While in Northern California for my cuz's rockin wedding, we toured around Napa Valley and beyond. All in all we visted 15 vineyards, drove through 2 Redwood trees, and visited 1 lighthouse.

Here's my list of Napa Valley Favorites, In order of preference:

1. Duckhorn Vineyards – nice experience, sit-down at your own table with all wines poured out, no rush, at your own pace, nice white and reds (day 3, #2 visited)
2. Miner Family Vineyards – Nice white wine, better reds, pretty view (Free for us) (day 4, #2 visited)
3. Luna Vineyards – hippie fun, try the Terrestrial (teroldego), take your last red to the tower for a great view of the vineyard (day 2, #3 visited)
4. Ehlers Estate – very nice, non-profit, good wine (day 3, #1 visited)
4. Darioush – not Laurie’s favorite, but everyone seems to like, elegant setting, Persian, ooh-la-la and fru-fu,(day 2, # 2 visited)
5. Robert Sinskey – nice, enjoyable, organic wines (day 1, #1 first visited)
6. Vine Cliff – (make appt.) gorgeous scenery, go for the landscape enjoy the wine, picturesque. Also, non-assuming, down to earth wine tasting room (day 1, #3 visited)
7. Chimney Rock – nice red, free glass, cool architecture, but rushed tasting (day 4, #1 visited)
8. Cakebread Winery – mellow, nice, free glass, an education, worth the visit, but too much talking not enough pouring (day 3, #3 visited)
9. Mondavi – classy, great deal, good pour on the 2000 Reserve Red Cabernet Sauvignon (day 3, # 4 visited)
10. Goosecross Cellars - ok - almost fun tasting, alittle awkward, free for us (day 4, # 4 visited)
11. Rutherford (Round Hill) – ok, good deal, cheap wines, good raisins, not bad (day 1, #2 visited)
12. Van der Heyden – Not much for a $ 10 tasting, (should be $ 5), but all right for a crazy eccentritic tasting. The only tasting we did in a trailer. (day 4, #5, last visited)
13. Steltzner Vineyards – ok, 2 for one special, but awkward tasting, rushed (day 2, #1 visited)
14. Beringer – ok, …..? (day 3, #3 visited)
15. Domaine Chandon – free glass, all champagne, ok… not so great (day 2, #4 first visited)