Napa Valley - The Delaplaine 2020 Long Weekend Guide: Long Weekend Guides

By Andrew Delaplaine

A complete guide for everything you need to experience a full weekend in the Napa Valley

 

"As newbies to the California Wine Country, this book was an eye-opener. We later got a more detailed guidebook (actually 3), but this was a great way through the door." –-Hillary C., Augusta

 

=LODGINGS, variously priced, from luxurious spas to budget accommodations

 

=RESTAURANTS, both upmarket and budget

 

=ATTRACTIONS: there's more to do in the Napa Valley than sipping wine (although…)

 

=WINERIES - chosen specially by Delaplaine

 

= SPAS - luxurious

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gramercy Park Press
• Release date: Apr 10, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393757603

Andrew Delaplaine

Delaplaine lives on South Beach, Miami’s Billion Dollar Sandbar. He writes in widely varied fields: screenplays, novels (adult and juvenile) and journalism. He also has a series of Long Weekend Guides covering some 50 cities around the world. Email: [e-mail] He writes several series: The “JACK HOUSTON ST. CLAIR” political thriller novels. “THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES IV,” a series of novels starring the great-great-grandson of the famous consulting detective. “THE ANNALS OF SANTOPIA” series, an epic that follows a Santa born in 1900 through to his death 82 years later. The AMOS FREEMAN police thrillers. Other novels: “The Trap Door” follows a boy who is taken back in time to 1594 and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. “The Meter Maid Murders,” a comic look at a detective trying to nab a serial killer on South Beach who only murders meter maids. Has written and directed three features (one doc, two narrative features), as well as several short films and won several awards for his film work. (See imdb.com for details).  His latest film, “Meeting Spencer,” starring Jeffrey Tambor, won the prestigious Milan International Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.  DELAPLAINE’S “LONG WEEKEND” GUIDES These no-nonsense guides contain Delaplaine’s recommendations and advice for travelers visiting these places for 3 or 4 days. As "The Food Enthusiast," he writes a series of restaurants guides, updated annually. He has no hobbies.

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TABLES OF CONTENTS

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WHY NAPA VALLEY?

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GETTING ABOUT

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WHERE TO STAY

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WHERE TO EAT

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Napa

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Yountville

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Rutherford

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St. Helena

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Calistoga

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WHERE TO SHOP

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COOKING CLASSES

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ATTRACTIONS

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WINERIES

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SPAS

WHY NAPA VALLEY?

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Depending on the time of year, there’s nothing more fun than taking a trip out to the wine country, especially Napa and Sonoma counties. In fact, after you make your first trip, you’ll come back and focus on this special part of America, so completely a world unto itself that there’s literally nothing else like it in this country. I am in the wine trade myself (my family produces a fine sparkling wine using grapes from Napa and Sonoma), so I know a little bit about it.

The two valleys are just an hour’s drive north of San Francisco.

The two counties are quite different in layout and attitude. Though Napa is more famous than Sonoma, winemaking actually began in Sonoma (in 1835) a whole generation before vineyards were planted in the 35-mile long Napa Valley. And while vineyards line Napa from one end to the other, in Sonoma there still are fields where vineyards have not been planted.

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While Napa is narrow and more confined, in Sonoma, the land extends out from the Russian River far and wide, giving you a much more expansive sensation. Between Napa and Sonoma, there are hundreds of wineries large and small. Napa has some 45,000 acres planted with grapes. While Napa has all the celebrities, the high-end restaurants, the luxurious spas, Sonoma really feels like a rustic farming area by comparison. Much less razzmatazz. The good thing about both valleys is that they’re right next to each other, so it’s easy to enjoy both. But here our focus is on Napa.

Wine lovers didn’t really begin flocking to this area until the 1980s, and the lodgings at the time were limited to a few inns and some B&Bs.

These days, however, you’ll find superior lodgings to match anywhere in the world, complementing the high quality of the wines produced here.

Nobody thinks of this, but did you know there’s a Veterans Home in Yountville? Now, I ask you, if you had been in the military, wouldn’t you want to retire here? 

GETTING ABOUT

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Most people come to Napa by way of San Francisco, and the town of Napa itself