for serious heat in the summer, the trail is a perfect candidate for winter hiking. A detailed guide to the Skyline Park trail, including native plants to be seen, can be found online at www. bahiker.com. Bothe-Napa State Park

BOTHE-NAPA STATE PARK

Five miles north of St. Helena, off Highway 29, several trails wend through coastal redwoods, Douglas fir, and madrone, from Ritchey Canyon to Coyote Peak. This park, near the northwestern corner of Napa Valley, tends to have more rain than the eastern regions of the county — all the better to bask in the rich riparian woodland and evergreen forest, and to inhale the enchanting aroma of California bay laurel in the wet season. For information on the 8.5 miles of trails in the park, visit www.parks.ca.gov. Stevenson Memorial Trail

STEVENSON MEMORIAL TRAIL

A five-mile long trail in Robert Louis Stevenson State Park leads to the top of Mount St. Helena, but gives hikers the option of a two-mile round trip to the Stevenson Memorial before it continues up to the summit over fairly rugged terrain. The climb through oak, madrone, California bay and knobcone pine ultimately yields one of the best views of Napa Valley and, on a clear day, of the Sierra Nevada range and the San Francisco Bay. The trail description at www.parks.ca.gov confirms that winter is the best season to experience this breathtaking view, but expect to experience a bit of a chill as well. The trailhead, on Highway 29, is north of Calistoga, 8.2 miles from the junction with Highway 128. Oat Hill Mine Trail

OAT HILL MINE TRAIL

The old Oat Hill Mine wagon road starts at the edge of Calistoga and climbs for 4.8 miles, through a geological and biological smorgasbord, before descending to Aetna Springs. Hikers will find a moderate climb with spectacular views of the valley, Palisades, and Sugarloaf mountain. To hike all the way to Aetna Springs, a second car is recommended to shuttle back 22

to Calistoga. However, this trail has enough to offer — alternating thick forest canopy with wide vistas of grasslands, vineyards and chaparral all the way up to the Palisades and beyond — to make even a partial trek worthwhile. Another option is to continue on the Palisades Trail to Table Rock and Highway 29, where it’s also useful to have a second car for transport back to the crossroads of Highway 29 and Silverado Trail. The Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District and volunteers maintain the trail. Information on this gem of a trail, including trail map and geology, can be found on their website at www. napaoutdoors.org. The Lake District

THE LAKE DISTRICT

An overview of trails in Napa County wouldn’t be complete without including the eastern region, especially Lake Berryessa. For those willing to endure a beautiful drive on Napa’s backroads — past blue oaks dripping with lace lichen, valley oaks dangling mistletoe, and buckeye leafing out in response to winter rains — a variety of trails can be found about 45 minutes from Napa. One popular trail along the shoreline of Lake Berryessa is Smittle Creek, a 2.6-mile easy walk to Oak Shores Park. During winter and spring months, the lake is quiet, the coves and nearby islands are green, and raptors, including bald eagles, are frequently spotted. Farther north along the Knoxville-Berryessa road, just beyond Putah Creek Bridge, a trailhead on the lake side of the road enters the North End Trail. In anticipation of major realignment to make it more sustainable, the trail is not being maintained and can become narrow in places; it still affords a scenic walk along the lakeshore, where western grebes and osprey are common. More information on these trails, the Pope Canyon Trail, and the Stebbins Cold Canyon Trail just below Monticello Dam is provided at www.berryessatrails.org. Group hikes

GROUP HIKES

Guided group hikes are frequently offered by the Napa Land Trust and the Sierra Club. For more information on hikes in the Napa area planned by these groups, visit www.napalandtrust.org and www.redwood.sierraclub.org. Those interested in a comprehensive account of Napa trails and their locale’s history might want to get a copy of Ken Stanton’s “Great Day Hikes in and around Napa Valley,” 2nd Edition, published by Bored Feet Press.

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Plum Pudding By NANCY COMFORT Inside Napa Valley Correspondent

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tone and cut the raisins. Mince the suet finely. Boil for 6 hours.” What am I talking about? It’s the Traditional Christmas Plum Pudding. It was a slower way of life back then, and people had more down time; no Internet, Facebook, cable television, texting or twittering. Who is even home for six hours anymore? I guess this is how old-time recipes become modified over the years. My grandmother made a Christmas Plum Pudding for our holiday dessert every year. It’s a steamed pudding that is heavy with dried fruits and nuts, originating from England, where my great-grandfather was born. It can be traced back to medieval England, not as a dessert, but as a way of preserving meat, with dried fruits acting as a preservative. It transformed over time, and when Elizabeth I came along, prunes were added, bringing it to its more common name of Plum Pudding. At one time during the Puritan reign in England, plum pudding was outlawed as “sinfully rich.” Not until the 1830s did it become more associated with Christmas, with the addition of flour, sugar, and spices. Christmas puddings were boiled in a

cloth, and often dried out on hooks for weeks prior to serving, to enhance the flavor. It is so hearty that it can be made four or five weeks prior to Christmas and can be stored for months. Grandma used a coffee can in which to steam hers. “I had to go buy a pound of coffee just to be able to use the can!” my mother said. Researching this recipe, I learned that ‘suet’ is raw beef or mutton fat, a hard fat found around the loins and kidney. The term “low-fat cooking” had not been heard of yet, apparently. I also found that there are many variations of Plum Pudding. Recipes include one or more of the following: sultanas (white seedless grapes), raisins, currants, prunes, dried apricots, figs, dates and apples. It seems that you could tailor the recipe according to your preference of dried fruits because every recipe I came across had a different assortment. Grandma’s Plum Pudding at my house was particularly a hit with my brother and me. The reason for this came down to one important fact that I have not yet mentioned: My grandmother hid silver coins in the pudding. For this reason, we would ask for a large serving, even though we were

still stuffed from dinner. It became a competition to see who could find the most coins, as can be done only with a sibling. The tradition of the silver coins dates to the Victorian era, when it meant a promise of wealth in the coming year. This practice fell away for a couple of reasons. Silver coins had been replaced by alloy coins, that could taint the pudding — and for more practical reasons: One could break a tooth or choke when swallowing a coin. Especially in today’s world, when there are choking warnings on most products dealing with small children, it’s a wonder we were able to survive back then. To top off the pudding, it was smothered in a delicious sauce of butter, flour, sugar, vanilla and brandy. Maybe the brandy was supposed to help calm us down after the discovery of the coins. Or maybe Christmas just wasn’t complete without Grandma’s boozesoaked Christmas pudding. If Plum Pudding doesn’t please your palate, maybe you can recreate your own grandma’s recipes. In these trying times, we all need a little comfort and joy to help take us back to days of yesteryear, or at least until your cell phone beeps at you again.

Grandma’s Christmas Plum Pudding Ingredients 1/2 lb. dried currants 1/2 lb. raisins 1 lb. suet 2 eggs 1 cup molasses 1 1/2 teaspoon each of: salt, nutmeg, cloves, and all-s pice 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 lb. walnuts, chopped 1 lb. figs 2 cups buttermilk 1 cup flour 1 cup brown sugar Preparation Grind the suet, and peel the figs. Beat eggs, and add mol asses. Stir baking soda into the butt ermilk. Add the combination of fruit s, nuts, spices and flour. Fill greased and floured coff ee can 3/4 full. Cover and steam for 1-1 1/2 hours, until toot hpick comes out clean. Ser ve with sauce.

Pudding Sauce Ingredients 1/4 cup butter 2 Tbsp. flour 6 Tbsp. sugar 1 cup boiling water 1/2 tsp. vanilla Brandy to taste Preparation Cook ingredients over low heat until thick, stirring occ asionally.

Today’s Plum Pudding

Ingredients 1 cup granulated sugar 1 cup butter, room tempera ture 1 cup milk* 2 eggs, beaten 2/3 cup molasses 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 3 teaspoons baking powder 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour plus 2 tablespoons 1 1/2 cups raisins, finely cho pped 1 cup dates, chopped 1/2 cup nuts, chopped 3 tablespoons candied ora nge or lemon citron, finely chopped 1 1/2 cups chopped apple s 1 teaspoon ground cinnamo n 1/4 teaspoon ground clov es 1/4 teaspoon ground nutm eg Boiling Water *1/2 cup fruit juice and 1/2 cup brandy may be substituted for the milk if desired.

Preparation Grease two 2-pound coffee cans, two 2-quart pudding molds, or two 2-quart oven-proof dee p dishes. In a large bowl, combine sug ar, butter, milk, eggs, molasse s, salt, baking soda, baking pow der, and flour; add raisins, dates, nuts, candied orange or lem on citron, apples, cinnamo n, cloves and nutmeg. Fill each greased pan 1/2 full of batter. Cover tops of pans with lids or 2 layers of alum inum foil. In a large pot or roaster, place molds on trivets or a rack and add boiling water 2/3 up the side of the mold; brin g rapidly to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover pot or roa ster, and boil gently 4 to 4 1/2 hours (add more boiling wat er as necessary) or until fork comes out clean when put into cen ter of pudding. Remove from heat and cool. Store in refrigerator , covered, until time to serv e. NOTE: These also freeze wel l. To serve, steam for 1 hour before serving to heat thor oughly. Unmold and serve hot with sauce. Yields two puddings.

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Holidays in the Valley November 26 November 27 Napa Christmas Parade Santa leads the way from downtown to Oxbow Public Market. Free cookies and hot chocolate as families, friends and neighbors gather for Napa’s Christmas Parade. Parade starts at 5 p.m. For details, call 257-0322.

Turn on the Lights The holiday season begins at the 22nd annual Festival of Lights in Yountville. The town turns out for food and wine tastings, holiday entertainment, carriage rides, late-night shopping and a visit with Santa. The celebration culminates when the lights turn on at 5:30 p.m. For more information, call the Yountville Chamber of Commerce from 2-6 p.m. at 944-0904.

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Napa Community Potters will hold its annual Holiday Pottery and Mosaics Sale on the weekend of December 3,4, and 5.

This year, Meadowood became the second restaurant to receive three Michelin stars in the 2011 San Francisco, Bay Area and Wine Country guide. Twelve renowned chefs collaborate with 12 Napa Valley vintners to create 12 holiday feasts at Meadowood Resort in St. Helena. Call 800458-8080 for information and reservations.

The public is invited to join us for an evening Reception and Pre-sale on Friday, Dec. 3 from 6-8 pm. Refreshments will be served. The Saturday sale is from 9 -5 pm and Sunday, 12-4 pm. The sale will be held at the Napa Valley College’s Community Education Center, 1360 Menlo Avenue, Napa - located % block west of Jefferson in central Napa. Napa Community Potters are a group of artists who have been meeting for classes” collaboration and enjoyment for over 20 years. They hold tWo sales a year which help support the student-artists and fund special classroom projects. There is a wide range of creativity and talent among these artists which results in a wonderful diversity of ceramic and mosaic items for home and garden. Sale prices range from $5 - $100. If you are looking for that one-of-a-kind handcrafted, affordable gift for the holidays, this is the event you won’t want to miss.

december 4 Tractor Parade in Calistoga One of the valley’s great traditions, the Lighted Tractor Parade in Calistoga just after dark produces a wild range of equipment — from small to gigantic — all lighted and decorated carrying everything from kids to Santa. This weekend begins Calistoga’s Classic Christmas Season, which runs through December. For details, call 942-6333.

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The Napa Valley Symphony League’s annual fundraiser includes a raffle of decorated trees, luncheon and fashion show with designs from Helen Lyall Clothes for Women and Williamson & Company. This year, it will be at Lincoln Theater Napa Valley on the grounds of the California Veterans Home in Yountville. Tickets are $90. For reservations, call 944-9910, ext. 5840.

Bed and Breakfast Inns, festively decorated for the holiday season, open their doors for the annual tour from 2-6 p.m. Wine tastings, food and entertainment are waiting at each stop, and transportation is provided. Tickets are $55. For information and reservations, call 257-1444. 27

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The Hay Barn Gallery at Gordon Huether Studio is the headquarters for this year’s Holiday CandleLight Tour sponsored by Napa County Landmarks and Napa County Historical Society. Start the tour at Hay Barn Gallery to pick up tour program and map. The hours are 3-6 p.m. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by calling 255-1836 or visiting www.napacountylandmarks.org.

New to the valley this year, the Napa Truffle Festival brings together chefs and scientists to explore, investigate and enjoy truffles. The festival weekend kicks off Friday evening with an opening reception at The Westin Verasa and dinners at Napa restaurants. Saturday includes cultivation and culinary seminars, cooking classes, a truffle orchard tour excursion and a Michelin Star Truffle Dinner, hosted by Michelin Star Chef Ken Frank of La Toque restaurant and featuring a multicourse truffle menu (each course prepared by a Michelin Star chef) and wine pairing. The festival concludes Sunday with a Champagne truffle brunch, followed by an Epicurean Marketplace. Tickets range from $15 for the Marketplace to $1,325 for an all-inclusive pass. Call 256-3200 or visit www.napatrufflefestival.com.

december 18 & 19 december 11-12 Santa’s Helpers Holiday Gift Faire More than 100 artisans gather at the Napa Valley Expo with everything from fine art to fancy foods. The Expo is at 575 Third St., Napa. Admission is free. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For details, call 257-7144.

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Napa Regional Dance Company presents “The Nutcracker” This is the 10th year the company has presented the holiday classic for the Napa Valley. This year, for the first time, the ballet classic will be accompanied by the Napa Valley Symphony. Performances at the Lincoln Theater Napa Valley are Dec. 18, 2 and 7 p.m. and Dec. 19, 2 p.m. Tickets are $20, $25, $30. For reservations and information, contact the Lincoln Theater box office either online at www.lincolntheater.org or call 944-9900.

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Roadside The creators of ‘The Wild Table’ introduce the fine art of eating weeds By SASHA PAULSEN Inside Napa Valley Editor

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his is a scientific expedition,” Connie Green said, as we turned onto a back road in the Napa Valley. In the back of her frog-green Honda Element were Register food columnist Betty Teller and myself, along with an assortment of baskets, gloves and containers. In the front passenger seat was chef Sarah Scott. Green and Scott, authors of the newly published “The Wild Table, Seasonal Foraged Food and Recipes,” were going to introduce us to the wild world of Napa, just off well-traveled roads, where a bounty of edible treasures awaits a seasoned forager. Over the next couple of hours, we found: English walnuts (“Every kid knows they’re everywhere in Napa,” Green said), wild fennel (“Add those little seeds to a salad”), rose hips, nopales — the prickly pear cactus pads, chestnuts, crabapples, the

wild herb purslane (“They’re saying this is a superfood”) and an abundance of another superfood, elderberries. We also learned to identify poison hemlock, not a plant one would want to forage and sample. We learned that savvy hunters can gather their own pine nuts in the hills, if they can be faster than a squirrel, and that the tips of Douglas fir can impart a fresh, piney zing to olive oil. We also sampled an array of finds — not of Napa Valley — that Green had brought along, like tiny, twig-like sea beans, both fresh and pickled, that have a snappy, salty taste. In short, we got just a taste of the wild world of foragers. “It’s the other harvest going on in the Napa Valley,” Scott said. -continued on next page 31

“… it becomes the fine art of recognition if you’re hungry and it’s delicious.”

The callof of the wildWild The Call the

F inding wild foods is “much closer to home than many of us imagine,” Green said. “You can pull over and find so many delicious things. I think you just have to open your eyes. If you’re looking but you don’t see, you’re missing a lot that’s around you … it becomes the fine art of recognition, particularly if you’re hungry and it’s delicious.” Green started as a forager more than 30 years ago, in the back-to-nature 1970s. She got an introduction to foraging from her Estonian husband, “whose life was saved by his family’s foraging skills” during the days following World War II. Working at the time at a television station, she writes in the introduction to “The Wild Table,” “I was surprised as anyone to find that what made me truly happy was crawling around the woods finding absurd qualities of chanterelles.” Interest in wild foods had been sparked, in part, by foragers like Euell Gibbons, author of the best-selling 1960s books, “Stalking the Wild Asparagus,” “Stalking the Blue-Eyed Scallop” and “Stalking the Healthful Herbs.” In 1974, Gibbons appeared in a television commercial for Post Grape Nuts cereal on which he asked viewers, “Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible,” (He recommended Grape Nuts over pine trees.) As interest in nature waned with the ’80s, Green’s grew into a passion. 32

“The call of the wild was a distant murmur when I first started gathering food,” Green writes. Her first love, she said was, chanterelles, little known at the time except to chefs who had studied and worked in Europe. She began gathering mushrooms and bringing them to local chefs. She founded a business, The Wine Forest Wild Mushrooms. “It took years of educating chefs and creating my own customers,” she writes. “It took a while to realize that I was bringing more to the kitchen than an exquisite ingredient. I was bringing clear proof of a wild, vibrant and beautiful natural world away from the hot, windowless kitchens from which most of our great cuisine flows. I’m the lucky one. The wild foods I carry in have an aura no other food has.” As the California food scene began to evolve, her early customers included Jeremiah Tower, Patricia Unterman and Judy Rogers — followed by other top chefs like Bradley Ogden, Cindy Pawlcyn and Hiro Sone. Traci Des Jardins, Gary Danko became customers along with Thomas Keller, who notes in a forward to “The Wild Table” that Green was one of the first purveyors supplying his French Laundry. “She quickly earned the nickname, ‘The Mushroom Lady,’” he writes, adding that she also introduced him and his staff to other wild delicacies like ramps, huckleberries and sea beans, a crunchy, salty, twig-like green that grows in estuaries. Today, more than three decades later, Green says, “I find myself sitting squarely

at the curious crossroads of the Stone Age and haute cuisine. I can’t count the times over the years I’ve crawled out of the woods quite oblivious to the leaves and twigs in my hair and marched directly to a chef in a crisp white uniform.” And once again, Green notes, public interest in wild foods is growing, although many still are unclear on the concept of ‘wild.’ “I’m often asked if my chanterelles are organic,” Green notes. “I have to say, ‘no’ — it’s beyond organic … another question I’m asked is ‘Where do you grow your wild mushrooms and wild foods?‘ I don’t! They’re wild!”

Chef Chef of the Wild Things of the wild things To

create her cookbook, Green turned to friend and well-known Napa Valley chef Sarah Scott. As executive chef at the Robert Mondavi Winery from 1993 to 2006, Scott had worked alongside chefs like Alice Waters, Charlie Trotter and Daniel Boulud and Michelin-starred chefs from France in the Great Chefs Program. Now a chef and culinary consultant, Scott works with wineries, and corporate and private clients to create menus, recipes and wine pairings. Scott, Green observes, has a “genius for making everything delicious … There’s a difference between edible and delicious. You can make dandelion wine — but why?”

According to Green, “hours of joyful brainstorming” and a subsequent year of working in Scott’s kitchen “turned a passionate tumble of wild foods unto these utterly scrumptious and beautiful recipes … she even chased some of my favorite chefs around their kitchens with measuring cups and translated their dishes into things even I can make.” Scott, in turn, found that “trips to the market for this book required hiking boots and bug repellent.” She created more than 100 recipes, which, organized seasonally, explore Green’s finds. In spring, for example there are Buckwheat Waffles with Spruce Tip Syrup or Purslane Salad with Hot Bacon Vinaigrette and Garlic Croutons. For summer’s harvest one finds Fresh Mulberry Ice Cream, Fennel-Dusted Halibut with WiId Fennel Broth, and a “Breakfast of Champignons” — Lobster Mushroom and Rock Shrimp Eggs Benedict with Dazzling Hollandaise.

Indian Summer includes one recipe Green says she made Scott create: “Chicken-Fried Puffball Steaks with Creamy Mushroom Gravy.” Autumn is porcini season but she also includes creations for matsutake and maitake, and the impressive cauliflower mushrooms along with elderberries. Even in winter, there are treasures to discover — black trumpet mushrooms to be turned into Poor Man’s Truffle Risotto, or hedgehog mushrooms for a mushroom, leek and chestnut stuffing. The resulting recipes, Green said, “preserve the essential character of these beautiful ingredients.” While some of the wild ingredients can now be found in supermarkets, “There is absolutely no better way to search for them with your own feet, eyes and heart.” “I’ve learned so many things,” Scott said of her wild adventure. “I’ve totally incorporated it into the way I cook now.” “Sarah’s and my houses have so many weird things in them,” Green added.

A growing trend A Growing Trend

As more diners are discovering the source of delicious dishes in top-tier restaurants, interest in foraging has become a growing trend in more ways than one. “I once thought sophisticated urban people found nature to be a dangerous stranger, and wild food to be scary,” Green said. “How wrong I was. Everywhere, people are besotted with the idea of foraging for food. In the book, she outlines the pointers for foraging. The basic rule: “You don’t eat anything until you know its identification — but it doesn’t take long to learn.” As well, the veteran forager stresses respect for private property — 20 feet off public roads is in the public domain, she said — and most of all for the wild places and the creatures who share nature’s bounty. “There are more great treasures from the wild world waiting to be found or even remembered,” she concludes. “At the start of the 21st century the old hunter-gatherer lurking inside all of us just won’t let go.”

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ountville is quickly becoming as synonymous with art as it is with hospitality, food and wine. It has entered a vibrant new era of expansion through its all-volunteer Arts Committee. Some people think of community service as a duty. Yountville’s Arts Committee sees it as a timely privilege. Dedicated to highlighting the arts in the town, we do what we do because we love Yountville and we love the arts. Consider the words of Margaret Mead. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” We find that life can be so cool if you leave yourself open to unexpected creative possibilities. It is our hope that Yountville’s Art Walk and its Community Center Gallery at 6516 Washington St. will spread a fresh sense of understanding about the creative world of visual and tactile art. We’re hoping that the work of Yountville’s Arts Committee will help to demystify the arts. We’d like people to look at a piece and say, “You know, I don’t get it, but I can appreciate the work that went into it,” or “I like that piece and am curious to know more about what inspired the artist.” Yountville’s 30-piece outdoor sculpture collection adds another layer of culture for its residents and visitors. It introduces contemporary works by forward-thinking sculpture artists Rich Botto, Jack -continued on next page 37

If you haven’t visited Yountville in a while, consider taking a journey through the juxtaposition of glass, metal, wood, stone and color. Chandler and Gordon Huether, who have loaned their works to Yountville for at least a year. The sale of any sculpture during that period will provide a sales commission to Yountville’s arts committee, supporting future arts-related activities. If you haven’t visited Yountville in a while, consider taking a journey through the juxtaposition of glass, metal, wood, stone and color. You will find a 35-foot long “Spirit Boat” by landscape artist Jack Chandler at the south end of the Community Center. Another large marble Chandler sculpture is located at Edward James Courtyard on Washington Street. It reminds some folks of a giant slice of cake from Bouchon Bakery. A granite piece by Chandler resides in the French Laundry Garden. You will find “Rex” at Hopper Creek Park. This life-size horse was created from scrap metal vineyard posts. Chandler took care to not re-bend any of the pieces. Instead, his artistic vision led him to place the mangled pieces together and by the magic of his craftsmanship, a horse emerged. Chandler’s creativity gives new life to old rust. Often whimsical, sometimes kinetic, always arresting, his sculpture uses interplay of textures along with the inherent strength and presence of steel, marble and granite to create big artistic statements. Huether has loaned four major works to Yountville. Having mastered the challenge of creating art in a multitude of environments and media, the scale of his work ranges from large architectural installations for public commissions to small, intimate works of art for private collections and residences. Heuther has not been afraid to try new things. His innovative spirit, combined with focus, hard work, and dedication have earned him stature and respect in Yountville. Huether’s “Red Keller” is composed of steel. Painted bright red, it stands 10 feet high, 6 feet wide and 4 feet in deep. Lit from within, the tall limbs of “Red Keller” move softly back and forth, as though they are waltzing with the wind. My husband, Jay, is proud to house this piece at our Yountville Inn, Petit Logis, just south of Bouchon Bakery on Washington Street. “Silver Twist” in the center of Yountville, is the most organic of Huether’s pieces; its form was inspired by a falling leaf, turning and twisting in the wind. Fourteen feet high and 4 feet wide, it is composed of metal, which was polished over and over again. Its glass center produces a breathing space that reflects the rocks, plants and people around it. Heuther’s “Reflections” perched on the grass knoll north of Villagio, is composed of glass panels subtly placed “just right.” Similar to “Silver Twist,” “Reflections” also reflects the sky, grass, stones and trees nearby. “Orange Squares,” constructed from steel, stands 10 feet high, 6 feet wide and 4 feet deep. Its jovial, bold aspect and color elicits all sorts of interpretations, which is why we strategically placed it on the large cement pedestal between the Community Center and Bardessono Inn and Spa. 38

Botto’s stone mushrooms grace the garden in front of Yountville’s sheriff office. We thought it was the safest spot in town. A rock and metal bouquet blends in perfectly at Piazza Quercia on Washington Street. Keep going north to Jessup Cellars and you will find another contemporary vertical rock and metal Botto piece. Each piece of sculpture has its own flavor and personality, evolving from the artist’s imagination. As a child, Botto worked alongside his grandfather, father and uncle when they let him sweep the family’s metal shop, and he became interested in welding and fabrication. Keenly aware of rock shapes, Botto is able to visualize animals, flowers, snakes and even human forms. His art has become his life. “It’s like anything that gets into your system; once you become involved, a path reveals itself and you have to follow,” he said. Yountville’s Rotating Community Center Arts Partnership Gallery continually displays work of local artists. Michael and Ronda Schaer of RASgalleries are the guardian angels that coordinated this small gallery. With their precise sense of style and placement, the Schaers creatively and carefully chose the wall space in order to highlight the talent of each artist. CC Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Yountville’s Art galleries range from the Gordon Gallery and RASgalleries on Washington Street to Blue Heron, Gallery 1870 and North Bay Gallery in V Marketplace. Tasting rooms such as Cornerstone and Somerston also feature outstanding art. Judith Caldwell is chairwoman of Yountville’s Arts Committee.

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for the eyes abound in the

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It’s really no wonder author Robert Louis Stevenson spent the better part of a summer camping on the shoulder of Mount St. Helena at the northern end of the Napa Valley. From beyond this spot, at the top of a state park now named after the mercurial writer, the views of the Napa Valley are the kinds of sights about which you tell your grandkids, the stuff from which fairy tales are made. In the morning, before the sun warms the day, fog enshrouds the valley floor, allowing only a handful of peaks to peak above the white. In the afternoon, once the fog has retreated and disappeared (temporarily), vineyards line the landscape like green corduroy, as far as the eye can see. Even if you don’t witness hawks riding the thermals, the view from the top of Mount Saint Helena is a rite of passage for those who consider themselves locals. But it’s certainly not the only one to inspire awe. On the contrary, the Valley abounds with breathtaking vistas. Some of these sights are free, while others will cost you for wine tasting or a meal. Each will inspire you to break out the camera and start snapping. After all, a view is a terrible thing to waste. -continued on next page 43

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ki fans know the best California gondola rides head up the mountains surrounding Lake Tahoe. Locally, however, we’ve got a spectacular ride of our own — at Sterling Vineyards in Calistoga. The tram is part of the basic $25 tasting experience here, as all visitors must take the tram from the entrance (on the valley floor) to the estate (300 feet above the Valley on the top of a modest bench on the eastern edge) for a self-guided tour and tastings. The ride is quick — five minutes, maximum — but if you go once the fog has burned off you can gaze down the Valley all the way to Napa from near the top. It’s also intimate; because the thing is so tiny, no more than four people (including children) can ride it at any given time. Because of the tram’s size, visit midday on a weekday to avoid crowds and long lines. You can’t make reservations, so at peak times the waits to take the tram up or down can seem interminable.

“The ride is quick [at Sterling Vineyards] but if you go once the fog has burned off you can gaze down the Valley all the way to Napa from near the top. It’s also intimate.”

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ands down, the local eatery with the best views is the restaurant at Auberge du Soleil in Rutherford. Sure, food here is expensive (a two-course lunch will run you about $50 without wine, while the three-course, price-fixe dinner starts at $98), but you don’t have to eat big to enjoy the view. Our suggestion: Go for cocktails and appetizers only. No, your server won’t love you, but that’s the server’s problem, not yours. Besides, the view is bound to distract you from any uncomfortable vibes. Auberge’s patio looks down on the Valley from the Mayacamas Mountains, creating the sensation that you’re hovering over some of the most expansive vineyard land between Napa and Yountville. At night, it’s fun to sit out there and try to figure out which lights are what. Another option in this part of the Valley is Silverado Vineyards in Napa. From the patios behind the tasting bar, visitors can gaze up-Valley toward Mount Saint Helena and beyond. On busy Saturdays, buy a bottle from the bar and take it to one of the private upper patios to enjoy.

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till other mind-bending vistas dot the southern part of the Valley. In Carneros, with three walls of windows, the tasting room at eco-conscious Cuvaison offers near-panoramic perspectives of the vineyards that cover the surrounding foothills. Visitors can enjoy these views two ways: From a table inside the tasting room, or from a bench on a covered patio outside. Appointments are required (707-942-2455), and all tastings cost $15. The winery also offers vineyard walks that get up-closeand-personal with some of the same views. These walks last about 45 minutes and include a tasting; they’re offered Friday-Monday at 9:30 a.m. and cost $30 per person. Of course, there are some free views down here, too. Among the favorites: the vistas of the Napa River and its estuaries from just about anywhere in the John F. Kennedy Memorial Park south of town. Active types can get out and experience these views on a walk, jog or bike ride along the paved Napa River Trail. Of course, the launch at JFK Park also is a great place to put in a kayak from which views of the estuaries would be just as wonderful. There are more sedentary ways to enjoy this spot. Bring a blanket and a picnic lunch to enjoy on the grass north of the main parking lot. If you’re lucky, you might spot salmon leaping from the river and Great Blue Herons patrolling the banks. From here, with the entire estuary spread out before you, anything is possible.

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1205 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

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180 Rutherford Hill Road Rutherford, CA 94573

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1122 Main Street Napa, CA 94559

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1260 Main Street Napa, CA 94559

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651 Trancas Napa, CA 94558

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1314 McKinstry Street Napa, CA 94559

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1650 Soscol Avenue Napa, CA 94558

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6510 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599

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1025 First Street Napa, CA 94559

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4048 Sonoma Highway Napa, CA 94559

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902 Main Street Napa, CA 94559

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1364 Lincoln Avenue Yountville, CA 94515

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610 First Street, #10 Napa, CA 94559

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6525 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599

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1 California Drive Yountville, CA 94599

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6534 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599

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4048 Sonoma Highway Napa, CA 94559

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975 First Street Napa, CA 94559

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1374 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515

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645 First Street Napa, CA 94559

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7377 St. Helena Hwy Yountville, CA 94558

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3824 Bel Aire Plaza Napa, CA 94559

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1201 Napa Town Center Napa, CA 94558

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2766 Old Sonoma Road Napa, CA 94558

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1207 Foothill Blvd Calistoga, CA 94515

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6640 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599

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2297 Jefferson Street Napa, CA 94558

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1440 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515

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3000 Highway 29, Ste. B St. Helena, CA 94574

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1413 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515

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1533 Trancas Street Napa, CA 94558

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4050 Byway East Napa, CA 94558

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540 Main Street Napa, CA 94559

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1313 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

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1320 Napa Town Center Napa, CA 94559

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641 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

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61 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

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1400 Second Street Napa, CA 94559

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1075 California Blvd Napa, CA 94559

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101 Cafe Court Napa, CA 94503

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Hog Island Oyster Company (Oxbow Market)

641 First Street Napa, CA 94559

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Hurley’s Restaurant & Bar

6518 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599

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1403 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515

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2044 Airport Road Napa, CA 94558

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3375 California Way Napa, CA 94558

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1631 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515

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3070 Jefferson Street Napa, CA 94558

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1923 Lake Street Calistoga, CA 94515

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1010 Adams Street St. Helena, CA 94574

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2007 Redwood Road Napa, CA 94558

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1314 McKinstry Street Napa, CA 94559

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21167 Calistoga Street Middletown, CA 95461

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1730 Yajome Street Napa, CA 94559

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Mustard’s Grill

7399 St. Helena Hwy Yountville, CA 94599

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1040 Main Street Napa, CA 94559

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1275 McKinstry Street Napa, CA 94559

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Mammarella’s

630 Airpark Road Napa, CA 94558

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Neela’s Indian Cuisine Restaurant

975 Clinton Street Napa, CA 94559

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Market

1347 Main Street. St. Helena, CA 94574

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Nicola’s Deli & Pizzeria

1359 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515

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1245 Spring Street St. Helena, CA 94574

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1401 First Street Napa, CA 94559

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900 Meadowood Lane St. Helena, CA 94574

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7856 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562

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1408 Clay Street Napa, CA 94559

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376 Soscol Avenue Napa, CA 94558

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221 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

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610 First Street Napa, CA 94559

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3383 Solano Avenue Napa, CA 94558

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1202 First Street Napa, CA 94559

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520 Main Street Napa, CA 94559

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1237 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515

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1851 Old Sonoma Road Napa, CA 94558

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1506 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515

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1214 Main Street Napa, CA 94559

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1339 Pearl Street, Ste. 104 Napa, CA 94559

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Tanya’s Taqueria

601 Jefferson Street Napa, CA 94558

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7787 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562

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933 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

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610 First Street Napa, CA 94559

707.251.3757

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610 First Street Napa, CA 94559

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1016 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

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1345 Railroad Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574

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587 St Helena Hwy St. Helena, CA 94574

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Thai Kitchen Restaurant

1222 Trancas Street Napa, CA 94558

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Puerto Vallarta Restaurant

1473 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515

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1149 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

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6480 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599

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1050 Charter Oak Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574

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Red Hen Cantina

4175 Solano Avenue Napa, CA 94558

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999 Trancas Street Napa, CA 94558

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1010 Lincoln Avenue Napa, CA 94558

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4600 Mt. Home Ranch Rd Calistoga, CA 94515

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4084 Byway East Napa, CA 94558

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1040 Clinton Street Napa, CA 94559

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1600 Atlas Peak Road Napa, CA 94558

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1146 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

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1180 Rutherford Road Rutherford, CA 94573

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1011 Soscol Ferry Road Napa, CA 94558

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The walls of Rancho Gordo New World Specialty Foods are lined with vivid, dramatic Mexican film posters, but the real stars in this new Napa shop are beans, humble, healthy and heirloom. Steve Sando started Rancho Gordo beans at farmers markets about eight years ago and it grew into what is now a solid Internet business.

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don’t have a casual interest in anything,” owner Steve Sando reflected. This is true whether he’s talking about movie posters, of which he has a collection of more than 200, or heirloom beans, which he has been growing, importing and promoting for eight years. Sando’s interest in beans actually began with tomatoes. He started growing tomatoes, he has said, after one August when he was preparing a dinner party, “and the only tomatoes in the store were from a hothouse in Holland. It didn’t make sense.” He began exploring the varieties of tomatoes beyond the standard commercial ones and he found and started growing a rich variety that were not then available at supermarkets: heirloom varietals, which had nearly been lost, in part because they weren’t as convenient to grow and transport long distances as the ubiquitous hybrid tomatoes. “I started selling my tomatoes at the farmers market and became interested in beans as something to sell before the tomatoes were ready,” he said. In beans, he found the same variety of heirlooms in all colors and sizes — purple, black, brown and beige, speckeled, plain

and striped. He also discovered that most of the supermarket beans are old — some might be as much as 10 years old — but that fresh beans, under a year old, have “unbelievable flavor.” “My joy in life now is I get to go on road trips,” he said, to look for more varieties of beans. He described, however, a recent trip in an arid mountain region of Huasteca, Mexico. “We found an old man, who grew beans, and I asked him what kind he grew. Proudly he said, ‘Michigan black.’ Here is the problem, corporations are encouraging people like him to stop growing the beans they’ve been growing for hundreds of years and instead grow these commercial beans — yet he won’t be able to compete with the Chinese — or Michigan. “I now have a sense of urgency,” he said. “By doing what we’re doing, we can help create a market for what these farmers have been doing for thousands of years.” Sando’s business grew steadily as he caught the interest of local chefs, beginning with Thomas Keller, who began serving Rancho Gordo beans at his famed French Laundry. Other early supporters included Alexis Handelman of ABC Bakery, and

f u llof beans By SASHA PAULSEN

Inside Napa Valley Editor

Photos by JORGEN GULLIKSEN

Rancho GoRdo 1924 Yajome Street Napa, CA 94559 Sando’s products are also available online at

Rancho Gordo beans has new retail space on Yajome Street with a large selection of heirloom beans from California and Mexico.

Sheamus Feeley, who was then chef at the Rutherford Grill and is now at Farmstead, “To have three trendsetters — people I totally respected — get it” was tremendous, he said. Today, Sando buys heirloom beans from 22 growers in California and 10 in Mexico. He is shipping 50 to 60 crates of beans a day all over the country and Canada, he said. Nationally known chefs like Mario Batali are featuring Rancho Gordo beans on menus. On a trip to the Napa Valley last fall to film stories for his series Planet Green, chef Emeril Lagasse intended to feature Sando and Rancho Gordo beans in one segment but ended up doing an entire episode about heirloom beans. “Beans,” Lagasse recommended, “are a great staple for your diet and a great source of protein. There are hundreds of varieties of beans and many of the most flavorful are heirloom beans. If you want to know everything there is to know about beans, Steve Sando is your man.”

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fter operating first out of his home and then out of a small warehouse last year, Sando signed a lease for a retail store on Yajome Street. The ensuing process of getting permits and permission to operate a retail store selling beans turned into an ordeal that lasted almost a year and cost him thousands of dollars. “It took six or seven months to get through the city and county process,” he said. “The system is geared more for developers, and not for entrepreneurs — or small mom and pops businesses. “ President Obama says it’s small busi-

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nesses that are going to rebuild this country,” he said, but many of his dealings with government “were 100 percent lacking in common sense ... you’d think we were selling tripe here.” Sando was going to “challenge every point that seemed nonsensical” and planning to go to the state, “which is a dream to work with,” when his permits came through and he was able to open. One of the best parts of his business plan, he said, was the decision to work with Napa Valley Support Services, some of whose clients found jobs helping bag the beans. “I thought I’d do it to help them out,” he said, “but really, we won. The rates are reasonable and they became family. “You can do business in a way that everyone wins,” he concluded. One work of art he shows off proudly in his store is an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe, made for him by the workers from Support Services. It’s a mosaic, made from beans. Although he primarily opened the Rancho Gordo shop for locals to have an easy way to buy his beans and other products, Sando said a lot of visitors to the valley are finding their way to his off-the-beatentrack store. “People get tired of wineries and want something new,” he said. “This valley has a lot of nice things that aren’t wine.” In addition to beans, Sando sells heirloom popcorn, Mexican chocolate, chiles, spices, a mixteca salt (“It helps soften beans”) and dried prickly pear cactus. His book, “Heirloom Beans,” is also for sale in the store, along with his favored utensil for cooking beans — clay pots. “It’s not necessary but it’s romantic,” Sando said. “I can’t fly back from Mexico

now without a beanpot on my lap.” Guest chefs, who are fans of his beans, have also been turning up at Sando’s new store. Recenttly, it was cookbook author Deborah Madison. Coming in April is Paula Wolfert, another fan of clay pots. “Paula says every clay pot holds the memory of everything that’s ever been cooked in it,” he said.

Eating Beans Year-Round

isit Rancho Gordo and it’s impossible not to walk out with a bag or two of beans. “People always want recipes,” he said. “I cook them just plain. I cook beans twice a week — about a half a pound at a time is the right amount — in a clay pot. Then I use them in different ways, in salads, in soups, puree them and serve them on crostini. I keep reinventing them: Squeeze on lime juice and grate a little onion. One great way to fix them is with choriza, a cup of salsa and clams. “I eat beans every day,” he said. “I never get tired of eating beans.” Although Sando said he gets angry with people who consider beans just a winter food, there’s no denying that pot of beans can warm up the coldest winter day. “They’re a very ‘green’ vegetable when you think about the resources it takes to produce a pound of beans versus a pound of beef,” he said. “And even if heirloom beans cost more (the Rancho Gordo beans are $5 a pound), it’s still only 50 cents a serving, and it’s really good protein.” Sando admits he never saw any of this when he started growing heirloom beans. “I thought beans would always be a niche item,” he said. “To think now that regular Joes are eating beans and have a gas, so to speak, it’s like a dream.” 49

Monkey Flowers Napa entrepreneur takes a fresh, green look at floral design By CAROL JEAN ST. AUBIN Inside Napa Valley Correspondent

Delicate silk ribbon bracelets adorned with tiny purple sage flowers and eucalyptus leaves. Masks with ivy, ginko, camellia or manzanita leaves ornately stitched with lichen and berries. A Mason jar filled with expertly cut and secured wild flowers the colors of sunset. These are just a few of the creations available from The Monkey Flower Group, a new floral business in Napa.

apa native Jaime Giorgi studied with master florists from Europe at Winston Flowers in Boston, but the foundations for her business have always been homegrown. She learned the basic principles of design from her florist grandmother and plant enthusiast mother. She came up with the idea of the Monkey Flower Group on a cross-country journey back to Napa, and launched her business in a garage-workshop built by her engineer parents. “My mom called me ‘Monkey’ as a kid and always pointed out the sticky monkey flower as my special plant,” she explained. Giorgi chose the name to emphasize her unconventional approach to business, offering alternatives to traditional corsages and boutonnieres, using old-fashioned California flowers and greenery. Madrone, manzanita, California bay, purple sage, camellias, narcissus, jonquils, calla lilies, acacia, garden roses, jasmine, daphne, Queen Anne’s lace, privet and fennel are some of the plants she uses in seasonal bouquets and arrangements. Before designing, Giorgi seeks out fresh and interesting plants and flowers that are often overlooked. Around Halloween, she said, “I found these giant, gorgeous yellow ginko leaves that were too big to use as a bracelet … so I made a mask. I let the shape, color and general character of the materials determine the design of the mask.” “Creating floral designs with local plant materials results in a lighter carbon footprint, fresher products and

1.) Giorgi uses old-fashioned California flowers in her arrangements. Her “Flowers to Care” program allows customers to order an arrangement for a recipient who receives a virtual link via Internet. The actual arrangement is then delivered to the recipient’s choice of location. 2.) Giorgi, who works in her parents’ converted garage in Napa said she lets the color and shape of a material determine the design, such as the mask made from ginko leaves “that were too big to use as a bracelet.” 3.) Giorgi sews her botanical items to natural fiber ribbons to avoid using glue or other synthetic materials. 4.) An alternative to traditional corsages, Giorgi’s floral ribbons can be used as necklaces, pins, bracelets and hair ornaments. “They’re a perfect surprise before going out for a night of celebration,” she said.

builds bonds within communities,” she said. “The ‘group’ part of the name suggests the network of growers and neighbors I work with to source the freshest, most interesting botanical materials the day has to offer.” When designing flowers to wear, Giorgi noted that many people are uncomfortable with the traditional, clunky corsage. “My ribbons can be worn as a necklace, hair ornament, bracelet, earring or pin,” she said. She adds flowers and bits of greenery to ribbons and pins, which can be used to wrap a gift. “A perfect surprise before going out for a night of celebration,” she says. She explained that her work is different because, “I carefully sew the botanical materials in my bracelets to a natural fiber ribbon, without the toxic glue and synthetic apparatuses so common in the floral industry today.” Giorgi participated in the downtown Napa Farmers Market as a way to meet people and now is busy planning for the holidays. She’ll be creating traditional custom wreaths, garlands and swags. “They smell great and add a lot of color and interest,” she said. “They are especially welcom-

ing and homey.” Still, she plans to add her own Monkey flower originality. A swag might include native toyon berries for color, digger pine or California bay for fragrance and quince fruit for contrast in shape. It will also be put together carefully with the stems gathered together in a tidy spiral. The result is a design that is, “wild and homey in many respects, but tailored-looking,” she said. “I decorated my apartment door in Boston with a swag, and it was amazing how it made the whole block feel cozy; it embodied holiday cheer.” Most of Giorgi’s designs are intended to be temporary, but many can de dried and kept as a memento or holiday ornament. Her recycled greeting cards feature photographs of local botanical materials. Giorgi, who describes her business as flowers “to wear, share and care,” offers Flowers to Share subscriptions. “People look forward to having fresh flowers in their home or office, and I love getting to know the people I am working with each day,” she said. With a weekly subscription, floral arrangements can change with the seasons. “During the winter months there is a

wealth of locally grown orchids,” she said, “I love mini cymbidiums, especially this pale green variety my grandmother grows. Hellebores are another of my winter favorites.” She also created a novel “Flowers to Care” program to deliver virtual Monkey Flowers to anyone with Internet access. “I first started offering my Flowers to Care program in response to requests to ship my arrangements outside the Bay Area,” she said. Flowers to Care, she explained, is an online ordering system in which an order is placed for flowers, a fresh arrangement is designed, and an e-mail link is sent to the recipient. The flowers can be viewed via the link. Then, the actual fresh flower arrangement is delivered to the recipient’s choice of location. “It is unconventional, but a new way to share the joy of flowers with both the recipient and members of the community,” she said. “Hopefully it will catch on.” Contact Floral Designer Jaime Giorgi and The Monkey Flower Group at 418-8615, or by e-mail at info@themonkeyflowergroup.com. The website is www.themonkeyflowergroup.com.

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Once again, the most celebrated time of year is upon us. There is a special twinkle in our eyes as we watch, then consume, tiny bubbles filling up our glasses (and our tummies)…It’s plain to see that the Holiday Season has arrived! The choices of what sparklers to choose from have never been more daunting. As the buyer for JV Wine & Spirits, located at 301 First Street, Napa, I am faced with the tough job, (I know, someone has to do it) of deciding which Prosecco, Cava, Cremant, and Champagne, as well as California sparklers, to bring in the store. Well, it’s actually quite easy…we buy just about all of them! With a wide variety of price points and styles, JV has the greatest selection of sparkling wines in the Napa Valley. Some would argue that “the monarch of all wines is Champagne..” quote Major Benjamin Cummings Truman, but it is easy to grab a Prosecco, from Italy’s Veneto, that offers delicate fruit, enticing aromas and lots of bubbles for under $20. Serve Prosecco with prosciutto, stuffed mushrooms, almonds, and spicey foods. Spain’s answer to “stars in a glass‘, is Cava. Another great value, anywhere from $10-15 a bottle, it is made by using the same method that the French utilize in making Champagne. The flavors range from floral to sweet apples, with a tad of earthiness. Cava is delightful paired with sushi, tapas, and ham.

Living in the Napa Valley, we have the luxury of enjoying some of the best sparkling wines made in the world, right here in our backyard. JV offers a wide variety of the many styles of sparkling from Domaine Carneros, Domaine Chandon, Mumm Napa Valley, Schramsberg, Roederer Estates and Gloria Ferrer. Made in chalk caves, Champagne is the most famous sparkling wine with a long history dating back to Roman times. The extreme cold climate and the chalk bedrock, encourage the root system to penetrate the soil 30-40 feet, contributing to wines that have minerality and develop into elegant tète de cuvées, or Champagnes of the highest quality. Our wine staff at JV Wine & Spirits, recommends the following sparkling wines with friendly and welcoming assistance when you stop by to shop for your holiday celebrations, parties, and family gatherings: Dom Pérignon 2002, Special Edition, “Andy Warhol”, $189.99; Chartogne-Taillet Sainte-Anne Brut, $37.99;Pierre Peters Cuvee de Reserve Grand Cru Blanc de Blanc, $53.99; Moët & Chandon Rosé Imperial, $62.99; LaMarca Prosecco, $10.99; Tiamo Prosecco, $12.99; Ruggeri Valdobbiadene Prosecco, $15.99; Naveran Dama-Vintage 2004 Cava, $19.99; Lamiable Brut Grand Cru Tours-sur-Marne, $55.99….and hundreds more!! 53

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the life of wine begins in the soil: Describing napa valley’s appellations Howell Mountain This elevated district gained its grapegrowing reputation in the 1870s and continued until Prohibition, then renewed its viticultural heritage in the 1960s. Spring Mountain DiStrict Viticulture was established here in the 1870s. Its soils are distinct even from the land to its north on Diamond Mountain. Its eastern exposure translates to cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers. Its temperature range is less than in St. Helena. St. Helena This AVA lies within a narrow portion of the upper Napa Valley. The resulting interaction of climatic factors affect grapes grown in this floor area. Within its boundaries from Bale Lane to the north and Zinfandel Lane to the south, there is a fairly uniform steep gradiant. cHileS Valley In the mid-1800s, the Mexican government gave a land grant to Joseph Ballinger Chiles. And that land lies within this AVA in which vineyard was one of its earliest agricultural operations. The soil, climate and elevation present a microclimate unique from the Napa Valley. rutHerforD This area gained a world reputation for its “Rutherford Dust” which imparts earthy qualities to cabernet sauvignon. oakVille This mid-valley area is warmer than the area to its south but still enjoys cool evenings thanks to the valley’s proximity to the San Pablo Bay. Its soils flow from the Mayacamas to the west and the Vaca Range to

the east. They meet at the Napa River. The result: good drainage and gravelly soil. Cabernet sauvignon grows well here. atlaS peak Elevated from 760 feet to 2,663 feet on the Vaca Range, it is described as “an elevated valley surrounded by volcanic mountains of relatively shallow relief.” Mt. VeeDer One of the largest AVAs inside the Napa Valley appellation, this 15,000-acre area rises to 2,677 feet on the eastern slope of the Mayacamas mountains. It has a variety of soil types, all distinct from the valley floor as well as the Sonoma side of the mountain range. yountVille This AVA encompasses about 8,260 acres of which nearly 2,500 acres are planted to grapes. The AVA gained federal approval earlier this year at which time it held within its borders seven wineries and 43 growers.

*Refer to map on previous page loS carneroS Perhaps the coolest area in the Napa Valley, this land slopes to the San Pablo Bay, just three miles away. The rocky, clay loam creates a grape with intense flavors. The area is best known for its pinot noir. Boundaries of the Carneros AVA extend into Sonoma County. wilD HorSe Valley Like Carneros, this AVA crosses county lines. It encompasses a valley 5.3 miles long and 1.67 miles at its widest. First planted in grapes in 1881, its climate is influenced by the bay and ocean winds. napa Valley Boundary lines follow the Napa County lines except for the eastern portion near Lake Berryessa. The AVA includes the areas historically linked to Napa Valley wine growing tradition.

StagS leap DiStrict This AVA contains 2,700 acres with only half of that planted to grapes, primarily cabernet sauvignon. It’s tucked into a three-mile by onemile area bordering the Silverado Trail and defined by the jagged outcroppings of the Vaca Range to the east, the Napa River to the west and south.

DiaMonD Mountain This district is located entirely in Napa County in the Mayacamas mountain range, east of Calistoga. It is comprised of 5,300 acres of which 464 acres are planted vineyards. Grape farming in this AVA began in 1863, and some of the world’s finest wines are produced here because of the uniqueness of soil and climate conditions.

oak knoll DiStrict Established in 2004, his appellation with 3,500 acres of vines is at a low elevation just north of the city of Napa. Cool, coastal breezes extend the growing season and offer what some consider the perfect balance of hot and cool climates. A wide variety of grapes are grown in this versatile area.

caliStoga Daytime summer temperatures peak above 100° (37°C) and fall to low 40s° (7°C) at night, due to cool marine air drawn into the Valley from the northwestern hills. Cool afternoon and evening breezes continue the process, and on clear nights are assisted by cold air sliding down the mountainsides to the Valley floor.

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Benessere

1010 Big Tree Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.5853

3000 St. Helena Hwy N. St. Helena, CA 94574

707.967.0666

Bennett Lane Winery

3340 Highway 128 Calistoga, CA 94515

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2750 Las Amigas Road Napa, CA 94559

707.226.9991

Beringer Vineyards

2000 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

707.967.4412

2101 Kirkland Avenue Napa, CA 94558

707.226.6600

Black Stallion Winery

4089 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.253.1400

3181 Kingston Avenue Napa, CA 94558

707.226.3185

1075 Buchli Station Road Napa, CA 94559

800.654.WINE

2545 Las Amigas Road Napa, CA 94559

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P.O. Box 6078 St. Helena, CA 94574

707.965.2675

945 Deer Park Road St. Helena, CA 94574

800.514.4401

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1700 Wooden Valley Road Napa, CA 94558

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2471 Solano Avenue Napa, CA 94558

707.266.7942

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1099 Greenfield Road St. Helena, CA 94574

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1108 Deer Park Road St. Helena, CA 94574

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2591 Pinot Way St. Helena, CA 94574

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707.967.3010

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1016 Las Amigas Road Napa, CA 94559

707.255.3954

1960 St. Helena Hwy Rutherford, CA 94573

707.967.5230

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1581 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.7136

6200 Washington St. Yountville, CA 94599

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2210 Third Avenue Napa, CA 94558

707.246.7045

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6795 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599

707.944.8100

1250 Cuttings Wharf Road Napa, CA 94558

707.257.5300

2121 Diamond Mountain Rd Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.0707

3530 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.0530

987 St. Helena Hwy St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.0826

Elyse Wineries Esser Vineyards Etude Wines Failla Falcor Wine Cellars

2511 Napa Valley Corporate Dr.

707.255.6070

4550 Silverado Trail N. Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.6266

Fantesca Estate & Winery 2920 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.968.9229

Cuvaison Estate Wines- Carneros D.R. Stephens Estate Darioush Winery David Arthur Vineyards Del Dotto Vineyards Delectus Winery Destino Wines Detert Family Vineyards Diamond Oaks

1221 Duhig Road Napa, CA 94599

707.255.7321

1350 Acacia Drive Oakville, CA 94562

707.944.2861

1860 Howell Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.2908

Far Niente Farella Vineyard

2222 Third Avenue Napa, CA 94558

707.254.9489

4240 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.257.2345

1521 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.5190

1455 St. Helena Hwy St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.2134

908 Enterprise Way, #C Napa, CA 94558

707.255.1252

707.257.2641 x1

Napa, CA 94559

1325 Imola Ave W., PMB 500 800.862.1737 Napa, CA 94559 1746 Vineyard Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574

877.817.0466

1595 Oakville Grade Oakville, CA 94562

707.948.3010

Domaine Chandon 1 Californina Drive Yountville, CA 94599 707.944.2280 www.chandon.com Domaine Carneros by Taittinger Dominari Winery Downing Family Drinkward Peschon

1240 Duhig Road Napa, CA 94559

707.257.0101

620 Trancas Street Napa, CA 94558

707.226.1600

3212 Jefferson Street, PMB 189 707.237.3444 Napa, CA 94558 1547 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.6156

NAPA VALLEY WINE DIRECTORY WINERY

ADDRESS

PHONE

WINERY

ADDRESS

PHONE

Fleury Estate Winery

950 Galleron Road Rutherford, CA 94573

707.974.9951

4411 Redwood Road Napa, CA 94558

707.255.1144 x237

Flora Springs Winery & Vineyards Folie a Deux Winery Folio Winemaker’s Studio

677 S. St. Helena Hwy St. Helena, CA 94574

800.913.1118

4038 Big Ranch Road Napa, CA 94558

707.257.7555

7481 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562

707.944.2565

6512 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599

888.552.WINE

1285 Dealy Lane Napa, CA 94558

707.256.2757

850 Rutherford Road Rutherford, CA 94573

800.929.2217 x318

Forman Vineyards Franciscan Oakville Estates Frank Family Vineyards Fre Wines Freemark Abbey Winery Frog’s Leap Winery Gargiulo Vineyards

1501 Big Rock Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.3900

6204 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599

707.944.2139

1178 Galleron Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.967.3993

1091 Larkmead Lane Calistoga, CA 94515

800.574.9463

277 St. Helena Hwy S. St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.3104 x4208

3022 St. Helena Hwy N. St. Helena, CA 94574

800.963.9698

8815 Conn Creek Road Rutherford, CA 94573

707.963.4704

575 Oakville Crossroad Napa, CA 94558

707.944.2770

Girard Winery Tasting Room Godspeed Vineyards Goosecross Cellars Graeser Winery Winery Greenfield Winery Grgich Hills Groth Vineyards Gustavo Thrace Hagafen Cellars Hall Wines Hans Fahden Vineyards

6795 Washington Street Yountville, CA94599

707.968.9297

Hess Collection Winery Hill Climber Vineyards Hill Family Estate Honig Vineyard & Winery Hopper Creek Vineyard & Winery Hourglass Wines Humanitas Wine Company J. Kirkwood Winery Jarvis Winery Jessup Cellars Joel Gott Wines Joseph Phelps Vineyards

3655 Mount Veeder Road Napa, CA 94558

707.254.7766

1119 State Lane Yountville, CA 94599

707.944.1986

255 Petrified Forest Road Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.4437

205 Jim Oswald Way American Canyon, CA 94503

707.552.0362

Judd’s Hill Juslyn Vineyards JV Wine & Spirits

1829 St. Helena Hwy Rutherford, CA 94573

800.532.3057

750 Oakville Crossroad Oakville, CA 94562

707.944.0290

1021 McKinstry Street Napa, CA 94559

707.257.6796

Kelham Vineyards

360 Zinfandel Lane St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.2000

4160 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.252.0781

1001 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.5667

401 St. Helena Hwy S. St. Helena, CA 94574

707.967.2620

1 Kirkland Ranch Road Napa, CA 94588

707.254.9100

4855 Petrified Forest Road Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.6760

2470 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94575

707.963.9750

Hartwell Vineyards Havens Wine Haywood Winery

5795 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.255.4269

150 White Cottage Road S. Angwin, CA 94508

707.965.2445

2055 Hoffman Lane Napa, CA 94558

707.261.2000

5055 Solano Avenue Napa, CA 94558

707.257.0360

27000 Ramal Road Sonoma, CA 95476

800.325.2764

Kent Rasmussen Winery Kirkland Ranch Winery Kuleto Estate Ladera Vineyards Laird Family Estate Larkmead Vineyards

1100 Larkmead Lane Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.0167

HdV Wines

588 Trancas Street Napa, CA 94581

707.251.9121

4225 Solano Avenue, Ste. 633 877.LEVENDI Napa, CA 94558

Heitz Cellars Helena View Johnston Vineyards Hendry Ranch Wines

436 St. Helena Hwy, South St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.3542 707.942.4956

3022 St. Helena Hwy N. St. Helena, CA 94574 860 Kaiser Road Napa, CA 94558

800.963.9698

3500 Highway 128 Calistoga, CA 94515

Levendi Estates Lineage Vineyards Longfellow Wine Cellars

3104 Redwood Road Napa, CA 94558

707.226.8320

Long Meadow Ranch Winery

738 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.4555

1104 Adams Street, Suite 103 707.968.9332 St. Helena, CA 94574 1081 Round Hill Circle Napa, CA 94558

707.259.0349

1020 Borrette Lane Napa, CA 94558

707.252.4523

2970 Monticello Road Napa, CA 94558

800.255.5280 x150

6740 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599

707.944.8523

945 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.3365

200 Taplin Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.2745

2332 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.255.2332

2900 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.265.1804

301 First Street Napa, CA 94559

707.253.2624

Keever Vineyards 26 Vineyard View Drive Tours & Tastings by Appointment 707.944.0910 www.keevervineyards.com

888.533.5569

WINERY

ADDRESS

PHONE

WINERY

ADDRESS

PHONE

Louis M. Martini Winery

254 South St. Helena Hwy St. Helena, CA 94574

707.968.3361

Neyers Vineyards

2153 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.8840

Luna Vineyards Lynch Vineyards Madonna Estate Madrigal Vineyards

2921 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.255.2474

Nichelini Winery, Inc.

2950 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.0717

1040 Main Street, Suite 103 Napa, CA 94558

707.251.8822

Nickel & Nickel

8164 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562

707.967.9600

5400 Old Sonoma Road Napa, CA 94559

707.255.8864

Noah Vineyards

6204 Washington Street Yountville, CA 94599

707.944.0675

3718 N. St. Helena Hwy Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.6577

7781 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.944.9665

Mahoney Vineyards Markham Vineyards

708 First Street Napa, CA 94558

707.265.9600

Oakville Ranch Vineyards O’ Brien Estate

1200 Orchard Avenue Napa, CA 94558

707.252.8463

2812 St. Helena Hwy N. St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.5292

8576 Highway 29 Rutherford, CA 94573

707.967.1003

Mason Cellars Mayacamas Vineyards McKenzie-Muller Vineyards & Winery Melanson Vineyard

714 First Street Napa, CA 94559

707.255.0658

1255 Lincoln Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515

707.963.5926

1155 Lokoya Road Napa, CA 94558

707.224.4030

Off the Map Wines OnTheEdge Winery Opus One Winery

7900 St. Helena Hwy. Oakville, CA 94562

707.944.9442

2530 Las Amigas Road Napa, CA 94559

707.252.0186

Ovid Napa Valley

255 Long Ranch Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.3850

1537 Sage Canyon Road St. Helena, CA 94954

707.963.7404

4029 Hagen Road Napa, CA 94559

707.226.5587

Mendelson Vineyard

809 Coombs Street Napa, CA 94559

707.255.7825

Palmaz Vineyards Paloma Vineyard Paoletti Vineyards Paraduxx Patz & Hall Wine Company Peacock Family Vineyard Peju Province Winery Peter Michael Winery Phillip Togni Vineyard

4013 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.7504

4501 Silverado Trail Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.0689

7257 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.945.0890

Merryvale 1000 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574 707.963.7777 www.merryvale.com

851 Napa Valley Corporate Way, Ste. A 707.265.7700

Napa, CA 94558

MJA Vineyards/ Serene Cellars

647 Greenfield Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.3394

Mi Sueno Winery

910 Enterprise Way, Suite M Napa, CA 94558

707.258.6358

Michael-Scott Wines Milat Vineyards Miner Family Vineyards

2993 Brookwood Drive Napa, CA 94558

707.226.1622

1091 St. Helena Hwy S. St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.0758

7850 Silverado Trail Oakville, CA 94562

800.366.WINE x17

Monticello Vineyards

4242 Big Ranch Road Napa, CA 94558

707.253.2802 x18

Moss Creek Winery

6015 Steele Canyon Road Napa, CA 94558

707.252.1295

Mumm Napa Valley

8445 Silverado Trail Rutherford, CA 94573

707.MUM.NAPA

Napa Cellars Napa Redwoods Estate Napa Valley Limoncello Co.

7481 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562

707.944.2565

4723 Redwood Road Napa, CA 94558

707.226.1800

4100 Paoli Loop Road #D American Canyon, CA 94503

707.554.WINE

Napa Wine Company Neal Family Vineyards

7830-40 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562

707.944.1710

716 Liparita Road Angwin, CA 94508

707.965.2800

PREMIUM LISTING POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Newton Vineyard

2555 Madrona Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.9000

Contact Norma Kostecka, Advertising Director at 707.256.2228 or email nkostecka@napanews.com

3100 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.967.0770

8466 St. Helena Hwy. Rutherford, CA 94573

707.963.3600

12400 Ida Canyon Road Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.4459

3780 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.3731

Phoenix Vineyards & Winery

3175 Dry Creek Road Napa, CA 94558

877.374.6364

Pillar Rock Vineyard Piña Cellars

6110 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.945.0101

8060 Silverado Trail Oakville, CA 94573

707.738.9328

Pine Ridge Winery PlumpJack Winery

5901 Silverado Trail Yountville, CA 94599

800.575.9777

620 Oakville Crossroad Oakville, CA 94562

707.945.1220

NAPA VALLEY WINE DIRECTORY WINERY

ADDRESS

PHONE

WINERY

ADDRESS

PHONE

Pope Valley Winery Prager Winery Port Works & Pride Mountain Vineyards Provenance Vineyards Quintessa Quixote Winery Raymond Vineyard Cellar & Redmon Family Vineyards Regusci Winery Renteria Wines Revana Family Vineyard Reverie Vineyard Winery & Reynolds Family Winery Ritchie Creek Vineyard Robert Biale Vineyards Robert Keenan Winery Robert Mondavi Winery

6613 Pope Valley Road Pope Valley, CA 94567

707.965.1246

1281 Lewelling Lane St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.7678

4026 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.4949

1695 St. Helena Hwy. Rutherford, CA 94573

707.968.3633

Rutherford Wine Co.

1680 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 9457

707.968.3200

1601 Silverado Trail Rutherford, CA 94573

707.967.1601

2252 Sulphur Springs St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.1284

6126 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.944.2659

7802 Money Road Oakville, CA 94562

707.944.1305

849 Zinfandel Lane St. Helena, CA 94574

800.525.2659 x1

1500 Los Carneros Avenue Napa, CA 94559

707.252.0592

1185 Starr Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574

707.968.9252

397 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.5105

5584 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.254.0403

4060 Silverado Trail Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.5889

1106 Clark Street Napa, CA 94559

707.253.7686

8350 St. Helena Hwy Rutherford, CA 94573

707.963.1980

2930 St. Helena Hwy, North St. Helena, CA 94574

707.967.8814

S.E. Chase Family Cellars Saddleback Cellars Saintsbury Salvestrin Estate Saviez Vineyards Sawyer Cellars School House Vineyard Schramsberg Vineyards Schweiger Vineyards Seavey Vineyard Sequoia Grove Vineyards Shafer Vineyards Sherwin Family Vinyards Signorello Vineyards Silenus Vintners

3549 Langtry Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.4240

1400 Schramsberg Road Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.4558

4015 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.4882

1310 Conn Valley Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.8339

8338 St. Helena Hwy Napa, CA 94558

800.851.7841

6154 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.944.2877

4060 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.1154

4500 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.255.5990

5225 Solano Avenue Napa, CA 94558

707.299.3930

Rutherford Hill Winery 200 Rutherford Hill Road Rutherford, CA 94573 800.963.1871 www.rutherfordhill.com

1520 Diamond Mountain Road 707.942.6800 Calistoga, CA 94515 3266 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.258.2558

4024 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.4661

4038 Big Ranch Road Napa, CA 94558

707.257.7555

3660 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.9177

7801 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562

888.766.6328

Robert Pecota Winery Robert Sinskey Vineyards Robinson Family Vineyards Rocca Family Vineyards Rombauer Vineyards

3251 St. Helena Hwy St. Helena, CA 94574

707.942.6625

6320 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

800.869.2030

5880 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.944.8004

Silver Oak Cellars

915 Oakville Crossroad Oakville, CA 94562

800.273.8809

1130 Main Street Napa, CA 94559

707.257.8467

6121 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

800.997.1770

3522 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.5170

Silverado Vineyards Smith - Madrone

4022 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.2283

Round Pond Rubicon Estate Winery

87 Rutherford Crossroad Rutherford, CA 94574

707.963.9634

Sparrow Lane

1445 Summit Lake Road Angwin, CA 94508

707.815.1813

1991 St. Helena Hwy Rutherford, CA 94573

800.782.4266

Spencer Roloson Winery

176 Main Street, Suite D St. Helena, CA 94574

707.968.9863

707.944.8577

Spottswoode Estate

1902 Madrona Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.0134

707.965.9353

Spring Mountain Vineyard 2805 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574 Vineyards & Winery

707.967.4188

St. Barthelemey Cellars

1001 Steele Canyon Road Napa, CA 94558

800.286.2711

St. Clement Vineyards St. Helena Winery

2867 St. Helena Hwy. North St. Helena, CA 94574

800.331.8266

100 Pratt Avenue St. Helena, CA 94574

877.245.6006

Rudd Vineyards & Winery 500 Oakville Crossroad Oakville, CA 94562 Rustridge Winery 2910 Lower Chiles Valley Rd St. Helena, CA 94574

Rutherford Grove Winery 1673 St. Helena Hwy Rutherford, CA 94573 800.963.0544 www.rutherfordgrove.com

WINERY

ADDRESS

PHONE

WINERY

ADDRESS

PHONE

St. Supery Vineyards

8440 St. Helena Hwy. Rutherford, CA 94573

800.942.0809

Tulocay Winery

1426 Coombsville Road Napa, CA 94558

707.255.4064

Staglin Family Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Stags’ Leap Winery

1570 Bella Oaks Lane Rutherford, CA 94573

707.944.0477

8210 St. Helena Hwy Oakville, CA 94562

800.887.6285 x18

5766 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

866.422.7523

Turnbull Wine Cellars Twnety Rows Winery & Tasting Room

880 Vallejo Street Napa, CA 94559

707.265.7750

6150 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

800.640.5327

Twomey Cellars V. Sattui Winery Van Asperen Vineyards

1183 Dunaweal Lane Calistoga, CA 94515

800.505.4850

1111 White Lane St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.7774

1680 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.5251

Sterling Vineyards Stonefly Vineyards Stonehedge Winery Stony Hill Vineyard Storybook Mountain Vineyards Stratford Winery Sullivan Vineyards Summers Winery & Vineyards Summit Lake Vineyards Sutter Home Family Vineyards Swanson Vineyards Tasting on Main

Steltzner Vineyards Tastings & Cave Tours By Appointment: 707.252.7272 Open 10 to 4:30 5998 Silverado Trail, Napa 1111 Dunaweal Lane Calistoga, CA 94515

800.726.6136

3780 Hagen Road Napa, CA 94558

707.252.3294

1004 Clinton Street Napa, CA 94559

707.256.444

3331 St. Helena Hwy N. St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.2636

3835 Highway 128 Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.5310

3222 Ehlers Lane St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.3200

1090 Galleron Road Rutherford, CA 94573

877.244.7337

1171 Tubbs Lane Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.5508

2000 Summit Lake Drive Angwin, CA 94508

707.965.2488

277 St. Helena Hwy S. St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.3104 x4208

1271 Manley Lane Rutherford, CA 94573

707.967.3500

1142 Main Street St. Helena, CA 94574

707.967.1042

Tedeschi Family Winery

2779 Grand Street Calistoga, CA 94515

510.688.0685

Terra Valentine The Terraces Toad Hall Cellars TOR Wines Trefethen Vineyards Trinchero Winery

3787 Spring Mountain Road St. Helena, CA 94574 1450 Silverado Trail South St. Helena, CA 94574

707.967.8340

1978 W. Zinfandel Lane St. Helena, CA 94574

707.967.6754

707.963.1707

1241 Adams Street, Ste. 1045 707.963.3100 St. Helena, CA 94574 1160 Oak Knoll Avenue Napa, CA 94558

707.255.7700

3070 North St. Helena Hwy. St. Helena, CA 94574

800.473.4454

Trinity Oaks

277 St. Helena Hwy S. St Helena, CA 94574

707.963.3104

Truchard Vineyards

3234 Old Sonoma Road Napa, CA 94581

707.253.7153

Tudal Winery

1015 Big Tree Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.3947

Van Der Heyden Vineyards 4057 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.257.0130

Venge Vineyards Viader

424 Crystal Springs Road St. Helena, CA 94574

707.967.1008

1120 Deer Park Road Deer Park, CA 94576

707.963.3816

Vincent Arroyo Winery Vine Cliff Winery Vinoce Winery

2361 Greenwood Avenue Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.6995

7400 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

707.944.1364

880 Vallejo Street Napa, CA 94559

707.287.1063

Vintner’s Collective Vinum Cellars Volker Eisele Family von Strasser Winery

1245 Main Street Napa, CA 94558

707.255.7150

135 Camino Dorado, Suite 6 Napa, CA 94558

707.254.8313

3080 Lower Chiles Valley Rd St. Helena, CA 94574

707.965.9485

1510 Diamond Mountain Rd Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.0930

Waterstone White Cottage Ranch

708 First Street Napa, CA 94559

707.265.9600

1217 Edwards Street St. Helena, CA 94574

707.965.0516

White Rock Vineyards Whitehall Lane Winery Whitford Cellars William Cole Vineyards William Harrison William Hill Estate Winery Wing Canyon Vineyards X Winery Young Ridge Estate

1115 Lome Vista Drive Napa, CA 94558

707.257.7922

1563 St. Helena Hwy St Helena, CA 94574

800.963.9454 x19

4047 East 3rd Avenue Napa, CA 94559

707.942.0840

2849 St. Helena Hwy. North St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.6100

1443 Silverado Trail St. Helena, CA 94574

707.963.8310

1761 Atlas Peak Road Napa, CA 94558

707.265.3024

3100 Mount Veeder Road Napa, CA 94558

707.265.8798

1405 Second Street Napa, CA 94559

707.204.9522 x9

945 Lincoln Avenue Napa, CA 94558

707.265.8400

Zahtila Vineyards ZD Wines

2250 Lake County Hwy Calistoga, CA 94515

707.942.9251

8383 Silverado Trail Napa, CA 94558

800.487.7757

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