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Spring/Summer 2012 Napa Valley Preferred Wine Country DAY TRIPS x x x x FuN x FAcT x NINE TRIpS WINE TASTING from Calistoga to Carneros A publication of FORTY-NINE9 TASTING ROOM REVIEWS1 plus Dining Directory and 49 Varietals by Winery CALISTOGA PAGES 7=14 On & Around HOWELL MTN PAGES 15=21 SAGE CANYON ST. HELENA PAGES 32=36 PAGES 22=31 RUTHERFORD/ OAKVILLE PAGES 37=43 See the complete Napa Valley map on pages 78 & 79 OAK KNOLL/ STAGS LEAP DAY TRIP PAGES 44=48 ROUTES NAPA PAGES 49=56 COOMBSVILLE PAGES 57=61 MT. VEEDER/ LOS CARNEROS PAGE 62=67 Not to Scale 49 preferred Napa Valley Preferred Napa Valley Tasting Room Reviews 1313 Main Fine Wine, Retail, Tasting Bar 54 Anderson’s Conn Valley Vineyards 21 Arger Martucci Vineyards 29 August Briggs 10 Baldacci Family Vineyards 45 Ballentine Vineyards 24 Beringer Vineyards 26 DAY9 Wine Tasting Trips TRIPS Bravante Vineyards 18 Burgess Cellars 20 Ca’Momi Winery & Enoteca 52 Calistoga 7-14 Calistoga Wine Stop 9 Castello di Amorosa 12 On & Around Howell Mountain 15-21 Chappellet Winery 36 St. Helena 22-31 Corley Family Winery – Monticello 48 Cuvaison Estate Wines – Calistoga 8 Sage Canyon 32-36 Cuvaison Estate Wines - Los Carneros 65 Ehlers Estate 23 Rutherford/Oakville 37-43 Etude Wines 67 Farella Vineyard 58 Oak Knoll/Stags Leap 44-48 Frank Family Vineyards 13 Hagafen Cellars 47 Napa 49-56 The Hess Collection 63 Coombsville 57-61 Kuleto Estate 35 Merryvale Vineyards 27 Mt. Veeder/Carneros 62-67 Mumm Napa 40 Napa Valley Wine Train 53 Nichelini Family Winery 34 ON THE COVER: COURTESY OF ST. CLEMENT VINEYARD Nicholson Ranch 64 Pope Valley Winery 16 Porter Family Vineyards 60 A Publication of Raymond Vineyards 30 Reata Winery 50 Rustridge Ranch & Winery 33 Rutherford Hill Winery 38 Rutherford Ranch Winery 39 Saddleback Cellars 41 St. Clement Vineyard 25 St. Supéry Estate Vineyards & Winery 43 Saintsbury 66 669 Broadway, Suite B • Sonoma, CA 95476 Sodaro Estate Winery 59 P.O. Box 92 • El Verano, CA 95433 Stags’ Leap Winery 46 707-938-3494 Fax 707-938-3674 Summit Lake Vineyards 17 PUBLISHER Mike Giangreco Tulocay Winery 61 Direct (707) 938-3734 Turnbull Wine Cellars 42 [email protected] Twomey Cellars 11 MANAGING EDITOR Chandra Grant V. Sattui Winery 28 Phone 707-938-1783 • Fax 707-938-3674 Viader Vineyards 19 [email protected] Vinoce/Twenty Rows 55 ADVERTISING RoseAnn Trzesniewski Whitehall Lane Winery 31 REPRESENTATIVE Phone 707-334-1930 • Fax 707-938-3674 [email protected] OFFICE MANAGER Cathy Gore Phone 707-938-3494 • Fax 707-938-3674 OTHER Email [email protected] Stagecoach Express 5 Destiny Wine Tours 6/68 EDITORIAL Introductions by Abigail Zimmerman CONTRIBUTORS Karin Aroud, Michelle Baker, Alexandra Charsley, Calistoga Balloons 14/69 Ronda Giangreco, Charles Neave, Nan Reiley, Thomas Kinkade Gallery 51 Josh Stein and Sue Straight, The Wine Wench Fumé Bistro & Bar 56/73 Dining Directory 71-73 LOOK FOR US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER! Varietals by Winery 74-77 Wineries Map 78-79 Notes on Wine Tasting in The Napa Valley It’s a good idea to plan to visit several wineries as every wine-tasting experience offered is different. With so many distinctive viticultural areas within The Napa Valley, one can easily taste many of the world’s best varietials and winemaking style without learning the region. Listed below are five basic types of tasting experiences. The ex- perience will vary in style from winery to winery! Wine Bar Tasting The most common tasting experience is a Wine Bar Tasting. You step up to the bar where typically a list of wines being poured is displayed. Expect to pay a tasting fee between $10-$40. Some tasting bars will offer you the option to taste a library or reserve wine. Exercising this option increases the fee, but will allow you to taste very unique, old or rare wines. Sit Down Tasting A Sit Down Tasting usually requires an appointment, and there may be a slightly higher fee than a wine bar fee. Seated in an elegant room, you are poured several wines by your winery host. Expect your host to describe the unique characteristics of each wine and how it was made. Table Service Tasting A Table Service Tasting, popular at sparkling wine fa- cilities, is a tasting experience where you are seated at a ery to pour the first round. Then you move to another table and the tastings are brought to you. place within the winery to sample the next wine. This ex- Walk Around Tasting perience continues until all the wines are tasted. A Walk Around Tasting is a combination of a tour and Barrel Tasting a tasting. Your host brings along several bottles of wine on Another popular tasting experience that can be part your tour, and may take you to a garden area of the win- of a tour or a Walk Around is a Barrel Tasting. Your guide takes a “wine thief,” a special siphon placed into a hole in the top of a barrel to extract tasting samples of a matur- ing wine. The sample allows you to taste what the wine is like in the middle of developing its full potential. Why make an appointment? Some wineries are so small that they need to know when you are coming so someone will be there to greet you. Other wineries have permit restrictions that limit the number of guests that can visit each day. Others have sit-down tastings that start and end at specific times. It’s always a good idea to schedule your appointments well in advance of your visit because some of the more popular wineries fill up their appointments weeks in advance. WWW.LEGENDARYNAPAVALLEY.COM 4 www.WineCountryThisWeek.com Let Us Ship Your Napa Valley Memories Home! Sue Bailey and Larry Rupp met on a blind date in 1996. But • Call anytime during business hours and get the unlike most blind dates, this one went smashingly well. Instant owners on the phone! spark…chemistry…and fireworks! • Stagecoach Express & Co. will stop in at Napa With a little bit of luck and a whole lot of work ethic, this hotels and wineries to pick up your shipping orders couple embarked on a new life and new business together when in – so you do not have to come to them, they will 1998, they purchased Stagecoach Express & Co. come to you! “We are partners in business and partners in life,” laughs Sue. • Stagecoach Express & Co. Shipping is known “We specialize in wine shipping to be sure, but we can also ship throughout the Napa Valley for paying attention to much, much more.” the needs of their customers… and satisfying each “We’ve shipped everything even tree branches and grapevines!” one. Owners Larry and Sue will truly pay attention Stagecoach owners and staff have endless experience in shipping to every detail of your order. all matters of items tourists and locals need expedited across these • Services include: Product packaging services, United States and beyond. online shipping forms, rental mailboxes, To date, Stagecoach Express & Co. has been helping Napa photocopying, faxes and stamps. Valley locals and visitors for over 14 years. A big part of this stellar • Centrally located! Easy-on and easy-off access to legacy though is their commitment to customer service and Hwy. 29 at Vallerga’s Redwood Plaza Shopping attention to detail. Stagecoach Express staff will even pick up Center, Stagecoach Express is Napa’s premier hub directly from your B&B, hotel and even the winery where you for shipping all of your Napa purchases home. purchased wine. Just call ahead or after your purchase. A Heart Warming Cause: “Show Meow the Money” Stagecoach Express and co. Mr. Ed (1991-2010) came along with the purchase of the Stagecoach Express & Co business. Taken in as a kitten found in Let Us Ship Your Napa Valley Memories Home! the gutter, Mr. Ed became a fixture in the shipping store and soon Open Monday - Friday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. became nicknamed the “Counter Cat.” A handsome orange tabby, Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mr. Ed inspired Sue and Larry to begin raising money for other homeless and shelter animals. In 2010, Mr. Ed passed away. But 3379 Solano Avenue, Napa, CA 94558 the “Show Meow the Money” jar in his memory is alive and well (707) 257-1888, Toll Free: 1-877-232-5054 on the Stagecoach counter and earns money every day for his Fax: (707) 257-1891 fellow, less fortunate furry friends. By Abigail Zimmerman Email [email protected] Free Shipping Boxes with wine shipments! www.WineCountryThisWeek.com 5 I’ll tell you – the owner, Ray Hanson, is a real character and he’s passionate about what he does. He loves talking with LITTLE KNOWN FAcT Destiny Wine Tours was founded in 2009 and Ray’s wife all kinds of people – young people, older people, people is credited with choosing the name for the company from all around the world, etc. One could say that Ray is a (great name, by the way!). real “people person.” He told me, “I meet my passengers as FuN FAcT clients, and they leave as friends. I want to adopt them and Owner/Driver Ray Hanson says “after driving a big fire take them home with me.” Next thing you know, Ray will truck for all those years, driving my limo is like driving a own a bed & breakfast to accommodate all of his adoptees! sports car!” Not to worry, though, Ray is a true profes- sional and pilots his limo with great care.