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Benessere Vineyards, Late November

The first significant rains of the season took place a few weeks back.

Now, the Napa Valley is taking on the signature emerald of winter.

Though the grapes leaves are all withered and dry and pruning in earnest is about to begin, the cover crops are beginning to sprout and grow.

I don’t know what [...]

One of the things I am thankful for is that we live in one of the most beautiful, wonderful places on earth.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Eskimo kisses at Benessere Vineyards this past Sunday.

Benessere Vineyards, Late November

The big plastic bins you see here are used during harvest; they hold loads of grapes.

I was certain there’s a technical names for these bins–and there probably is–but a quick google search gave me “plastic grape bins”. Hm.

You’ll see these huge bins at pretty much every winery, unless maybe they do [...]

We really had a great time at Benessere Vineyards yesterday.

Today I’d like to share more about what Samantha did while we tasted wine and then enjoyed our picnic.

First, she danced on the garden patio immediately adjacent to the Tasting Room (that means she was able to be independent–as were we–but that she was within sight at all [...]

Today (even though home and work chores beckoned) we decided to go to a winery for a picnic.

After consulting the Napa Vintners website, we dropped by Sunshine Market for our favorite selection of cheese & charcuterie and headed north to Benessere Vineyards.

Part of the Napa Vintners family-friendly winery list, we were not disappointed.

In fact, we had [...]