Flyover America is getting ever-so ever-so with the wine. Wineries are as ubiquitous as spas these days across the country. They’re in the most unexpected places. Texas is the fifth largest wine producer in the country. Close to my home, Grapevine, Texas has eight wineries. They’re all over the Hill Country. I’ve done a Lubbock [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Napa’
Vintage Americana (The Drinking Kind)
Posted in State-by-State, Tasting America, Uncategorized, tagged Arizona, grapevine, kokopelli, Lubbock, Napa, Oklahoma, Sonoma, Texas, wine, wineries, winery, Wisconsin on November 2, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Eulogy for a State Park
Posted in Flashbulb Moments, Outdoorsiness, Reading America, State-by-State, tagged Bay Area, California, Matt Villano, Napa, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sonoma on August 27, 2009 | 5 Comments »
On a clear day atop California’s Mount St. Helena, the entire Bay Area comes into view. In the mornings, a shroud of fog enrobes the Napa and Sonoma Valleys like a giant cotton ball, clinging to the green hillsides as the sun threatens to drive it away. In the afternoons, these same hillsides emerge as [...]
