California Wine Country

Gleaming Golden Dome in Stags Leap: Quixote Winery

Quixote Winery Hundertwasser Design Photo © Alice Joyce

Uniquely set apart by buoyant architecture – created by the ecologically-oriented, Viennese artist Hundertwasser (1928-2000), with an interior richly embellished by art works and furnishings collected by owner Carl Doumani, Quixote is a Napa Valley destination that must be experienced; in a breathtaking landscape backed by the distinctive, rugged outcropping of the Stags Leap palisades.

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di Rosa Center - Napa

di Rosa Landscape (Alice Joyce photo)

A renowned collection of Bay Area art from the 1960s to the present is on view at di Rosa in the beautiful Carneros Appelation region of Napa Valley. A property taking in over 200 acres, di Rosa is sited on an inspiring landscape that showcases art in the Preserve’s outdoor Sculpture Meadow. Seasonal hikes and meadow walks are an inviting adjunct to tours of exhibits in di Rosa’s Gatehouse Gallery, Main Gallery, and the historic residence: Former home of Rene and Veronica di Rosa. Walking the trail reveals works by artists such as Mark di Suvero, Viola Frey and Gordon Heuther. Nature lovers will appreciate the preservation work di Rosa engages in, where the natural habitat of native grassland and riparian areas are being restored, and native wildflowers are being propagated.

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Cool Concept ... Blending Cabernet at Conn Creek Winery

Conn Creek Winery Gardens (Photo: Alice Joyce)

Conn Creek Winery Gardens (Photo: Alice Joyce)

Conn Creek Winery

offers Cabernet Sauvignon tastings in their AVA Room as part of a unique blending seminar for small groups (no more than 10 people).

Above photo: Outside the AVA Room

Conn Creek Winery AVA Room (Alice Joyce photo)

Participants take part in a guided walk-around barrel tasting, sampling wine from single-vineyard sites in 14 sub-appellations – AVAs

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