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From: mae@weitek.UUCP
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Subject: re:wine.trip
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Date: Thu, 31-Jul-86 01:41:45 EDT
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Keywords: wine napa sonoma

One thing to be aware of is that there are several wine regions 'near'
San Fransisco. Some of them are:

	locale		some wineries there
	-----------------------------------
	Napa Valley	beringer, sterling,stags leap, mondavi
	Sonoma Valley	simi, dry creek
	San Jose	almaden, paul masson, mirasou
	Santa Cruz Mts.	felton empire,mev
	Monterey	?

Napa Valley alone takes a single day and is where I recommend you go. When
we go we stay at the Mount View Hotel in Calistoga at the north end of the
valley. They have an excellent restaurant there. Other good and expensive
places to eat are:

	Calistoga Inn	- try the duck in rasberry sauce if it's on the
			menu, but they usually have very good soups and
			sea food

	St. Georges	- I think in Rutherford, kind of looks like a 
			high class bordello inside. good duck and veal

	Rose e La Favor - I haven't eaten here but it was featured in the
			T.V. show Chef's of S.F.

	Silverado 	- also in calistoga, it has the best wine list in
			the valley.

The Cinnabar across the street from the Mount View is good place for
breakfast. There's an excellent wine shop across the street from the
Silverado. It's run by the people who run the Silverado. You can some
times see the waiters run across the street to get a bottle at the wine
shop. 

I think the best thing to do by car is to drive up the highway toward 
St. Helena. There are lots of wineries along the side of the road. Some
are:
		beringer	- nice tasting room and tour
		grgich hills	- good fume blanc
		mondavi		- some old wine making stuff
		V.Sattui	- they have a food/wine shop and picnic ground
		martini		- fair wine, nice tasting room
		
This is only few of them on the west side going toward Calistoga. If you make
to Calistoga and it's still daylight, go thru town and take the Silverado
Trail south. There are more wineries on this side. You can cut over to the
main hiway at several places, like Oakville, St. Helena or Rutherford.

alla valla flicka skol!
mike