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Off the beaten path in the Napa Valley

March 23, 2015 by Joe Becerra

Buehler Vineyards

View from Buehler Vineyards at the base of Howell Mountain

Off the beaten path in the Napa Valley

It is always fun to explore areas off the beaten path in the Napa Valley. In the photo we see the estate property at Buehler Vineyards. Buehler is tucked away on the eastern side of the Napa Valley heading up to the Vaca Mountain hillsides. The road is curvy but you will travel through some wonderful countryside scenery. At Buehler’s estate vineyards it is mostly about Cabernet Sauvignon. The hillsides provide the ideal climate for growing Cabernet. Tours and tastings are available at Buehler by appointment only. The family lives on the property so, in a sense, when visiting Buehler you will be in the family’s backyard. By the way, the wines are wonderful and reasonably priced. The family purchased the property in the early 1970’s. Just a short distance beyond Buehler Vineyards is another family-owned winery, Amizetta Estate Winery.  Amizetta also has tours and tastings by appointment only. The wines at Amizetta are in the high-end category, but so tasty. In the case of Buehler and Amizetta, the chances are very good that the tour and tasting will be led by family members. The added benefit to making the trek to these two wineries is that you are likely to be the only ones visiting the winery at that particular time. It is always nice to get away from the Napa Valley crowds.

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Filed Under: Wine Photo of the Day Tagged With: Buehler Vineyards, Howell Mountain, Wine Country Photography

Ladera Winery on Howell Mountain

December 29, 2011 by Joe Becerra

This is the second of our three-part series on visits to mountain wineries in the Napa Valley.

We left Stony Hill Vineyard on Spring Mountain and traveled across the Valley on Deer Park Road, then up the mountain turning left onto White Cottage Road to Ladera Winery. Talk about opposites in wineries! Stony Hill’s first vintage was 1952, Ladera’s was 2000. At Stony Hill the winery is still hanging on to equipment used when the winery was first established with no signs of any high-tech equipment anywhere. At Ladera, it is quite the opposite with no expenses spared in this state-of-the-art winery facility. Here you find beautiful stainless steel fermenting and aging tanks, gravity floor crush equipment, and a beautiful and elaborate cave system lined with oak barrels.

Ladera Winery - Ghost Winery Howell Mountain

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Filed Under: Hidden Napa Wineries, Tasting Rooms Tagged With: Ghost Winery, Howell Mountain, Howell Mountain winery., Ladera Winery, Wine Country Getaways, Wine Travel

Escaping the Napa Valley Crowds

August 24, 2011 by Joe Becerra

Another frequently received email to WineCountryGetaways.com asks: “How can I avoid the crowds when we visit the Napa Valley?” We have an easy answer for that one: go during the week, during the months of December to February. Of course that is not the answer travelers are looking for, so with this article we give it our best shot suggesting a few ways for avoiding crowds on the weekends or on the weekdays during high season.

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Filed Under: Activities, Tasting Rooms Tagged With: Avoiding the Napa Valley crowds, Hidden wineries, Howell Mountain, Mountain wineries, Napa Valley, Spring Mountain

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