wine country?

[nyf201]

I'm going to go to napa (and/or sonoma?) this wknd, but I have no idea which vineyards/wineries to visit. Can you guys recommend some smaller ones, maybe that don't distribute outside of california, and that make fabulous, can't-miss wines? I love bubbles and old-world style wines.. I would really appreciate any help!!

[nyf201]

great, thanks!!

[CarrieWas218]

I hate to say this, but there are precious few wineries in Sonoma and/or Napa producing "old-world style wines."

To me, this means wines that are lower in alcohol, reserved, tame, and understated in their elegance. California is known for bombastic, fruity, over-extracted, high-alcohol wines.

Bubbles, on the other hand, can be found readily at Domaine Carneros (owned by Taittinger), Mumm, Shramsberg (great tour!), Domaine Chandon, and Gloria Ferrer

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Domaine Carneros
1240 Duhig Rd, Napa, CA

[myst]

Thackery makes old world style wines but no tours....

[ChefJune]

CarrieWas: you left out Iron Horse (in Sebastopol - who makes, imho, Cali's best sparklings).

[wolfe]

Upper right hand corner small wineries search.
http://www.chow.com/search?query=smal...