E like me ka poʻe malihini huakaʻi, ua kipa pinepine au iā San Francisco iʻoihanaʻoihana. ʻO nā hālāwai, nā hālāwai, nā hōʻike pāʻoihana, nā kālepa kūʻai, nā hui kūkāʻana,ʻoi aku ka nui o nā kumu no nā poʻeʻoihana e hele ai i San Francisco. Aʻoiai wau e lele wale i loko o ke kūlanakauhale, e hana i kaʻuʻoihana, a laila e haʻalele i ka home i ka wā hiki loa, i kekahi manawa he mea maikaʻi ke hana i kahi mea'ē aʻe, akā, inā he mau lā'ē aʻe.
Pono nā poʻe pilikino e holo ana i Kapalakiko e noʻonoʻo e hoʻonui i kekahi mau lā hou, ma mua a ma hope paha o kā lākou huakaʻi huakaʻi, e hele i ka'ākau i ke awāwaʻo Napa no nā lā he nui o ka hoʻomaha a hoʻomaha.
Aia ma ka'ākau hikina o Kapalakiko i kahi hola a me ka hapalua,ʻo ke awāwaʻo Napa he wahi kūpono no nā poʻe malihini e hoʻolālā e hoʻonele i kahi hui kūlana a pilikia paha me nā mea kūʻai a me nā kūlana. Aia ka lālāʻo Napa i ka nui o nā hana a me nā hoʻomaha hoʻomaha nui no kekahi holoʻoihana.
No laila, inā e lele anaʻoe i Kapalakiko no kaʻoihana a makemakeʻoe e lawe i kekahi mau lā ma Napa, eia kaʻu papa inoa o kekahi mau hana papahana kiʻekiʻe a Napa no nā huakaʻiʻoihana.
Paʻi Leap
ʻAʻole hiki iāʻoe ke hele iā Napa me ka huakaʻiʻole (aiʻole nā mau kipa he nui) i kahi winery (aiʻole wineries). ʻO ka Napa Valley (kahi Sonoma e pili nei) he home ia i ka nui o nā mea lanakila ma luna o ka piko, me nā waina kupaianaha, nā helehelenaʻoluʻolu, a me nā vistas nani.
Aʻo paha paha kahi kūpono loa e hoʻomaka ai i kāu kepaʻo Napa "kahiʻoihanaʻoihana" aia ma Stag's Leap Wine Cellars (e nānā i ka apostrophe-aia mau heʻelua inoa lanakila me nā inoa likeʻole. ʻO Stag's Leap).
ʻO Stag's LeapʻO nā mea waina he mea ia o ka moʻoleloʻo Napa Valley.
ʻO ka waina lua o ka winner, i ka makahiki 1973, ua heluʻiaʻo ia ka wainaʻulaʻula nui ma ka honua ma ka Hoʻokolokolo Hoʻoholo o Paris i ka makahiki 1976. Ua hoʻopauʻo Stag's Leap iā Napa Valley i ka waina ma ka palapala honua a ua paʻi kaʻoihana ma muli o ka lanakila.
I kēia lā, hiki i nā malihini ke hele mai iā Stag's Leap Wine Cellars ke hele nui e hoʻolako i kaʻike i ka hana waina a hiki paha iā lākou ke noho ma waho (a ma loko wale nō) a hoʻopiʻi i nā waina kupaianaha (makemake loa wau i ka SLV Cabernet Sauvignon a me Cask 23) ma ka nānāʻana i nā māla waina a me nā Stags Leap Palisades kokoke. Ma kahi lā maikaʻi,ʻo kaʻonoʻana a me kaʻike mai ka hale malihini kipaʻo Stag's Leap Wine Cellars he maikaʻi loa ia e like me kekahi ma ke awāwa. Hāʻawi ka hopena i kahi huakaʻi waina nui, kūikawā e hāʻawi ana i ka manawa e hiki ai i nā ana. ʻO nā helehelena he nui nā hōʻailona i kohoʻia, a ua'ōleloʻia nā hoʻolaha. Mahalo nui wau i kahi kipaʻana ma Stag's Leap Wine Cellars no kekahi mea hele.
ʻO Balloon Ride
E like me kaʻu iʻike ai i koʻu wā e kipa aku ai,ʻo ka Napa Valley kahi kūpono loa e lawe ai i ka holo bale. Hoʻolālāʻia nā balloon mahuenui i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka i waenakonu o ke awāwa a ke kau nei i lalo i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Napa. I kekahi manawa e hele wikiwiki lākou i laila,ʻo nā manawa'ē aʻe e holo wale ana, aʻo kekahi manawa e lele mai lākou mai Napa.
Ke hilinaʻi nei i ka makani a me nā akamai o ka pilo.
A hiki i ka wā aʻu i holo ai i ka holo balota me ka Napa Valley Aloft Balloon AdventuresʻAʻole au iʻike i ka nui o ka piloting e hiki ai ke hana i loko o kahi pāpale wela wela e hiki ke hele pololei a piʻi. Mai ka hola a me ka hapalua hele wau, ua aʻo au he nui kahi pilo pilo e hiki ke hana. Ma waho o ka hoʻouluʻana o ka ea wela (a me ke kiʻekiʻe) i kahi balloon, hiki iā lākou ke wehe i nā makani i luna a hoʻokuʻu i kekahi o ka ea wela (e lilo i ka piʻiʻana), a hiki hoʻi iā lākou ke wehe i nāʻaoʻaoʻaoʻao e laula aiʻole e hoʻoholo i ka pāpale. ʻO ke koena o ka mea hoʻokele e loaʻa ana nāʻokoʻa likeʻole a me nā kahe o ka ea e hele i kahiʻaoʻao aiʻole kekahi.
ʻO ka laweʻana i ka holo pāpale pahi, e like me kaʻu i lawe ai me Napa Valley Aloft Balloon Adventures, he ala kupaianaha ia eʻike i ke awāwaʻo Napa. ʻO ko lākou mau bale bale he mau pūkewele wicker nui me nā keʻena he nui kahi e kū ai nā mea kaʻa.
Loaʻaʻoe i kahi pae mua e wehewehe ana i nā hiʻohiʻona ma lalo ou. Holo mākou i nā māla, nā māla waina, nā alaloa, nā kula, a me nā hale kūʻai. Ua palupalu a hoʻomaha ka lewa-a hiki i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ai kā mākou pailota i ka mea puhi ahi ma luna aʻe o ko mākou mau poʻo e lawe ana i ka wela wela i loko o ka pāpale. Hiki i ka hoʻolāʻauʻana keʻoluʻolu loa. Ua hele mākou i lalo i kahi kaʻa kaʻa a ke kanaka kūʻai,ʻoiaiʻo koʻu hoa helehelena, ua iho mai i mua o nā hale noho i kahi cul-de-sac, kahi i hele mai ai nā mea a pau e mahalo i kaʻike'ē o kahi paeʻana o ka'ō'ōʻana i mua o ko lākou hale!
E mākaukau i ke kakahiaka nui inā e hele anaʻoe no kahi holo pālola no ka mea e hoʻomaka mua lākou i ka wanaʻao no ka loaʻaʻana o ka makani kūpono. Akāʻo ke alaʻana i ke kakahiaka nui, he ukuʻuʻuku kēia e uku ai no ka hana kūlana nani a me ka hoʻokō. ʻO nā mea a pau i loaʻa iʻekolu hola e hoʻomaka ana mai ka V Marketplace ma Yountville (ʻae, haʻaleleʻoe i ka wahi kaʻa). ʻOiai he nui nā koho no ka holo pāloi ma Napa,ʻo ke awāwaʻo Napa Valley Aloft Balloon Adventures he mea maikaʻi loa ia no ka mea i emi nā kānaka i kēlā me kēia balota (8 - 14) i ka hoʻohālikelikeʻana i kekahi o nā hui pāloho. ʻO kahi kūlana hoʻolālā o ka hui (ʻo Yountville, ma'ō aku o kahi kaulanaʻo Bouchon Bakery) he mea maʻalahi nō paha kahi e noho anaʻoe ma ke awāwaʻo Napa.
Ua hoʻolakoʻo Napa Valley Aloft Balloon Adventures i nā holo hau puhi wela ma ka Napa Valley mai ka makahiki 1978. Ua hōʻoiaʻia nā pailota a pau o FAA. Loaʻa nā flight i kēlā me kēia lā, hiki ke hāʻawi. Aiaʻo Napa Valley Aloft Balloon Adventures ma 6525 Washington St ma Yountville. ʻO www.nvaloft.com kona pūnaewele, aʻo ke kelepona he 855-944-4408. Loaʻa nā hoʻokele i $ 220 i kēlā me kēia kanaka.
Paʻa
ʻOiaiʻo ka holoʻana o ka bale hau wela ma luna o ke awāwaʻo Napa, he ala maikaʻi loa ia e lawe ai i nā mea a pau, kahi o nā ala maikaʻi e loaʻa ai kahi manaʻo maoli no ke awāwa e holo i ke kaʻa holo kaʻa. I koʻu nohoʻana ma ke awāwaʻo Napa, ua lawe wau i kahi holo kaʻa kaʻaʻo ke kepaʻo Napa Valley Bike Tours. ʻO ka'ōpiliʻo Halā-ʻOka Napa Bikeʻo ka Hui Kamaliʻiʻo ia he kūpono no nā poʻe hoʻokele nuiʻole e makemake nei e hauʻoli i ke kaʻa holo kaʻa ma o ka naniʻo Napa Valley me ka hoʻopauʻole i ka lā a pau. ʻO ka lāʻaha lāʻo Nāpa Valley Bike Tours e hoʻomaka i ka 9 am ma Yountville a hoʻopauʻia i ka hola 1:30. Hele aku ka huakaʻi iʻelua mau wīwī, kahi hiki iāʻoe ke hōʻailona i nā waina inā makemakeʻoe, akāʻaʻole e hoʻokomoʻia nā ukuʻai, pēlāʻoe e uku hou inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻoholo.
He kūpono ka holo no nā mea hoʻokaehueʻole aʻaʻole e koi aku i kekahi hana koʻikoʻi, akāʻoe e kālai i kahi mile heʻumi aʻoi aʻe paha. He mau palena ke kaʻawale i 12 mau kānaka, no lailaʻaʻole lākou e loli. Napa Valley Bike ToursʻO ka lā pahiʻo ka lā pahiʻo kepaʻo kekahi o nā mea nui o koʻu noho pōkole ma ke awāwaʻo Napa. ʻO ka holoʻana i kahi kaʻaina kekeʻa ma mua o nā māla waina a me nā mahi mahiʻai he nani wale nō, a ua hiki iaʻu keʻike i nā manaʻo likeʻole a pau o Napa ma mua o koʻu pukaʻana mai kahi puka kaʻa. ʻOiai ka pahu hana mua mākou i kū ai ma keʻano o ka aesthetics,ʻaʻole ia he mea kūikawā, ua hāʻawiʻia ka manawa eʻono ai i nā waina mai nāʻano mea likeʻole me nā mea hana kiʻi micro-boutique. ʻO ka lua o ka hopena a mākou i kū ai ma keʻano kūikawā -ʻo ia kahi meaʻai liʻiliʻiʻohana i hoʻonohonohoʻia ma nā pā waina o ke kahua pāpū. ʻO ka noho ma waho ma kahi pīniki pīkī a me nā waina kaomi i ka inuʻana i ka lewa he mea kupaianaha.
Kāpena
Ināʻoe e hoʻokomo iā Yountville no kahi holo lio a holo kaʻa paha, e noʻonoʻo e waihoʻia e Bouchon aiʻole Bouchon Bakery, i waenakonu o ke kūlanakauhale. Hoʻokumuʻia e Thomas Keller,ʻo ka bistro French bessro me kaʻoluʻolu loa. E mālama i kekahi kālā ma ka hoʻomahaʻana no kaʻaina awakea, i ka wā e liʻiliʻiʻole ia, aiʻole e hele wale aku i Bouchon Bakery ma kaʻaoʻao o ka papahele a me ka mea maikaʻi loa iʻono ai iaʻu. Hoʻokauʻia ka Bouchon a me ka Bouchon Bakery ma 6528 Washington St, Yountville, CA 94599, kelepona (707) 944-2253.
Auberge du Soleil
ʻOiaiʻo Napa a me nā kauhale e nui loa kahi eʻai ai,ʻo'Auberge du Soleil ma Ruthherford he wahi kiʻekiʻe loa ia e loaʻa ana i ka haleʻaina nani me ka papa waho a me kahiʻai e nānā aku ana i ke awāwa. ʻO kā lākou pāʻani liʻiliʻi e hāʻawi mai i nā manaʻo maikaʻi no kaʻaina awakea awakea, a iʻole paha e ho'āʻo i ka heleʻana i kahi mea ulu (me ke kumukūʻai a me ka nānāʻana e like me ke kakahiaka) me kaʻike. Auberge du Soleil ma 180 Rutherford Hill Rd, Rutherford, CA 94573, kelepona 707-963-1211.
Paena Carneros
ʻOiai kahi kokoke i ka helu pauʻole o nā mea wana e hiki ai iāʻoe ke kipa ma ke awāwaʻo Napa, hiki ke koho i nā meaʻoi aku. ʻO kahi o kaʻu punahele nui loa no Champagne ma Napa (ʻoiaiʻaʻole heʻano papa champagne maoli nō ia no ka meaʻaʻole ia mai ka Champagne Champagne o Farani)ʻo Domaine Carneros. Ua hoʻokumuʻiaʻo Domaine Carneros e kaʻohana nona ka Champagne Taittinger ma Farani. ʻOiai he mea hou ka paona (ua hoʻomaka ia i ka makahiki 1987), he kūlana hanohano kona mau chamakian. Inā makemakeʻoe e hoʻololi, makemake nui au i ka hui Le Le Rêve Blanc de Blancs, nona kekahi mau momona liʻiliʻi loa aʻu iʻono ai. ʻO ka hopena he waiwai palapili ma luna o kekahi puʻu liʻiliʻi me nāʻike maikaʻi o nā māla a me nā māla waina a puni. Ua makemake wau e hoʻolimalima i kekahi manawa ma ka papa o ka Halekukūpule hoʻokūkū Farani, me ka weheʻana i kā lākou mau waiwaiʻokoʻa. Nāʻikepili: 1240 Duhig Rd, Napa, CA 94559, (707) 257-0101.
Loaʻa alanui
ʻO ka hope, akāʻaʻoleʻole,ʻo ka heleʻana i ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Napa a me St. Helena paha,ʻaʻole loa e holo (no kaʻikeʻana) me ka heleʻole aku i Gotts. ʻO Gotts Alanui alanui kahi hōʻailona o nā meaʻai wikiwiki: nā mea keʻakeʻa, nā'ūla, nā uʻi, a pēlā aku. ʻO ka loaʻa o ka pōkole maikaʻi loa,ʻo ia paha ka momona maikaʻi loa, a me ka nīnauʻole i ka milkshake maikaʻi loa aʻu iʻike ai. Hoʻopau iā. ʻAʻoleʻoe e mihi. I kou manawa i hoaʻo ai iā Gotts,ʻaʻole paha ka manawa hope loa.
* E like me ka mea maʻamau i kaʻoihana kaʻahele, ua hoʻolakoʻia ka mea kākau i nā lawelawe hoʻomaikaʻi no nā loiloi hou. ʻOiaiʻaʻole i hoʻokōʻia i kēia loiloi, hoʻomaopopo ka pūnaewele i ka hōʻike pihaʻana i nā pānaʻi pili o ka pono. No ka 'ike hou aku, e nānā i kā mākou kulekele'ānana.