{"id":32,"date":"2015-01-24T17:55:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T17:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=32"},"modified":"2015-12-23T21:19:52","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T21:19:52","slug":"christmas-spirit-in-wineries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/?p=32","title":{"rendered":"Christmas spirit in wineries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our wedding anniversary is at the beginning of December and for many years we have been celebrating it in Napa or Sonoma.\u00a0 Besides being in Wine Country for our anniversary, we also get to enjoy an early Christmas.\u00a0\"Frogs<\/a>Christmas decorations are everywhere.\u00a0 You walk in many of the wineries and you\u2019re facing a beautiful Christmas tree, decorations on the fireplace mantel, holiday music and the spirit of the holidays everywhere you look. \u00a0One of our favorite Pinot wineries is Etude in Carneros. (We\u2019re also club members there.)\u00a0 The last time we stopped by for a visit, on top of being in heaven with the wines that we were being served, we had the joy of having our tasting by a huge, beautifully decorated Christmas tree.<\/p>\n

The town of Napa is very festive but the top is in Yountville where, by the way, the famous chef Thomas Keller has three restaurants that we love (French Laundry, Bouchon and Ad Hoc). \u00a0\u00a0As soon as you get off Route 29 and turn on Washington Street, you are in a different world. The town itself becomes a Christmas Wonderland.\u00a0 We had never seen anything like this; the town is entirely lit with Christmas lights. It\u2019s absolutely like being in a fairy tale.\u00a0 It\u2019s magical!<\/p>\n

Most of the wineries have a shop where they sell souvenirs and wine related articles.\u00a0 During the holidays they add all those pretty Christmas decorations, tablecloths, cocktail napkins, chinaware.\u00a0 It is a great place to find a gift for wine lovers.\u00a0 Some of these items are often found exclusively in wineries. We\u2019re not talking about the wine itself, but corkscrews, glasses, wine books, etc.\u00a0 One article that we have bought there over the years is a vine leaf that had been plated in silver or gold, with a little ribbon on top to hang in the Christmas tree.\u00a0 That\u2019s an exclusive and pretty wine gift!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s not forget the hotels and restaurants. \u00a0\u00a0You\u2019ll be in the Christmas spirit wherever you eat and stay.\u00a0 We love to stay at the Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa. When you enter in the driveway, you will face an enormous Christmas tree in front of the resort welcoming you, plus decorations all over the resort.\u00a0 One late afternoon in December, we sat on the porch facing the Christmas tree sipping a glass of wine and watching the sunset.\u00a0 Not bad at all!<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re looking for a different experience and atmosphere for a next trip to the Wine Country, try it in December. \u00a0You\u2019ll not only get the Christmas spirit but also fewer tourists (but please don\u2019t tell everyone).<\/em><\/p>\n

Joyeux No\u00ebl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our wedding anniversary is at the beginning of December and for many years we have been celebrating it in Napa or Sonoma.\u00a0 Besides being in Wine Country for our anniversary, we also get to enjoy an early Christmas.\u00a0Christmas decorations are everywhere.\u00a0 You walk in many of the wineries and you\u2019re facing a beautiful Christmas tree, … Continue reading Christmas spirit in wineries<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32\/revisions\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/powertasting.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}