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
garryk6 wrote:
HMSBeagle,
It has been over 20 years since I was in the Napa area, but when stationed in Vallejo in the late 80's, i used to spend time at the court house researching family lines that took me out of Napa to Pope Valley. It was a really neat valley, lost in time back then. Is it still as quiet and quaint as it was then? I would only recommend it to the TC crowd, as the road I to the valley is as twisty and wind-ee as they come with countless switchbacks. But the vineyards there were beautiful! If we ever make it back down to that country we hope to visit there again!
Garry
Napa has changed a lot in the last 20 years, but Pope Valley is pretty much the same. Vinyards have crept in as they have everywhere here, and some of the expensive homes. But the zoning is so restrictive it cannot change much. That is in the Ag Preserve, zoned for 40 acre minimum lot sizes (so you cannot split a 79 acre parcel). That slows development a bit!
Probably the most dramatically changed town is Yountville. 30 years ago it was a dump, broken down houses and one room apartments occupied by alcoholic Vets. Now it is posh hotels and fancy restaurants from one end to the other. St. Helena has gotten more sheik and has developed suburbs, but downtown looks about the same. Calistoga too.
My father arrived Napa in 1919. He saw plenty of change, it was a town of 6000 then.
