Napa Valley Travel Guide

After a visit to Napa Valley in the 1880s, writer Robert Louis Stevenson pronounced, "Wine is bottled poetry." You'll see this quotation as you pass the area's landmark sign on Highway 29. Unfortunately, Stevenson was referring to French wine -- what Napa vintners should aspire to. But as the film Bottle Shock documents, California wineries have since risen to the level of their European predecessors. Now, both connoisseurs and amateurs savor the respected vintages ... continue»