Napa Valley Wine Tours

Napa Valley in California is made up of six regions – Napa, Yountville, Oakville, Rutherford, St. Helena, and Calistoga. They are home to over 300 public and private wineries. Each has its unique flavor and atmosphere and offer wine tours of there wineries. Some of Napa's wineries require advance reservations for wine tours and a few are not open to the general public.

Sonoma Valley Wine Tours

Sonoma Valley also in California is made up of five regions – Los Cameros District, Sonoma Valley, Russian River Valley, Dry Creek Valley, and Alexander Valley. Sonoma Valley is home to over 200 wineries. Downtown Sonoma’s Historic Sonoma Square is home to the oldest winery in California, and along the Russian River is where the largest producer of champagne in the U.S. resides.

In Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley there are many companies who offer chauffeured wine tours, and wineries that cater to both individuals and large groups. A typical wine tour consists of a vineyard tour, a production process run-down, and a wine tasting session.

Visitors come from all over the World to taste wine from “estate” cellars to small family owned “boutique” wineries. Whether you’re an experienced wine connoisseur or a novice wine enthusiast, wine tours can be exciting and educational.

		A1. A TALE OF TWO VALLEYS	1.2.2004
		In this brief, intoxicating book, Vanity Fair contributor Deutschman chronicles the year or so he spent as a freeloading guest at some of the finest homes in the Sonoma and Napa valleys in the heart of California's near-mythic wine country. He eavesdrops on conversations at the cafe and bookstore, talks to locals at the Tuesday farmer's market and indulges in bottle after bottle of fine wine (one even costing half a million dollars) at the best tables.