Entries Tagged as 'Napa news'

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Michael Chiarello’s NapaStyle open in Yountville, Bottega Ristorante next

We’ve written before about Thomas Keller’s attempt to take over the town of Yountville with restaurants, hotels and the like. Well, now Keller is getting a bit of competition in the form of Michael Chiarello.
It’s no secret that Chiarello has been working to open a flagship NapaStyle store in the V Marketplace–and as of this [...]

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Independence Day everyone. Here are a couple things happening today and this weekend that you might want to check out if you’re in town.
Many of the special events are sold out at this point.

The Yountville 4th of July Festival begins at the Veterans Home with an all day street faire featuring food, wine [...]

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Some thoughts on the documentary “Merlove”

Last Friday night we made it out to the world premiere of Merlove, a documentary about Merlot. The premiere featured an hour-long Merlot tasting–with wines being poured by local vineyards–followed by a screening of Rudy McClain’s never-before seen documentary.
We arrived at the tail end of the Merlot tasting–having had our limit of wine during [...]

Friday, June 27th, 2008

An interview with Rudy McClain, producer/director of the Merlot documentary Merlove

Last summer we told you about a local resident who was seeking funding for a documentary film on Merlot. Fast-forward to today and Rudy McClain is set to debut his film, dubbed “Merlove”, to a sold-out crowd at Copia this evening.
Earlier this week we caught up with McClain and ran a few questions past him. [...]

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

An interesting sign from southern Silverado Trail in Napa

Everyone once in a while, you come across something that makes you stop and think for a moment. Late last week we were reading one of our favorite blogs and got a good chuckle out of one of the entries about a funny sign in Fremont.
The Boing Boing post reminded us that we’ve never [...]

Friday, June 20th, 2008

AVA disputes continue in Napa Valley, Alpha Omega gets some love

It’s a hot, sweltering Friday afternoon and all we feel like doing is popping open a nice bottle of cool, crisp sauvignon blanc–if anyone has any suggestions, we’re all ears! In the meantime, here are a couple news items that caught our eye today.
No AVA designation for east Napa, at least not yet
Last week we [...]

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Cork Bits: ideas for your Napa Valley weekend

It’s that time again–Thursday afternoon and the countdown until the weekend begins is underway. As always, here are a couple local events that might be worth checking out.
Saturday, June 21st

The 11th Annual Calistoga “Art in the Park” benefit will take place from 11am - 5pm at Pioneer Park on Cedar St. The outdoor event will [...]

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

JoLe opens in Calistoga, Yountville’s Brix becomes 25° Brix

In recent days there have been quite a number of new developments in Napa Valley’s restaurant scene. Here’s a quick recap for anyone scoring at home.
JoLe opens in downtown Calistoga
Several weeks back while cruising through downtown Calistoga we noticed a new sign. Within the Mount View Hotel, a new restaurant, JoLe, was nearly set to [...]

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

Saturday vineyard views

We realize it has been a while since we’ve shown you what the vineyards here in the Napa Valley look like. Earlier today we made our way up to St. Helena to check out the BBQ and cellar sale at St. Clement Vineyards.
Here’s a glimpse into what we saw.

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Friday, June 13th, 2008

Friday round-up: Calistoga AVA debate, some love for Cliff Lede Vineyards

It’s Friday afternoon, it’s hot and we (probably just like you) can’t wait for the weekend to get here. In the meantime, here are a few Napa Valley-related items that caught our eye in recent days.
Tom Wark smells something from Napa and doesn’t like it
Tom Wark, one of our favorite wine bloggers, has two excellent [...]