With the average Napa Valley hotel room approaching $350 per night, one might think things might be slowing down a bit, but the numbers say no way. According to Legendary Napa Valley, the official Napa Valley marketing organization, for the past 12 months ending in November area hotels reported a 14.8 percent increase in revenue . In case […]
Napa Valley Opera House Announces New Tenant, The Famous New York Blue Note Jazz Club Group
The Napa Valley Opera House will have a new tenant come February 1st, 2016. Blue Note Napa Valley will be the latest site for the famed New York jazz club. The Opera House has been home to City Winery, another New York fixture, for the last two years. City Winery never caught on here especially trying […]
A True Napa Valley Dilemma, When Are There Too Many Wineries?
No doubt, the first thing that almost everyone coming to the Napa Valley does, go visit their favorite winery and taste the wine made there. Thus, the last two years of debate by many here have brought up a very important question, when are there too many wineries and what should they be allowed to do? […]
Is Your Yountville, Napa Valley Water Bill Too High?
In the course of events, one must choose the inequities in life they must deal with on a daily basis if one is to survive. Granted heat, a place out of the rain and a drop to drink are some of the essentials. Water and disposal of all my my crap right up there as […]
Napa Valley Best Real Estate Values for Sale: Single Family Homes up to $500,000
This is a new feature which I will post about weekly. It will highlight what I consider the best values in different price ranges and property types throughout the Napa Valley. It should be used as a guide and is not meant to guarantee anything. Do to the dynamic nature of real estate here, things […]
Napa Valley 2012 Michael Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 Wine Spectator Wine of the Year
A relatively little known Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon has won the Wine Spectator’s 2015, Wine of the Year. The 2012 Peter Michael Cabernet Sauvignon Oakville Au Paradis was rated No. 1 wine by the Spectator’s tasting panel for wines released this year. The wine earned a score of 96 and retails for $195. This is the […]
Napa Valley restaurants retain their 11 Michelin Stars and 7 Bib Gourmands
The Napa Valley cannot boast that it is the only place in the west to have a three Michelin Star restaurant. Manresa in Los Gatos with chef David Kinch achieved that distinction. Yountville’s The French Laundry of Thomas Keller fame and The Restaurant at Meadowood kept it’s three stars, a rating that designates a restaurant with “exceptional cuisine, worth a […]
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