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Napa Valley Innovators Receive International Spotlight

Each year, the Great Wine Capitals Global Network’s “Best Of” Wine Tourism Awards offers hospitality leaders a chance to strut their stuff and compete toe-to-toe with
other wine tourism businesses from around the world. The competition consists of seven categories: restaurants, accommodations, architecture, parks and gardens, art and culture, innovative wine tourism experiences, wine tourism services and sustainable wine tourism practices. And, it comes as absolutely no surprise at all that many of the winners are right here in our own backyard.

Accommodations: Auberge du Soleil
Oh, Auberge du Soleil. It's always popping up on “World's Best” lists. If hotel properties were people, AdS would be the Queen herself.
www.aubergedusoleil.com

Wine Tourism Restaurants: The Napa Valley Wine Train
The only Bay Area restaurant on rails. Why can't BART serve elegant wine-paired meals? Wait, scratch that.
www.winetrain.com

Architecture, Parks & Gardens: Chateau Montelena  One-time owner Yort Frank designed the grounds to reflect the Chinese gardens of his homeland.
www.montelena.com

Art & Culture: Clos Pegase
The folks at Clos Pegase call their winery a “...temple to wine and art.” Sounds good to us.
www.clospegase.com

Innovative Wine Tourism Experiences:    St. Supéry Vineyards & Winery  From behind-the-scenes cellar tours to live music under the stars, this is a winery that thinks out of the box. Get it? “Box?” 
www.stsupery.com


Wine Tourism Services: California Wine Tours
The only hard part of wine tasting used to be finding a designated driver — now it's choosing between Cali Wine Tours luxurious vehicles. Party bus, limo or personal car?
www.californiawinetours.com

Sustainable Wine Tourism Practices: Quintessa
This winery takes a holistic farming approach and visitors get a crash course in biodynamism and the importance of sustainable practices. Oh, and they also get to try some very lovely wines.
www.quintessa.com