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2023 Harvest Parties & Celebrations

It’s the most wonderful time of the year in Napa Valley – it's harvest time! Harvest is officially underway, with the first grapes having been picked on August 16th. Each year between August and October, we celebrate the newest crop of grapes to come off the vines. It's a momentous event for Napa…

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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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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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Wineries with Modern Architecture Design

Most people would agree: The wine-tasting experience is about more than just the wine. It’s about the hospitality, the history, the ambience. And for most visitors, a winery’s architecture plays a key role in the total tasting experience. Napa Valley is filled with gorgeous winery estates…

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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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