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Visit a Custom Crush Tasting Room

“Custom Crush” is the answer to how to make wine when your pockets aren’t quite deep enough to own your own winery. A custom crush facility is a bonded winery that allows other wine brands to make wine at their facility. A visit to a

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Taste Locally Made Olive Oil

A few weeks after the frenzy of grape harvest, another harvest season begins in Napa Valley: olive harvest. Round Pond offers the only formal olive oil tasting in the Napa Valley; however, numerous olive oil producers have storefronts in the valley where visitors are invited to taste

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Rock Out at Napa Porchfest

Napa Porchfest is an annual music festival held in late-July in Downtown Napa. A sizeable section of Old Town Napa is cordoned off for the event where more than 50 local homeowners’ porches become impromptu stages for more than 100 bands performing rock, bluegrass, jazz,

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Play a Game of Bocce

When you realize the sport of bocce originated with the Greeks and the Romans, it makes sense why it feels so natural to play with a glass of wine in hand. The rules are simple and it’s easy to learn, making it a game beginners

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Cycle for a Good Cause

Along with its world-class food and wine, Napa Valley is also home to some of the best cycling routes in the world. So it’s no wonder why many so many charitable organizations choose to host fund-raising cycling events centered here. Every year, thousands of cyclists

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Find a Free Tasting (yes, really!)

With tasting fees at most Napa Valley wineries trending between $40-60, the days of free tastings may seem like a bygone era. However, there is a handful of wineries that still offers free tastings. It is the wineries’ prerogative to change their tasting fee policies,

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Rosé the Day Away

The official wine of summer is so much more than just a pretty drink to match your manicure. Rosé pairs well with backyard barbecues and lazy afternoons at the park. It’s approachable and fun for wine newbies and still a compelling selection for wine aficionados

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Tour Napa’s Ghost Wineries

No need to worry about ghouls or goblins. The term “Ghost Winery” refers to a small handful of historic winery buildings in Napa Valley that pre-date the Prohibition Era, which reduced the number of wineries operating in California from more than 700 in 1920 to

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Bottle Your Own Custom Blend

Go beyond the tasting room and play winemaker for a day. A blending experience is great way to deepen your understanding of the characteristics of unique varietals and how they play off one another to create a harmonious blend. And at Conn Creek Winery, you

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Attend a Concert at a Winery

When Magrit Mondavi first saw the lawn at Robert Mondavi Winery, she turned to Bob and said, “Why don’t we do a concert?” In the five decades since that conversation, the winery has hosted legendary artists for its annual Summer Concert Series. The venue is

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