Napa Valley Limo Wine Tours
Taking A Napa Valley Limo Wine Tour
The Napa wine country is 30 miles long and a few miles wide at its broadest point. It consists of six small cities: Napa, Yountville, Oakville, Rutherford, St. Helena, and Calistoga. Below you will find a little information about each city's history and what to do while you are there, instead of just drinking wine all the time!
Napa Valley Limo Wine Tour - Napa
Napa is the county seat of Napa County, California, and has a total population of around 90,000. The Napa River traverses the city on its journey to the San Pablo Bay. The city of Napa was founded by Nathan Coombs in 1847.
The gold rush of the late 1850s really turned Napa into a bustling city where a tent city was erected along Main Street.
Napa Valley Limo Wine Tour - Yountville
Yountville has a population of around 5,000. Its name is derived from the name of early pioneer George Calvert Yount who is given credit for the first vineyard in Napa Valley.
Napa Valley Limo Wine Tour - Oakville
Oakville got its name from all the dense forests that covered the area in the 1800s. Henry W. Crabb, owner of one of the largest vineyards in the Napa Valley in the 1870s, founded Oakville.
Napa Valley Limo Wine Tour - Rutherford
This area's soil quality is some of the best in the world for growing grapes and is referred to as 'Rutherford's Dust'. Judge S.
C. Hastings is generally considered to be the founder of Rutherford.
Napa Valley Limo Wine Tour - St. Helena
In the 1860s, even more miners were streaming into the Napa Valley, because of the great silver rush, and the valley quickly filled with mines. The most famous mine of them all was the Silverado Mine, located near the summit of Mt. St. Helena. This mine was immortalized by Robert Louis Stevenson in his classic The Silverado Squatters.
Napa Valley Limo Wine Tour - Calistoga
Calistoga is known as the "hot springs" of Napa Valley. It is home to Old Faithful Geyser of California, which throws thousands of gallons of water skyward daily. It is one of three geysers in the world known as "Old Faithful."
Calistoga is known more for its bottled water sold around the world than for its wine.
Appellation
The Napa Valley Wine Region encompasses nearly 297,000 acres, with more than 50,000 acres planted in grapes. The Napa Valley is itself an appellation. Within the Napa Valley Appellation exists 14 sub appellations, including: Atlas Peak, Chiles Valley District, Diamond Mountain District, Howell Mountain, Los Carneros, Mt. Veeder, Oakville, Rutherford, St. Helena, Spring Mountain District, Stags Leap District, Yountville, Wild Horse Valley, and Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley.
Take a Napa Valley Limo Wine Tour in one of the world's great wine regions!
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