Napa Valley, CA
California · Napa Valley
Entry
Tastings $40+
Scale
30 miles long
Est.
1981
Season
Apr-Jun, Sep-Oct
Cabernet country with a spa problem: every afternoon ends in a hot tub and a tasting menu.
Getting there
No airport in the valley; Sacramento (SMF) and Oakland (OAK) are the practical arrivals. Tastings are booked ahead, and only 4% of California's wine grapes grow here.
Don't miss
- Napa Valley AVA - established 1981, California's first appellation
- Judgement of Paris, 1976 - Napa wines beat the French in a blind tasting
- Agricultural Preserve - created 1968, the first of its kind in the US
Best time to go
April to June and September to October. Harvest runs September into October; the valley is 30 miles long and five miles wide at its widest.
Nearby
Yountville
Calistoga
Sonoma
Costs and seasons change
Fees and visitor figures are taken from the National Park Service pages for this park; re-check nps.gov before you book. The planning copy is ours.
