Our latest winetasting experience found us, once again, making the trek up Highway 29 past Yountville and Oakville Grocery before we turned off to the east (a right) at 8210 St. Helena Highway, which is the site of Turnbull Wine Cellars.
The winery: After parking in the small lot, we walked through an outdoor courtyard and [...]
After two straight solid winetasting experiences, we set out to see if we could make it a third. We headed north on Highway 29, past the town of St. Helena, past Beringer Vineyards, the Culinary Institute of America and Trinchero Winery until we reached Ehlers Lane, where we made a right and headed east down [...]
For a brief moment, the sun was shining and all seemed right with the world. For our next winetasting adventure, we made our way up Highway 29, past the town of Yountville, past Mustards, past the famous Oakville Grocery and finally made a right at 8338 St. Helena Highway (aka Highway 29), which is the [...]
This past Friday morning, while the wind blew so hard it was rattling windows and the rain pelted the already soaked ground in a seemingly never-ending downpour, we ventured out to do a bit of winetasting. This time, our stop was not at all far from home–we pulled off at 4242 Big Ranch Road, which [...]
When we launched this little ole blog in late February 2007, we thought it’d be something that could be fun, informative and would enable us to meet all kinds of interesting people. Turns out, every one of those things are true and have happened. We also thought it’d be fun to use the blog to [...]
Located so close to Cork Board world headquarters that it’s within walking distance, Andretti (yes, that one) Winery is located at 4162 Big Ranch Road, which lies right between Highway 29 and Silverado Trail. The tasting room, winery offices and residence make up a Tuscan-style Andretti Villa that is nestled just off this less-traveled Napa [...]
Chimney Rock Winery is located alongside the eastern hills of the Napa Valley at 5350 Silverado Trail—if you’re headed north on the Trail, it’ll be on your right-hand side. The winery sits on some 135 acres of land that prior to 1980 was an 18-hole golf course.
In 1980, Chimney Rock Winery opened in the [...]
Paraduxx winery is located in the center of the Napa Valley at 7257 Silverado Trail—if you’re headed north on the Trail, it’ll be on your left-hand side. The story goes that Duckhorn Wine Company created Paraduxx in order to provide its winemakers the opportunity to explore other styles that fell outside Duckhorn’s focus on Bordeaux [...]
Here on The Cork Board we’ve covered Daryl Sattui’s brand-new castle winery, Castello di Amorosa, quite extensively–writing about it a couple times before it opened and providing a glimpse of what it looked like the day it officially opened to the public. Today, we’re bringing you multiple photos of the “castle of love” (the English [...]
The winery: Clos Du Val Winery was established in 1972 by American businessman John Goelet and French-born winemaker Bernard Portet. The story goes that Portet used a very scientific (sarcasm intended) method to help him get a sense of Napa Valley’s microclimates, he drove through the area with his arm out the car window. Portet [...]
