WINE FACTS, STATISTICS AND TRIVIA Age of vine before producing useful grapes—3 years Age of vine before full production—5 years Productive lifetime of a vine—30-35 years—Although the quality can remain good, the yield begins to decrease after that Grape clusters in bottle—4-5 Grapes in a bottle—500-600 Clusters on a vine—40 Grapes in a cluster—75-100 Grape […]
Napa Valley Upcoming Events September 29, 2016
This is weekly feature post I will now do every Thursday to tell you about upcoming events in Yountville and around the Napa Valley. Please visit and enjoy one or more of these and tell them Curtis sent you. Napa Valley Upcoming Events Featured Events Safeway Open October 12-16, 2016, Featuring Top PGA TOUR players, including PHIL […]
You are visiting the Napa Valley and looking for something to do
1. Sample some of Wine Country’s best cocktails. Meadowood Restaurant Bar (St. Helena) 2. Steep in a mud bath. Golden Haven Hot Springs (Calistoga) 3. Attend the Halloween Pagan Ball. Castello di Amorosa (Calistoga) 4. Fire up your quads with chef Michael Chiarello and his fellow chef-cum-pro-cycling buddies.Bottega Gran Fondo (Yountville) 5. Gape at the panoramic vista of Napa during a hike. Skyline Park (Napa) 6. Get a taste of Coombsville, Napa’s […]
Visiting the Napa Valley, have the twins with you and want a dog friendly hotel
It is estimated by the ASPCA that between 37 to 47% of all households own a dog. If you are one of those and want to take your four legged, best buddy along when traveling and planning to stay a night or two here in the Napa Valley, you might like to know where this […]
Napa Valley Wine Trolley a hit and fun
Move over San Francisco, your infamous cable cars have some completion. The Napa Valley Wine Trolley takes up to 30 guests in this look alike 1890s California Street Cable Car. The brass trimmed ride sits on an RV chassis and wheels, offer a way to taste wine and get out of your car. Photos from […]
Uber comes to the Napa Valley
Uber is coming to the Napa Valley. Operating much like a private town car service, UBER cars are at-the-ready on a moment’s notice, without no hourly minimum– and charging slightly more than a taxi would. For those that don’t know what Uber is, it is a ride-sharing company who providers riders with access to local transportation. […]
Napa Valley’s average 2013 hotel room rate up more than 7% to $245 per night
If you want to stay overnight in a Napa Valley hotel, expect to pay more. The average 2013 room rate for a hotel room here rose to $245.32 per night, a 7.1 % increase over 2012’s rate of $229.02. The average occupancy rate also rose to 72.6 percent, a 3.7 percent increase over 2012 average occupancy […]