Category Archives: Sparkling Wine
If you like Napa you will love Champagne
If you like visiting Napa you will love visiting the Champagne region. In spending just one week in Champagne we barely scratched the surface exploring this historic wine region. There are some 300 villages in the Champagne wine region and more than 3000 Champagne producers. Continue reading
Valentine’s Day Getaway to the Napa Valley — Ideas
If you are thinking about getting away to the Napa Valley with that someone special on Valentine’s Day, you’d better think quickly. Although tourism is down in the Napa Valley, Valentine’s Day is always one of the most popular weekends … Continue reading
Downtown Napa, The Good & The Bad
Last week we spent one night in downtown Napa. That is not much time to explore Napa but enough for us to discover some wonderful delights and a few things not so appealing for tourists. The new Avia Hotel is … Continue reading
Mumm Napa Celebrates The 2009 Harvest
Toasting and drinking sparkling wine is synonymous with celebrations. When Mumm Napa celebrates the Harvest, they do so in a most unusual manner. Friday, August 14, 2009 was the first official day of harvest for Mumm and when the first … Continue reading
Napa Valley Bits & Pieces of Wine News – June 15th
Amazon Closer to Selling Wine When New Vine Logistics closed its doors a couple of weeks back many were predicting that Amazon would either drop or have a long delay in launching their plan to sell wine online. Amazon had … Continue reading
Napa — Unsettling Problems
With redevelopment projects along the Napa River and the buzz created by the Oxbow Market, you would think that all is joy among Napa businesses, restaurants, and lodging establishments. Not so. The last few weeks have not brought good news … Continue reading
Schramsberg – Napa Valley’s Sparkling Wine Icon
Schramsberg Vineyards is the last of the wineries on our sparkling wine trail to be reviewed. It is perhaps the most interesting and fascinating of the five wineries that we have visited and posted to our blog. Jacob Schram originally … Continue reading
Mumm Cuvée Napa — Sparkling Wine Trail
Mumm Napa is the fourth winery on our Carneros — Napa Valley Sparkling Wine Trail. After visiting Domaine Chandon we head up Highway 29 to Oakville Cross Road and take that road over to the Silverado Trail. Mumm Napa is … Continue reading
Domaine Chandon – Classic Sparkling Wine
The third winery on our sparkling wine review is the historic Domaine Chandon winery in Yountville. Several characteristics make Domain Chandon a favorite tourist spot. The winery was established in 1978 by the great French Champagne house of Moet & … Continue reading
Domaine Carneros – Sparkling Wine
The second winery on our search of sparkling wines is
