Wine Tasting & TCing
Does anyone have any recommendations for Napa or the surrounding areas to stay. Preferably looking for hook ups. Going to take a couple of days to eat, drink and explore.
Forum Discussion
Buzzcut1 wrote:joeshmoe wrote:
I think some of the wineries around Paso Robles have onsite RV hook ups. Don't quote me.
:B that would be about 5 hours from Napa
Well, what's another 5 hrs? :)
Certainly worth considering:
"Back in 1990, there were fewer than 20 wineries in and around Paso Robles, a farming community midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Most of the wines produced there were rustic, highly tannic and alcoholic, with little charm or finesse. Today there are more than 170 wineries in Paso Robles, and the area is going through a metamorphosis. There are now a half-dozen or so properties producing wines that are revelations of elegance, finesse, complexity and flavor concentration. In fact, each year I spend around 10 days there tasting, and each year the quality improves. Major progress has largely come not from makers of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot, but from a group of producers often referred to as the Rhône Rangers, specializing in grape varietals of the Rhône Valley of France.
The greatest headway has been made west of Highway 101, where most of the top vineyards are located. These are hillside vineyards planted in limestone soils of various elevations, but almost all are within 10 to 15 miles of the Pacific Ocean. These limestone soils, prevalent in many of France's finest vineyards, seem to encourage wines of great intensity as well as elegance.
Paso Robles remains a work in progress, but I believe the region already shows some of the most striking potential in all of California. The following are the six leading Paso pioneers......"
http://www.foodandwine.com/articles/the-promise-of-paso-robles
