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2023 Best of Wine Tourism Award Winners

The Great Wine Capitals Global Network recognizes Napa Valley as one of 10 Great Wine Capitals around the world (and the only one in North America). The organization recently celebrated Napa Valley hospitality businesses as leaders in the 2023 Best of Wine Tourism awards. The annual Best of Wine…

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2022 Don't Miss Harvest Parties

It’s the most wonderful time of the year and we aren’t talking about Christmas yet! In Napa Valley, we’re talking about harvest – and it is officially underway. As a matter of fact, the first grapes were picked on August 2nd making this harvest season one of the earliest on record. For winemakers…

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Green & Clean: Sustainable Wineries in the Napa Valley

The Napa Valley is just 35 miles long and 5 miles wide, but we're home to more than 400 wineries. Fortunately, most of these are committed to sustainable winemaking. More than 65 percent of Napa Valley Vintners’ members participate in the Napa Green Certified Land and/or Napa Green Certified Winery…

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Art in the Open

It only stands to reason that the same region that devotes itself to the ultimate in food and wine experiences would also seek to please the visual senses. The Napa Valley is home to a wide assortment of studios and galleries representing local painters and sculptors. Even better, it has several…

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Napa Valley Wineries with Art

This spring, in honor of Arts in April, why not inject some art into your wine tasting? There are a number of Napa Valley tasting rooms that also feature distinguished art collections, allowing you to…

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The Most Unique Wine Tours in Napa Valley

The Napa Valley is home to more than 500 wineries and countless wine experiences. So we have gathered some of our more unique tours and experiences that you won’t want to miss. Ride through the valley…

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Ghost Wineries of the Napa Valley

First, a disclaimer: The term “ghost winery” doesn’t actually refer to haunted estates. Although there are a few Napa Valley wineries that do, in fact, purport to be haunted by spirits of the past…

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