Napa

Back from Napa Valley. If you haven’t been to Napa at least once in your life…you’ve gotta put it on your bucket list. While in Napa you will notice everyone is happy, laid-back, and healthy. After a couple of buckets of cabernet or chardonnay…you too will have that glowing, happy, healthy, wine-kissed look.

Driving along Route 29 through the heart of Napa…I’m wondering about the other people on the road…those driving towards us in the other lane. Actually I’m wondering more about their BAC…Blood Alcohol Content. Let’s remember: Every 500 feet is a vineyard with FREE WINE TASTING…and WINE TASTING BEGINS AT 10 AM. Another bottle of Russian River Roulette.

When you are in Napa…there should be no reason for whining. The days are warm, the nights are cool…and the restaurants are cooler. But because I'm a whiner, I do have one complaint...the price of wine on every wine list seems abnormally high...especially considering you’re in the center of grape country. Think about it...you're ordering a bottle of wine in the heart of Napa Valley. It’s not like you are ordering a Maine lobster in Death Valley.

Besides the tasting of the wine, drinking of the wine, and guzzling of the wine….you can learn of the wine. The vineyards will pour you as much wine information that is palatable for your taste. I prefer to drink the wine and leave the science of wine to the experts.

You will love your time in Napa. You eat, you drink….then you napa.