Category Archives: Napa

Napa on film

Our pictures from wine country are back! Yay! I know I shared a few with you back when we chatted about our trip. I have to say the iPhone does a pretty good job:   When Hubster and I travel it’s a good excuse to play with some film cameras, especially vintage ones, and we […]

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Napa – final thoughts and suggestions

Whew! Did it take you all of yesterday to read that post? Just one more and then I’ll go back to chatting about recipes. I wanted to leave you with some overall thoughts about our trip and some suggestions if you’re looking to head that direction. General thoughts For semi-pro wine aficionados (we can claim […]

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Napa – wineries

Did you know that Napa Valley has more than 400 wineries? Fact. So when you’re planning a first trip to the area, where do you start? Apparently I start by making a ridiculous spreadsheet filled with suggestions from friends and wineries on the Lot 18 Wine Country pass.  Both were great resources. The Wine Country […]

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Napa – Everything except wine

This week is all about our trip to Cali. I’m not posting recipes, but if that’s really the only reason you’re here, check out a few of my favorites and we’ll chat next week. As evidenced by the elaborate spreadsheet, I took the winery planning for this vacay very seriously. But I figured we’d start […]

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A very fancy wine country spreadsheet

I was gone last week… visiting California’s wine country. Did you miss me? Did you even know I was gone? Probably not because I am a very fancy blogger who knows how to pre-schedule posts. Very. Fancy. Well, I missed you… as much as I could whilst sampling wine and relaxing in the most posh (poshest?) hotel room we’ve […]

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