Napa and Sonoma Features

Napa and Sonoma Features

• Top Reasons to Go
  

  Biking: Cycling is one of the best ways to see the Wine Country—the Russian River and Dry Creek valleys are particularly beautiful.... Read more

• Best Wine Country Festivals
  

  February-March: Napa Valley Mustard Festival. When Napa is at its least crowded, and wild mustard blooms in between the vines, locals celebrate... Read more

• Best Wine Country Spas
  

  Spa Solage. This eco-conscious spa has reinvented the traditional Calistoga mud and mineral water therapies. Case in point: the hour-long "Mudslide,"... Read more

• A Grape Primer
  

  Well more than 50 varieties of grapes are grown in the California Wine Country. Although you don't need to be on a first-name basis with them... Read more

• Jack London Country
  

  Rugged, rakish author and adventurer Jack London is perhaps best known for his travels to Alaska and his exploits in the South Pacific, which... Read more

• A Quick Wine Glossary
  

  Like any activity, wine making and wine tasting have specialized vocabularies, and most of the terms are actually quite helpful, once you have... Read more