Napa Wine, Style and Friends on Summer Journeys

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My dear Cousin Maria sent these gorgeous photos taken in Napa during their recent trip with friends.  They flew out from Texas and were tasting wine by the afternoon!  More...





Napa is known for its many green rolling vineyards and wonderful wine tasting spots.  Of course there's way too many wineries to mention...spas, food, balloon flights, wineries...a taste of heaven!





There's rich culinary cuisine in Napa and surrounding Sonoma County.  I think the friends did some real wine tasting by how many glasses I see  Can you believe that table full of stemware!  Thank you Maria (top right) for sending the photos and sharing your special trip to California.







Mustard's Grill, Yountville, CA.








Bottega (Chef owned-Michael Chiarello)





Also home of the Napa Style shop where I get lots of inspiration for posts about home and garden items.  I love the Trattoria cork candles (in the wine bottles, bottom middle).  See Napa Style.


See more of my wine-culinary posts on the topics list here

Comments

  1. AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    Just delicious!

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  2. Maria ValehrachAugust 6, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    Hey LouAnn, you did an AWESOME job of making that collage and writing about it! Wow!! Thanks!

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