Travel tips: Touring Yountville during the holiday season

(KRON) – We’re sort of spoiled within the Bay Space. Leap within the automobile and inside an hour or so, we will be in Napa Valley wine nation. However with so many spots to journey to, selecting the place to go will be arduous.

Our journey fanatic Dana Rebmann joins us now to clarify why we must always add Yountville to the highest of the checklist.

Nearly ten miles from the town of Napa, Yountville boasts a small-town vibe that’s welcoming and straightforward to fall in love with.

Artwork Stroll

The easiest way to get the lay of the land is in your toes, and there’s loads to see as you get your steps in. Yountville’s Artwork Stroll consists of about three dozen works. An excellent handful or so are everlasting, however the remaining are on the market.

Napa Valley Museum

Most people don’t understand Yountville can also be house to the Napa Valley Museum. Earlier than you say – “I don’t do museums”… On show now by mid-February is an exhibition titled Harmful Video games: Treacherous Toys We Liked As Children. (Value is $15; open Thursdays by Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Wine Tasting

Yountville could also be small, nevertheless it gives some mighty choices on the subject of tasting. Cornerstone Cellars is primarily cabernet sauvignon centered, however in addition they craft and pour different varietals of their tasting room, which additionally occurs to be the oldest constructing in Yountville. Greater than 100 years previous, it was once the practice station. (Value is $40 to $60 per particular person for tasting flights.)

Only a few steps away, neighboring JCB Salon gives what I’d describe as a extra trendy tasting expertise. Napa Valley winemaker Jean-Charles Boisset is well-known for his flamboyant and entertaining type and a love for Baccarat chandeliers. (Value is $50 to $85 per particular person for tasting flights.)

For an much more extravagant expertise, make a reservation on the Regiis Ova Caviar & Champagne Lounge. One other enterprise by Chef Thomas Keller, caviar is paired with bubbles and a wide range of snacks. Suppose all kinds of bites starting from onion dip ($65) and potato chips to rooster tenders ($65).

So should you’re within the temper to splurge and spoil your self, this can be a great spot to do it. For extra about Dana’s adventures and writing, observe her on Instagram @danarebmann and Twitter @drebmann.

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