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Patricia Calfee
Napa Valley Disptach: Yountville at a Crossroads
Last week, while eating dinner with a friend at Redd in Yountville, I overheard an interesting prediction. Our waitress, a confident young woman in her twenties, announced to a table of Napa Valley visitors that five years from now no one will drive north of Yountville. “St. Helena won’t matter anymore because everything--absolutely everything--will happen here,” she proclaimed loudly.
November 18, 2009 by Patricia Calfee in The Plum Post
Napa Valley Dispatch: Sommelier Smackdown
Last Tuesday, in the heart of Napa Valley, Chef Todd Humphries hosted the final Sommelier Smackdown of 2009 at his famed restaurant Martini House.
October 20, 2009 by Patricia Calfee in The Plum Post
Napa Valley Dispatch: It's a Barn Burner
'Tis the season for harvest parties, and under last weekend's full moon, Napa Valley celebrated Tom Scott's storied Barn Burner.
October 6, 2009 by Patricia Calfee in The Plum Post
Napa Valley Dispatch: The Crush Picnic
In Napa Valley, we wait all year for the Crush Picnic. Learn how to picnic in crush season style.
September 28, 2009 by Patricia Calfee in The Plum Post
