6 Calistoga Wineries Where You Can Meet Real-Life Winery Dogs – or Bring Your Own!

Sep 3, 2019 | Travel Tips, Wine

Wineries throughout the Napa Valley are celebrated for their Cabernet Sauvignon, their luxurious tasting rooms and, of course, for their winery dogs. Winery dogs are the unofficial mascots of the Napa Valley and Calistoga boasts several handsome canine greeters, as...

Rosé All Day: 5 Styles of Rosé So You Can Think Pink This Summer

Aug 13, 2019 | Wine

Rosé is the queen of summer wine for a reason: this delicate, delicious pink wine is refreshing and sophisticated. There are a variety of different ways to make rosé and, in fact, you can make rosé from just about any grape varietal. You’ll find rosés of zinfandel,...

10 Calistoga Hot Springs Resorts Where You Can Sip and Soak

Aug 7, 2019 | Luxury, Wellness, Wine

Calistoga hospitality has been famous since the 1860s, when the first hot springs resort opened in town. Founder, Sam Brannan, had a vision of a geothermal getaway for wealthy San Franciscans. Today, Calistoga’s fame extends to both the wellness and wine worlds,...

The Outside Scoop to Exploring Calistoga

Mar 14, 2019 | Food, Outdoors, Travel Tips, Wine

Perched at the top of the Napa Valley, Calistoga offers travelers myriad opportunities for outside exploration. Whether you’re traveling solo, as a couple or with kids in tow, here are a few itineraries that allow you to experience outdoor activities and an array of...

Camp Schramsberg Part 6: Seminar on Sparkling Rosé

Mar 8, 2019 | Food, Wine

The last tasting seminar during Camp Schramsberg focused on rosé sparkling wines served with tasting trays mapped with creamy goat cheese polenta, fresh goat cheese, smoked paprika, seared salmon, salmon gravlax, picked beet and orange emulsion and Venezuelan sirloin...

Camp Schramsberg Part 5: The Act of Remuage

Feb 1, 2019 | Food, Wine

Our final day at Camp Schramsberg began with a tour of Schramsberg’s historic caves, followed by a riddling demonstration. What is riddling, you ask? It is the twisting, jolting and gradual inversion of bottles in riddling racks done to gather the bottle fermentation...