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I lived in the Napa Valley for 10 years and just loved it over there. Everyone who came to visit me always wanted to go tasting. . .and, so we did. Pretty soon, the employees in the tasting rooms were saying, hey its you again, out for a free buzz? Now, most of them charge per taste. I love Sterling Vineyards - take the tram up to the tasting room. Beautiful view of the Valley. And while you are at it, head up to Calistoga for some spa treatments!

Laurie, we need a girls' weekend in Calistoga! How fun would that be!

I LOVE tasting room! Never been to CA but went to Washington state, not the best wine but still fun. I would love it in NAPA, hubby and I have been trying to go to do that vinyard train thing. Anybody do that?

Malibu: Never tried the Vineyard train; however, there are a number of limo services available that you can customize your itinerary to go to those wineries that you are most interested in. The driver comes in real handy after about the 8th or 9th stop.

i will be heading to the caribbean coast of costa rica in nov, wil get back to you on how that is, cuz it looks like AC 15 yrs ago. i loved different places for different reasons. pine cay, turks & caicos was the most peaceful, but last may i did turkey, and the history and people were fantastic. close by, we did this place http://www.xpuha-palace.com/ 10 miutes n of this cool town called akumal. next plan is bali. i tivo my future destinations!

for photos of where i've been:

http://www.pbase.com/sweetjane/root

Not a big fan of the train, for just the reason ambergrishog pointed out - there are lots of wineries and I want to pick which ones to visit. Never done the limo thing but it sounds fun.
If you go, check out some of the lesser known wineries: Cakebread (one of my all-time favs!), Opus One, Silver Oak(pricey and worth every penny). Also Rubicon Estate, Coppola's winery, is always worth a visit - their wines a good and a decent price and upstairs there's a great display of things from Coppola's movies, the desk from the Godfather, etc. Very fun visit.

I've been to the Caribbean side of Costa rica and although the wildlife is fantastic, it doesn't hold a candle to the Pacific side or the mountains. The water was brown and dirty as well as the community, trash everywhere. Maybe it has changed or we just went to the wrong place.

I would go back to French Polynesia in a heartbeat. Most beautiful place I've seen. I'll avoid Jamaica at all costs.

For all you serious wino's, check out Torres Mas La Plana 1994, from Penedes, Spain. Yummy beyond words! Spoil yourself (and have me over, I love to be spoiled too!)

For a time now, I have been seriously into Pinots. Castle Rock Pinot Noir from Monterey County is a great one to try. In the world of wine, expensive is not always best. I feel lucky because Califiornia has the best wines in the world (IMHO), I live here and wine is my adult beverage of choice!

Sweet Jane,
Nice pics from your Akumal trip. Been there several times. So close to Cancun, but yet so far away! Did you get to see the turtles nesting/hatching while you were near Akumal? It is a big deal there May-Sep every year. Similar to Bacalar Chico only on a larger scale.