Happy Holidays!

Our best to you and yours this holiday season.

Mucho Nacho

Ah, tis fall, yet our garden continues to grow. We continue to be very excited about our pepper plants this year. We have 16 different varieties, from Serrana to Jalepeno to Mucho Nacho.

Here are a few pics. Enjoy.

Pottery

One of the things I like best about The Wine Country Inn is the terra cotta pottery we have at various places throughout the property. Kate Sands, who designs the interiors of the rooms, and Mrs. Smith have selected most of the pieces. Anyway, the next time you're here, be sure to check them out. Simple, rough, a little beat up (the pottery, not Kate and Mrs. Smith), I like em all because they have CHARACTER. Here are a few pics. Enjoy.

Happy Halloween!

Ah, fall is in the air at the Inn. Most of the grapes in the surrounding vineyards have been harvested, the leaves are turning their fall colors, and the flowers around our grounds continue to bloom, bloom, bloom. Yes, the rain will be arriving shortly, but for now we're enjoying YELLOW--in the leaves, from the sun, on the flowers.

Come visit us if you need some more "yellow" in your life.

Napa Valley Color!

Fall has arrived in the Napa Valley! You can see it in the vineyards:

...and around our grounds:

...and in our gardens:

We hope to see you at the Inn soon!

The Other Napa Valley Harvest: Olives

While most of the Napa Valley right now is focused on the Napa Valley grape harvest, here at the Wine Country Inn we're also paying attention to another pending harvest: of the olives off of our 25+ olive trees.

So far, this year's crop looks excellent. Normally we harvest the olives in November, so we will keep you abreast of what's going on. If you're visiting the Inn between now and late November and want to learn more about our olives, ask for me, Maury, at the front desk, and I'll be happy to show you around.

Bird Houses

At a place as fabulous as The Wine Country Inn, we're going to have a lot of bird friends (especially because we're so close to the vineyards, and especially at this time of year, with the grapes becoming ripe). To help our feathered friends, we've added several birdhouses throughout the property. Ah, what says the Napa Valley better than beautiful singing birds (well, other than a great Cab!).