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Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, a kind of Chinese cabbage.
Examples of napa in a Sentence
Under an act approved on the 25th of March 1903 a state board of charities and corrections, - consisting of six members, not more than three being of the same political party, appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, and holding office for twelve years, two retiring at the end of each quadrennium, - investigates, examines, and makes " reports upon the charitable, correctional and penal institutions of the state," excepting the Veterans' Home at Yountville, Napa county, and the Woman's Relief Corps Home at Evergreen, Santa Clara county.
There are state hospitals for the insane at Agnew, Santa Clara county; at Stockton, San Joaquin county; at Napa, Napa county; at Patton, San Bernardino county; and, with a colony of tubercular patients, at Ukiah, Mendocino county.
In November 2005 the couple wed in Napa Valley, California, exchanging their vows in front of 130 guests.
The Men's Double Money Clip is made from top grain Napa leather and comes in either black or coco.
The overall effect of this frame is chic and elegant, highly reminiscent of visiting Milan during the height of summer, or hopping from winery to winery in Napa Valley.
The class is taught by experienced Napa Rose chefs.
If you like the Napa Chardonnay's from 2001 - 2003, with Rombauer on the top of my list, then this is a great addition to your cellar.
Napa is certainly the most famous area of this region, noted for its Cabernet Sauvignon.
What makes Opus One $150 a bottle whereas other Napa Valley Cabernets from the same area sell for much less?
In some ways the geographic relationship is similar as Napa Valley to Sonoma Valley with the Mayacamas Range separating the two.
One probable difference is Sonoma Valley doesn't worry about Napa Valley sending its Air Force over to visit in the same way the Argentinians sometimes worry about Chile's.
In 1909, after indulging in the typical lavish high life not uncommon in Napa Valley, Chase, low on fortune, sold Stags' Leap.
In 1998, another successful and historic wine group, Napa's Beringer Wine Estates, acquired Stags' Leap Winery.
Like most things in Napa Valley, things keep moving, and Robert Brittan did that in the spring of 2005.
True, Malbec is grown in Napa Valley and Sonoma Valley, but it's usually blended a la Bordelaise as part of a Meritage concoction.
This means you may or may not find that $200 Napa Cab in the category; but, a $20 Alsatian Gewürtztraminer may be.
That's the annual Release Day at Silver Oak Cellars for their Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
Justin Meyer has been an important figure in Napa Valley and one of its wine visionaries.
His beginnings were as a Brother at Napa Valley's Christian Brothers, learning his craft as assistant winemaker to the legendary Brother Timothy.
Silver Oak has limited vineyard property in Napa Valley, and they traditionally have purchased their grapes from other growers.
The Alexander Valley property increased their acreage and this winery produces almost double the volume of the Napa Valley estate.
As a simplistic comparison of the two, the Alexander Valley Cab will be generally softer and fruitier than the heftier Napa Valley Cab.
As for the Napa Valley Silver Oak, starting in 1994, the winery began blending other varietals to create for of a traditional Bordeaux-style wine.
In 1999 Ray Duncan acquired the 150-acre Soda Canyon Ranch in Napa Valley, south of Stags Leap, to create Twomey Cellars.
The 2002 vintage Silver Oak Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon will be released on February 3, 2007.
See you in line at 9 a.m. I'll be at the Napa Valley estate, but you can also go to the Alexander Valley one if that's more convenient.
Cakebread Cellars is synonymous with the great Cabernets of Napa Valley.
If you ask anyone about the Napa Valley "greats," Cakebread is sure to be at the top.
In the early 1970s Jack Cakebread came to Napa Valley, as the story goes, to photograph its beauty.
While visiting Napa Valley, I recommend visiting Cakebread, but you just can't drop in.
The winery does have 500 acres of vineyards in Monterey, 16 acres at Rutherford in Napa Valley, and they source grapes from partners in Alexander Valley in Sonoma and from the Central Coast's Santa Maria Valley and Paso Robles.
With no offense aimed at the Central Valley, it's the proletariat wine growing region versus the aristocratic Napa Valley and Sonoma County.
Napa is where Cabernet Sauvignon is king but the royal family also includes Chardonnay, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir, and Zinfandel.
The only minus to Napa is that it's everyone's choice to visit and it can get crowded, especially on a summer weekend.
And I will join the Greek chorus in singing about how slick and commercialized Napa Valley has become over the years but I'll also confess that I'm always ready to go back.
There are actually two parts to Sonoma, there's the Valley which is sliver over the Mayacamas Mountains to the west of Napa.
Sonoma doesn't get the press and notoriety of its eastern neighbor but they don't want to be Napa.
The region is less organized than Napa Valley and its spread all over.
This is California's most northern wine region and is a bit wilder and woollier than its more staid Napa neighbor to the south, or even Sonoma.
This is just a hop, skip, and jump from Napa and covers an area near Clearlake to the northwest of the valley.
This is a coastal mountain region that probably has more in common with Mendocino than with Napa Valley.
A lot of times, instead of buying the more expensive appellation wines (such as Alexander, Napa, or Dry Creek Valleys), I go for the less expensive county designates or even just good 'ol "California" on the label.
Mason is famous for its Sauvignon Blanc in Napa Valley.
Napa Valley is less than an hour to the north east from San Francisco.
There are more than 40,000 acres of vineyards in the Napa Valley AVA, and that doesn't include the surrounding mountain AVAs with wineries stealthily tucked away on the Mayacamas to the west and the Vaca range bounding to the east.
So, if you're planning a wine trip to the Valley, whether it's for the day or for several, a Napa Winery map is more than handy, it's a necessity.
One problem in navigating and finding wineries in Napa Valley is the constant changes that take place.
For cartographers, it's tough keeping up with the Joneses...or Coppolas or whoever because Napa Valley's winery landscape is in perpetual flux.
Know this a priori, there is no be-all and end-all Napa Valley winery map.
There's the age-old tour map that you can get at a bookstore, a Napa Valley visitor center, auto club, or at your B&B in Yountville.