Saturday, September 19, 2009

Napa Valley Vineyards

We drove up to Napa to begin our drive thru the Napa Valley Vineyards.   This is an awesome area.   There is vineyard after vineyard for miles and miles.   Enjoy the pictures.  We enjoyed the self guided tour.

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They seem to have many horse farms in this area.   Beautiful horses on the mountains.

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Fields and fields of grape vines.

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Nice bank building in Napa. 

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We visited the Visitors Center where they gave us a map of the routes.  We spend some town in this nice town.

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This is The Town Center....                     Another beautiful bank building.

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This is the Napa Mill and Hatt Market.

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Our first stop  was at Sweetie Pies.....wow! wonderful pastries.

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We walk down on the Riverwalk....       The old Napa Mill used to be here. 

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The beautiful mural waterfall showing the Napa Valley Industries of olden days.

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The beautiful Napa River.

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Many restaurants and shops on the Mill grounds.

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I love the flowers....

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The water taxi...

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The Napa Riverwalk...

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Then we head over to the Oxbow Public Market.

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They have any kind of spices you may want....

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Fresh fruits and veggies.

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Cupcakes...

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Wines, wines and more wines.

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Oooooooh and all kinds of chocolate goodies!

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The Pica Pica Bar....

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and more wines....

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Cheeses to your liking...

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and more wine!

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Canoers on the river.....it was a beautiful day to be out!

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Back on the road thru Wine Country!   What a beautiful area.

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An awesome vineyard...

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and more of them....

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This one was so beautiful....The Round Pond...

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The perfect grapes....

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Back on the road again!

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The Founder of the Beaulieu vineyard...     many choices.

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I tasted only a couple of recommended sweet wines....We bought 4 bottles. 

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They are not giving tours since it is Saturday but they do allow you to go in and take pictures.

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Another Vineyard....

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There are a lot of limos taking people around which is a good idea.  If not, there would be a lot of people driving after tasting all the wine....

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Yountville is a small town but with a lot of character....nice place.

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another wine tasting place....

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Nice old looking bike with it's baby carriage.

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We had a great day today.   It was a beautiful day.   Until next time!!!

1 comment:

Jesse Aleman said...

Wonderful Tour !!! I had a great time viewing these pictures Thanks for sharing . Love you and God bless you all