NAPA Valley

On a recent trip to California we were lucky enough to spend a day in NAPA Valley. We stopped at a number of wineries including Robert Mondavi on the Silverado Trail. We had an excellent wine tasting conducted by a very knowledgeable Wine Educator (Doug Nanfria). Doug took time to show us where the reserve wine was stored and let us take a number of photos (John & Jim from TwistedCorkscrew). Mondavi has 56 oak vats each containing 5000 gals of reserve wine……very impressive. In addition to the excellent wine tasting and great photos we learned some very interesting facts from Doug, some of which I have already forgotten. We noticed many vineyards had roses growing around the perimeter and Doug explained that the rose bushes were placed there because roses are more susceptible to disease and therefore would warn the vintner that some action needed to be taken to protect the grape vines. If you want to learn more about wine you need to go see Doug Naufria at Robert Mondavi Winery and get an education on wine. Check this blog in the future for more information on wine education from http://www.twistedcorkscrew.com/