Napa Valley, California

Wine estates located in the Napa Valley, easily the most pretentious wineries / vineyard vie ever visited - wiith the exception of The Crane Family Vinyards, from which I purchased wines.  Estates that reside on the main Napa highway totally play on the location.  Any tasting will set you back anywhere from $20 (from what I seen up to $100) ..... just for the privilege of tasting.  Why? ...... probably because they can, people come to the region with the mindset that it's the meca for wine.  While I did drink some very nice wine, it's definitely not worth the price being charged.

Tasting Options / Terms:
  - Napa Valley (standard wines produced using a mx of fruit from the region)
  - Single Vineyard - Special Selection (select fruit used from the estate)

Shiraz is often (possibly always) called Sirah (pronounced Síra) by Napa Valley people.  There's also a 'Petite Sirah': smaller fruit size used, fruitier, sweeter.

Seems the Hungarian Oak is very commonly used in the barreling process.

St. Supéry


Grgich Hills Estate


Crane Family Vinyards




Michael Mondavi Family Estate



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