5 days in Napa next week best wineries to visit?

will be in Napa for 5 days next week.

Looking for best wineries to visit in Napa %26amp; Sonoma for Tours %26amp; Tastings

5 days in Napa next week best wineries to visit?

zinnie8-

At last count, there were just shy of 500 registered wineries in Napa, and hundreds more in Sonoma.

Lots of choices-- so not knowing more about your likes/dislikes/priorities, it%26#39;s hard to make a recommendation without omitting some very good places.

Have you had a chance to look at the Napa FAQs?

Lots of great info, incl. how to figure out which wineries will be best for you (hint: ';trip report'; ;)

Here%26#39;s the link to the FAQs:

tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g32766-i258-k13704…

Hoping this helps-- please let us know if you need a hand using the search function. :)

Have a great time in Napa %26amp; Sonoma!

-The Innkeepers

Napa Old World Inn

5 days in Napa next week best wineries to visit?

Just got back. We like high quality wineries and somewhat off the beaten path so here they are:

NAPA

Miner -tasting I liked their wine best. I joined their club

Robert Sinksy- tasting. Included snacks and very nice cab franc.

Jarvis - tour is worth it. Unique caves and very nice tastings with snacks.

Frank- free tasting and entertaining. I love their chardonnay but the reds are good as well.

Hope and Grace- tasting room in Yountville. Malbec and Cabs very nice. Friendly.

Jessup- tasting room in Yountville. I really enjoyed the atmosphere and friendly server. We sat at a little table and even though they were busy had personal service. It was the end of the day, and their free pours of really good wine were generous.

Darioush- $20 tasting fee does not apply to purchases, although they finally gave in. Wine good though.

Vinecliff- AVOID. Fairly steep tasting /tour fee and it was near the end of the day and the server gave us a quick tourr/tasting

Frazier- set up by limo service. Avoid. Beautiful place in a bucolic setting. But tour was short and I really felt the sales pitch. As a result, no purchases from me.

Peju- entertaining tasting room but wines are not too good.

Vintners Collective tasting Room- downtown napa. The best as many small wineries represented. But a place to go if you are interested in purchasing wine, not as an entire experience. But their wines are really great.

Sonoma County

DuttonEstates- tasting. I like their chardoonays.

Martinelli- nice tasting room and wines.

Dutton-Goldfield- tasting. Pinots overated. Avoid.

Freeman- off the beatenn track and small. Had a little tour and persnal tasting. Great Pinots Really great

Lynmar-small, beautiful. Great wines. Arrange a tour and food/wine pairing in advance. We wish we had. Pretty place and views.

Moshin- locals touted as good pinots. small place and had 3 pinots but found them to be too acidic for out liking.

Ferrari- Carini- ornate gardens and tasting facilities. Fun.

Regrets:

Had appointment but could not keep at Barnett up Spring Mountain. If you have 6 days take a couple tours there.

Del Dotto at end of day supposed to a party atmosphere and tour highly thought of.

Beringer- bigger winery but I think their wine master is very good.

Mahoney- great wine in carneros.

Etude- in caneros. Supposed to have very nice persoal tour and pinots excellent.

Artesa--pretty place.

We stayed 5 days recently and had a wonderful time. We like to visit fewer wineries per day but get a more in depth experience from the ones we do go to.

Jarvis was our favorite tour. It%26#39;s a little out of the way and tricky to find (you have to be watching carefully for entrance) and is $30 per person BUT is totally worth every penny. By far the nicest tasting I have ever exerienced and one of the most in-depth tours. Very impressive, unique and the wine was fantastic. High quality, with high-end pricing. The whole operation is underground in a very extensive cave system dug out using the kind of machine they used to make the Chunnel. Not claustrophobic at all though. Very roomy.

You must make reservations and they only give a couple of tous a day.

For sparkling wine we loved Domaine Chandon. Beautiful grounds, nice informative tour and we did the upgraded tasting which gave us a very intimate tasting of only 6 people with our tour guide as the wine instructor. Enjoyed the extra info and ability to ask questions with this tasting.

Cakebread has amazing wines and their tour is excellent and very generous tastings. We actually met Mrs. Cakebread the first time we went. We joined their wine club two years ago and never regretted it. We always look forward to getting these high-end wines that are so yummy. Located along Hwy 29 with many other wineries.

Beringer and Inglenook are both suppose to be impressive wineries for their old buildings and beautiful grounds/architecture.

Have not visited these wineries yet but they are on our list for next visit.

We started our trip by spending half a day at Copia in downtown Napa. I would highly recommend this as it gives you a nice base of knowledge to then proceed with the rest of your trip and you feel like you actually know a little about wine. Even for seasoned pros, you would enjoy spending at least half a day if not a full day here. You need to sign up for a couple of their hands on classes before you arrive so you can experience the educational part first hand. We signed up for two in-depth wine tastings (one was a food pairing...very educational and fun!), the other compared in depth different Sauv. Blancs. Then we also attended a free food demostration cooking class in their demo kitchen. Along with lunch, and the other exhibits (don%26#39;t miss the outdoor gardens) this was a fabulous stop and we were so glad we did at the beginning of our trip. They have a photographic exhibit until end of year (?) that is very cool. A photographer took about 20 pictures (they blew up to very large size) that are a representation of what the average family would eat in a month from countries all over the world. VERY fascinating and we looked at these pics for quite a while.

I hope you have a fabulous trip! Feel free to ask any Q%26#39;s about certain wineries or if you want a great picnic spot

Janna

Visit the website beauwinetours.com for a complete list of wineries and their addresses and phone numbers. Many require reservations for tours and tastings. Also, mapeasy.com makes an excellent map of Napa and Sonoma Valleys to plan your visit.

You definitely should visit Healdsburg, in the north part of Sonoma County. We had a great time last March for barrel tasting. Stop into Huntington Wine Cellars and say hi to one of the owners, Ken Schilling, our friend! He is an artist and the cellar is also a gallery of his beautiful art. It is right near the Square in the downtown area. Also go to Zin restaurant for dinner- fabulous food! If you go tell him his friends in Peoria,AZ said hi!

Here are my favorite wineries to taste at in Napa.

Baldacci - first off my favorite one - it is a small vineyard located off the Silverado Trail - appointments are required but they have the best wine, especially their Cabernets - i joined their wine club

Peju - excellent wine and atmosphere

St Suprey

Chimney Rock - amazing reds

Best for tours:

Beringer %26amp; Robert Mondavi

Wineries to avoid as I thought both the wine tasting experience and their wines are overrated:

Markham

Pine Ridge

Plump Jack

Silverado