today we're in San Francisco and we're about to embark on a weekend getaway to
Napa Valley one of America's most famous wine growing regions it's roughly one
hour north of the city and contains over 400 wineries it's filled with historic
castles world-renowned cuisine and history on this trip we're going to
visit three family-owned wineries and learn about how the prized Cabernet
Sauvignon is made let's go check it out
Napa Valley spans quite a distance of 30 miles long in five miles wide so on this
trip we're taking the wine trolley which is the best way to get around we're
taking the Napa wine trolley
this is Arthur stop is called a presto me wine in number the average wine
tasting in Napa cost between 20 and 25 dollars here we sit by the fire and
enjoy our first wine the family estate Sauvignon Blanc
so this winery is family-owned started in 1892 hey guys we are in Napa Valley
we're taking the wine trolley which takes us to four different vineyards
we're at Whitehall right now it is late December the trees here they are barren
but we're getting some delicious wine and they're famous for their it's
actually kind of a full view of the Vikes you can see what looks like before
they use them back on guided by the wires which is kind of like an umbrella
almost like for the grapes underneath so you'll get a bunch of great grape leaves
up here and then underneath here would be all the berries you don't want the
berries to get too much Sun because then it kind of will dry them out and that's
what you see like those grapes they look like raisins they look really dried up
then you have to rehydrate them and it kind of dilutes the flavor so you're
later on do that very much so that's what you want a nice
what's great about visiting Napa in winter is it's much less crowded than
the harvest season of fall this is the iconic photo of the sign and this is our
wine next we visit the family-owned Cosentino winery where we try the
Cabernet Sauvignon to be classified as a Cabernet in Napa you need at least 75%
Cabernet grapes but here the concentration is much higher at 89% cap
which makes it even more delightful now we board the Charlie for the last winery
of the day on dready winery owned by yep you guessed it
Mario Andretti around Napa this is 40 miles north to south a beautiful wine
and they're famous for cab look at all these vineyards after scooping up a
couple bottles of wine it's time to conclude our trip on the wine Charlie of
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of Napa Calistoga