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Whether you are a wine novice or expert, a visit to a winery is an interesting way to experience wine.
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Touching the grapes, walking around the estate, smelling the damp caves, tasting the wine, and hearing the stories help make the complex world of wine less daunting.
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Francis Ford Coppola never wavered from wanting to preserve pieces of the estate's history. He spent more money buying back the rights to the name "Inglenook" than he spent purchasing the entire estate.
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One of the oldest houses in Napa Valley is on the Inglenook estate
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Outside the cafe at Inglenook
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We were welcomed with a 2014 Inglenook Blancaneaux.
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Blancaneaux is Inglenook's white Rhone-style blend that's produced in extremely limited quantities. Its grapes are harvested from vines that are more than ten years old and received afternoon shade from Mt. St John.
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Francis Ford Coppola film museum at Inglenook
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Heading toward the caves.
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The caves at Inglenook
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The caves at Inglenook
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The caves at Inglenook
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We went outside to the learn about the vigorous Zinfandel vines.
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Zinfandel vines
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The weather, temperature, soil, pruning, shade, storage, and timing affect the wine’s taste and quality. I appreciated this visit much more than when I lived in San Francisco in my 20s.
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Each type of wine can be identified by the shape and characteristics of the vine's leaf. It would be cool to have a print of all the different vine leaves with the name of each wine next to the leaf.
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Zinfandel grapes have a high sugar content and grow in tight bunches making them susceptible to "bunch rot." Proper pruning prevents this from happening.
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While you can certainly hop around Napa Valley on your own or attend tastings in your area, there is something magical about experiencing a scheduled tasting at the estate. Most wineries have a variety of tastings to choose from at different price points.
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This was our room for the Inglenook's Salon Tasting.
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Salon tasting at Inglenook
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Salon tasting at Inglenook
