Serve Your Holiday Best from a Wine Country Bakery

Posted on 21. Nov, 2011 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Holidays

It’s a centerpiece of the holidays: that intoxicating aroma and flavor of something fresh-baked, be it cookies, cake, bread or a pie. Fortunately for those of us not so handy around the oven, Wine Country region brims with fantastic bakeries, guaranteed to do your table proud. Sweetie Pies, Napa The glass display cases practically groan [...]

Plan a Glamorous Getaway at these Top 10 Napa Boutique Hotels

Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Napa Hotels

Auberge du Soleil A private cottage at this “Inn of the Sun” commands up to $4,250 a night, making a single room seem like a virtual steal at $525. Yet get past the sticker shock, and remember that’s why this remains one of the most coveted properties in wine country, consistently turning up on respected [...]

Sip, Sauté and Savor – Robert Mondavi Introduces Cooking Classes Celebrating New Organic Garden

Posted on 26. Jul, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine

It’s one thing to sit down to a meal of seared Alaskan halibut drizzled in Meyer lemon beurre blanc and plated over wild arugula puree alongside herb salad. It’s another to have harvested the produce fresh from a sun-dappled garden, prepared the meal with a professional chef in his private kitchen, and enjoyed the repast [...]

Good News for Gourmets: OxBow in Napa Welcomes Three New Restaurants

Posted on 19. Jul, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, New in California Wine Country, New in the Wine Country

It’s been called a mini Ferry Building Marketplace. And right before its grand opening in 2007, while supporters cheered that it would bring new energy for the railroad track area off downtown Napa, critics liked to suggest that the town wasn’t ready for such a high-end concentration of restaurants, wine bars, farmers market products and [...]