A Little Wine A Little Shopping

Spending a day in Napa and Sonoma Is A Delight, Especially for adults, drank wine country Even In IT's Not Just About the Wine, There's shopping too! After all, due to The Nature of alcohol, There Is a Limit to How Much You Can Taste wine. Not only do you want to Stop Before You Have a hard time climbing back Into the purpose because aussi, The Taste buds Become Saturated after a while so That UNLESS you cleanse Them With water and food, all wines Of The start to taste The Same. Of course, due to differences in physiology, Some People Will want to keep tasting new wines after Others Have Reached Their saturation point. To make sure thats the trip IS Interesting to everybody, pick wineries Later In The Day That combines good wines and great gift shops. Here Are Some favorites and why.

When you come to wine country via the Golden Gate Bridge, There Is a group of wineries is just north of Route 121 Where You Turn off of Route 37. Our best recommendation These Days Is The Jacuzzi Family Vineyards. Their gift shop Every day gets more Interesting. For the moment, The Wine And The complimentary tasting IS Attached Olive Oil Company, Where You Can The sample flavored oils, has Their Own gift shop too stop making this a winning combination. Make it The First Stop On The Way Into The Valley Gold The Last Stop On The Way back to the city.

Just to the North of Jacuzzi IS Cornerstone Place (look for The Gigantic blue lawn chairs Directly opposite The Entrance to Gloria Ferrer Champagne Caves). Cornerstone's unique combination of blinds, Fascinating galleries, playful gardens, food and wine tasting est aussi a great way to start or end "any round.

Sebastiani Vineyards and Winery: They Have, Without A Doubt, The Best winery gift shop in Sonoma. Because THEY Have Been around for so long (the winery started "in 1906) Often tells people to 'em Their previous incarnation as a' jug wine 'producer, today however THEY make excellent wines That are a great value, in part Because THEY own So Many Vineyards and Have for so long. For the moment, Their wine tastings are complimentary and aussi Always people come out smiling. The historic Plaza Is Just Minutes Away, Which Is a wonderful place for shopping, Filled With A Wide Variety of galleries, tasting rooms, clothing stores and specialty items.

Leaving the Plaza, head north up the Valley of the Moon wineries Where There are SEVERAL Think That We Have Especially great gift shops. BR Cohn Winery has a wonderful collection of items and Their olive oils are As Good As Their excellent wines. A Little Farther up the Valley Imagery Estate Winery IS WHERE Many of Their products are based On The Original Art Commissioned for an optometrist Their wine bottle labels. Chateau St. Jean Winery devotees to hand off parts of their tasting room to Their gift shop With Branded Products With A Wine and Food tilt. Just past 'em IS Landmark Winery Which Has a charming gift That area includes a tribute to John Deere Their family tractors.

When you go Up the Napa Valley wineries There Are Some That Really Shine gift-wise. In the heart of Rutherford, Rubicon Estate Is The MOST elegant gift shop in Napa, stylish, unique, and Accompanied by great wines, a charming and graceful espresso bar seating Outside Cdn That Accommodate The Whole Family. Plumpjack Winery, Which Is Just off the Oakville Crossroad, Naturally Offers great wines, to it has aussi One Of The Most charming gift shops, in hand Because it's so Comfortably Close To The tasting bar. At The Base Of The Silverado Trail, Darioush Offers unusual gifts With A Persian flair in a spectacular building That Should not Be Missed.

Many times, late in the Day, We Have Dropped shoppers of At The north end of St. Helena, Close To The Restaurant Simply Called 'Market' to enjoy the nice Variety of shops. We'll Catch Up With Them At The south end of town In The Parking Lot of Sunshine Market, a great place to pick up That sparkling water.