Napa Valley

**Napa Valley** is a compact, sun-warmed valley in northern California, an hour or so above San Francisco, and it is the name that turned American wine into a serious global player. **Wines & grapes** — Cabernet Sauvignon is king here, producing rich, structured reds that are the region's calling card, often bottled as single-varietal wines or Bordeaux-style blends with Merlot and Cabernet Franc. Chardonnay is the leading white, and you will also find Sauvignon Blanc, Zinfandel, and Merlot. **Character** — The valley's warm days and cool, fog-influenced nights let grapes ripen fully while keeping their freshness, giving wines that are ripe, generous, and built to age. Distinct sub-areas such as Rutherford, Oakville, Stags Leap, and the mountain slopes each lend their own signature. **Good to know** — Napa reds are among the most collectible and priciest wines made outside Europe.

Wines

• 1858 Cabernet Sauvignon — Caymus Vineyards
• Allomi Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon — Hess Collection
• Altagracia Cabernet Sauvignon — Eisele Vineyard
• AmerItal — Goosecross Cellars
• Beautiful Generation — Beautiful Generation
• Beautiful Generation — Cliff Lede Vineyards
• Blanc de Blancs — Schramsberg
• Brut Prestige — Mumm Napa
• Cabernet Sauvignon — Screaming Eagle
• Cabernet Sauvignon — Chateau Montelena
• Cabernet Sauvignon — Mount Veeder Winery
• Cabernet Sauvignon — Thomas Allen
• Cabernet Sauvignon — Faust
• Cabernet Sauvignon — Blueprint
• Cabernet Sauvignon — Fortress
• Cabernet Sauvignon Atlas Peak — TORCIA
• Cabernet Sauvignon Beatty Ranch — Nickel & Nickel
• Cabernet Sauvignon Branding Iron Vineyard — Nickel & Nickel
• Cabernet Sauvignon Copper Streak — Nickel & Nickel
• Cabernet Sauvignon DeCarle Vineyard — Nickel & Nickel