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$30, tour $50; 10am-5:30pm; )
Owned by Bill Clinton's former ambassador to Austria, Hall specializes in Sauvignon
Blanc, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, crafted in big-fruit California style. Its dramatic
tasting room has a stand-up bar with 180-degree views of vineyards and mountains
through floor-to-ceiling glass, and the glorious art collection includes a giant chrome rab-
bit leaping over the vines. Bottles cost $22 to $80.
Long Meadow Ranch
TASTING ROOM
707-963-4555;
www.longmeadowranch.com
; 738 Main St, St Helena; tast-
ing $15-25; 11am-6pm)
Long Meadow stands out for olive-oil tastings (free), plus good estate-grown Cabernet,
Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir (bottles $20-47), served inside an 1874
farmhouse surrounded by lovely gardens.
Pride Mountain
WINERY
Helena; tasting incl tour $20-30; by appointment)
High atop Spring Mountain, cult-favorite Pride straddles the Napa-Sonoma border and
bottles vintages under both appellations. The well-structured Cabernet and heavy-hitting
Merlot are the best-known but there's also an elegant Viognier (perfect with oysters) and
standout Cab Franc, available only here. Picnicking here is spectacular: choose Viewpoint
for drop-dead vistas or Ghost Winery for shade and the historic ruins of a 19th-century
winery, but you must first reserve a tasting. Bottles cost $38 to $70.
Titus
WINERY
Helena; tasting $20; by appointment; )
Unfussy Titus occupies a tiny oak-shaded 1910 farmhouse, surrounded by white-picket
fence and roses. Call ahead to sample good-value, fruit-forward Cabernet Sauvignon and
old-vine Zinfandel - rare in Napa - which you taste in an old-fashioned kitchen overlook-
