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OctoberJune 2015 2009 Mud MudCity City Weekender Weekender Page Page 3 Calistoga – The West’s Original Hot Springs Resort Town Welcome to Mud City MakeoverInizi winery at Dr. Wilkinson celebrates’s Charbono 5 5 Brother and sister give classic spa a new look in guest rooms Winemakers select one of Calistoga’s old-school cult wines to make their mark Calistoga Antiques opens doors 8 5 5 Treasure hunters will find rooms full of riches at new antiques store August Briggs Winery turns 20 8 RockabillyEmployee-owned Roundup winery offering special weekend birthday party10 Free rockabilly music concert at Pioneer Park will make you happy Flim-flamFree Concerts man’s exploits in the told Park14 8 9 Anton Tichenor’sFrom the lead-into-gold Beatles &to other the rusesblues, revealed free weeklyin newspapers concerts start June 18 Things to do, places to go 15 Three pagesHow of places to didgo, things to mountaindo, stuff to see in Calistoga get its name? 12 Legends say three different people, decades apart, named Mt. Saint Helena Calistoga wineries listing 17 A list of the over three dozen wineries in the Calistoga area Seasons in the vineyard 15 8 OurQuick wineries calendar check map to see what’s happening in vineyards 19 10 Tear it out, fold it up, carry it with you – our wineries on a map Things to do, places to go The16 Petrified Forest + years of making people feel good. Step back in time 3 million years 50There is a lot more to Calistoga than sippin’, spa-in’ and more sippin’, and here’s proof! 15 For more than 50 years Dr. ❖ Mud Baths The world’s largest petrified trees Wilkinson’s Hot Springs Resort ❖ Massages Walk among 3 million-year-old giants ❖ Mineral Baths has been pampering guests Touch ancient redwoods turned to stone with the finest mud bath and ❖ Facial Salon Uncorkingmineral bath treatments. fun wine❖ Indoorfacts Pools 21 Visit our Museum, & Discovery Shop HowThrough many the pounds years we haveof grapes in a bottle of wine? ❖ Outdoor Pools Learn about the history of the Earth perfected our own special ❖ Spa-Lodging Enjoy the beauty of nature Packages blend of service and OPEN DAILY Winter 9 - 5 & Summer 9-7 Calistoga’s steaming hot ❖ Comfortable Wine springs. It’s almost magical Country Lodgings Guided Meadow Walks 11 a.m. Sat & Sun ❖ Legendary Treatments how our treatments will drain ADMISSION WITH THIS AD ❖ Unforgettable Relaxation 15% OFF Calistogaaway your stress. Wineries & Map 22 petrifiedforest.org Some of the valley’s best wines are made right here – check it out! CALL US TODAY. 942-4102 OR VISIT WWW.DRWILKINSON.COM 21 1507 Lincoln Avenue ¥ Calistoga, CA 94515 4100 Petrified Forest Road • Calistoga • 707-942-6667 Page 4 Mud City Weekender June 2015 Welcome to the Mud City Weekender, your best guide to all things Calistoga ou have come to the right spot, to this town of a special place in our hearts as well as yours. Calistoga, if you are looking for a place to slow We started the Mud City Weekender almost 13 years ago to help visitors dis- Ydown, relax, put up your feet and enjoy life. cover Calistoga during their stay here. Tired of all the slick, glossy magazines that In the Mud City Weekender we offer you some insights tout Napa Valley but seem to stop short of coming this far north, we wanted to into Calistoga and hope you get to know us a little bit bet- bring our town to the center of your attention by writing just about our wineries, ter, through our restaurants, shops, wineries and spas. our events, our history. After all, isn’t that what drew you here in the first place? That’s why not only will you find stories about wine and mud and food, but But remember, we’re not just another stop in the wine you’ll find tidbits about our community and its history, too. country. We’re our own unique little version of heaven, Small businesses keep the heart of Calistoga beating, and without them this filled with local characters and quirky personalities – all would just be another bedroom community without that spark of life our business of them calling out a big Calistoga welcome! community brings. Thanks for coming, and come back and visit anytime. We’ll be Sam Brannan Visit our spas, wineries, restaurants and shops. Take here to welcome you home. Founder time for the Sharpsteen Museum. Go on a hot air balloon —Pat Hampton, Publisher of Calistoga ride and see us from the clouds. Find out why Calistoga is Handcrafted wines made for Food, Friends, and Fun! CHARBONO, ZIN, CAB & MERLOT TASTING • BOCCE • PICNIC AREA BRING YOUR OWN SUMMERS ESTATE WINES 1171 Tubbs Lane, Calistoga • 707• 942-5508 10% off wine purchases with this coupon www.summerswinery.com Accommodations • Four Outdoor Mineral Pools We are a small, employee-owned winery producing single vineyard, handcrafted varietal wines. You’re invited to our tasting Traditional Mud, Mineral & Steam Baths room for some old fashioned hospitality and great wine! Massage • Exercise Facilities OPEN DAILY with Convenient Parking 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Aerobics • Conference Room Tuesday by appointment Friday & Saturday 11:00 am to 7:00 pm 866-822-5772 ExtEndEd Friday & Saturday hourS arE SEaSonal 707.942.4912 www.calistogaspa.com 1307 Lincoln Avenue, Calistoga www.augustbriggswinery.com 1006 WASHINGTON STREET, CALISTOGA, CALIF. 94515 (707) 942-6269 June 2015 Mud City Weekender Page 5 Calistoga’s signature vine has been an “alternative” CHARBONO variety for at least a century erty was planted in the early 70s. By Tony Poer It was under a planting contract with Inglenook for their Ingle- MUD CITY WEEKENDER nook Charbono program, and rom Sonoma to Santa it went to them for a long time, Barbara, an alternative until that wine fell out favor, I wine grape movement is guess you could say.” gatheringF steam in California. One of Napa Valley’s old- Over the past several years, school cult wines, Inglenook’s wine drinkers have gotten famil- Charbono bottling had a fol- iar with unusual varieties like lowing among wine enthusiasts Aleatico, Trousseau, and Grüner and collectors that ended two Veltliner, none of which are likely decades ago, when the Ruther- to remind anyone of Cabernet ford estate’s corporate owners Sauvignon or Chardonnay. Some ceased production. As a grape of the vines have been planted in variety that makes for darkly the state for decades, while oth- colored, yet brisk and inherently ers are a novelty for both grape lighter-bodied red wine, Char- growers and for the eager, experi- bono has always stood out in mental winemakers who buy their sharp relief against Napa Valley’s fruit. All of the newcomers to the big rich Cabernet backdrop. Even scene appear to be broadening the in Calistoga, where wines made definition of California wine. from Zinfandel and Petite Sirah Meanwhile, at the northern are popular alternatives and have end of Napa Valley, there’s a thrived for as long as anyone grape not called Cabernet that can remember, the grape is an has been an “alternative” variety oddball. for at least a century, and it has a “All [the Charbono] is from young proponent whose family the same source,” Filipelli said, has been in the Napa farming describing the vineyard just off business even longer. Highway 29 near Heitz Way that A.J. Filipelli is a partner in is owned, appropriately, by two one of Northern California’s new- brothers in the extended Heitz est wine outfits, Sebastopol-based family of Calistoga.