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youngtom2910 Apr 16th, 2008 02:27 PM

napa wineries
 
i plan to go to napa in a few weeks for a few days. I am mostly a chardonnay person. Does anyone have wineries they would recommend for chardonnay? Or any favorite wineries due to the tour or the facilities? Thanks.
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Kal Apr 16th, 2008 02:48 PM

Cakebread and Rombauer for the Kals. =P~

cmeyer54 Apr 16th, 2008 03:26 PM

Benzinger, if they have their Yamakawa chard...the tour is fun, that particular wine is usually in short supply/limited production but so nice. Second the notion of Cakebread. Also, check out Duckhorn (another neat place to visit, taste and BUY!!!)

razzledazzle Apr 16th, 2008 04:29 PM

Hmmmm....cm-Benzinger is in Sonoma
County....
Anywho..Rombauer as da Kals suggest
to which I will add Frank Family, St. Supery, Grich and Artesa-Artesa is in the Southwest corner of Napa County in the Carneros region which is where I'd go hunting Chardonnay-more into Sonoma County. The Russian River area in SOnoma COunty
produces great chards as well.

R5

cmeyer54 Apr 16th, 2008 04:54 PM

napa/sonoma....close enough to try a few different places. Now, if you wanted to add alexander valley, it might be a different story. napa tends to be a generic adjective for the whole wine country up there!

FlatFeat Apr 16th, 2008 08:04 PM

Wow .... to say Napa is generic to the wine country is like saying NY is generic to the east coast!!! cmeyer54 - you've had one too many for the day!

OP - try Ferrari-Carano and Landmark

JazzyChick Apr 16th, 2008 08:12 PM

As Kal suggests, Rombauer. Plus Cuvaison (on the Silverado Trail). Try not to miss either Bouchaine or Hyde de Villaine -- both in the Carneros region of Napa -- as they produce some WONDERFUL chards (I drank one from HdV just hours ago...).

otto Apr 17th, 2008 08:34 AM

you'd be happy with chalk hill, cakebread, and artesa. ;-) chateau montelana is my favorite wine there, but they do mostly reds, and they have a lovely property.


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