The 11-story hotel ? which features a poolside courtyard and the Porta Blu restaurant ? expects to be a go-to spot for corporate clientele and luxury ?staycations.?

Crave a little falconry with your wine tasting? Bouchaine Vineyards? new falconry vineyard experience is the coolest new Napa wine tasting experience.

Chefs Kinch, Kostow and Wine Country legend Grgich all up for top industry honors

Legend says St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. What drove out the distillers? That?s a more complex tale.

How big must it be, and what must it contain? Not everyone agrees on the definition of an island. How rich people who own wineries just for the heck of it are changing Napa Valley. Doppelganger and…

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From a wine and chocolate weekend to sake and beer tasting, here?s what?s happening in Northern California.

Events are scheduled from Napa to Walnut Creek to Carmel

Many small family and boutique wineries from Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino counties were among those burned during the recent fires.

With evacuation orders beginning to lift, many who had left in the early days of the still-burning fires returned to their homes Monday, assuming they had homes to return to.