Updated in 2019, the centrally located Hotel Winters is your best option for a place to stay. Although the facade plays homage to the townâs centuries-old architecture, youâll find a contemporarily designed rooftop lounge and courtyard pool, as well as comfortable rooms.
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Lake Berryessa is one of the first natural beauties you will pass along Highway 128.
Friday: Winters to Calistoga
Start with breakfast at Putah Creek Cafe, which serves hearty breakfast classics like country fried steak, omelettes, waffles, and enormous pancakes. For something a little different, order the chilaquiles or tacos at El Pueblo, a Mexican restaurant that doubles as a meat market. Before leaving town, make sure youâre well stocked on snacks, water, and a couple of local beersâjust in case.
Wineaux: Lamenting the loss of lockdown splurges
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A cartoon in a recent New Yorker featured two young women, one saying to the other “I can’t wait to forget all the things I learned about myself during quarantine.”
Me, too. I’m very much hoping that being out in the world a little more these days will shove all my introspective insights back into their proper (repressed) place. Really, do I need to know? Did I ever?
Unfortunately, some of COVID’s lesser lessons will be hard to shake. Like the sad fact that resuming some semblance of normal life means less money to spend on wine. And one of the things I learned about myself is that, generally speaking, I like $20-25 bottles more than $10-15 bottles.