hey guys...

taking my mom in law and the wife to napa this weekend, never been there, and not much of a wine conniseur myself, so i have no idea what to do there...

suggestions wtih links or names would be nice:

1. places to sample wine?

2. places to tour windery?

3. places to pick grapes??(someone told me there is such a thing? lol)

4. decent places to eat?

as well as anything else thats neat to do over there such as general sight seeing or what not...

thanks guys

b

 

p.s. include sonoma in that area too

 

v. sattui, sterling are must visits.

get some food @ cindy's backstreet kitchen, awesome grub, great prices.

btw, you should call up jon (jondimellow). he said he's trying to get in touch with you to get something fixed.

 

Hey Bing,

Is this a special occasion?

The wine train is always popular.
http://www.winetrain.com/

 

not really a special occassion just a vist...

hehe oh crap, need to email him lol

b

 

There are a lot of beautiful places that aren't overrun with tourists that you can go to, I recommend:

Kuleto Estate http://www.kuleto.com/winery.htm (excellent Sangiovese and Zinfandel, and breathtaking view, my personal fav)

Stags Leap http://www.stagsleapwinery.com/ (excellent Cab Sauv)

Honig http://www.honigwine.com/ (some good port, if you like that stuff)

Steltzner http://www.steltzner.com/ (excellent Cab)

Clos Du Val http://www.closduval.com/ (cool winery)

Keep in mind that most of these places and others you need to call in advance. Hope you have a good time.

 

Wine train....sigh, not really impressive. For lunch I loved Mustards grill, kinda pricey but not too bad for napa. I am not into the wine country seen but your safe making a trip from 29 in napa and looping around to silverado trail for a wonderfull view and almost every decent winery is along the way.

 

Oh forgot to mention, if your hungry go to Brix, I believe its right on 29 there, excellent food. I recommend the steak with garlic potatos and asparagus.

http://www.brix.com/

 

Well, I guess the train is not for everyone. The only reason why I suggested it is because I took my mom there & she enjoyed it. Plus I was suggested by others that is was a good relaxing "family" thing to do if you really don't want to do the winery bit.

Anyways, taking 29 is definitely the way to go if you want to drive & stop at all the little shops & wineries.

 

v. sattui is good and Cindy's Backstreet Kitchen is a MUST-GO! Their french fries are out of this world good

 

LOL.......at first i was like WTF are you taking your inlaws to a parts store for!?!?!?!?!?

my bad

 

dudes, thanks for the recommendation on cindy's backstreet kitchen!!

hands down someof hte best food at that price range i have ever had! and a niec relaxed setting!

overall it was nice, we toured rubicon/coppola and drove around the 29/silverrado loop, was going to go to sterling but then saw the cable car went up like 100 feet (we through it was on a cliff or something lol) and decided not to go...

good times though hella hot...

b

 

told you! now hook me up bing i still want to quiet my car down a bit