Eat Right For The Wine In Napa

The Napa, Sonoma Valley area of California is known almost exclusively for being one of America’s best wine regions but wine attracts other culinary delights and the area is now becoming more and more known for its plethora of fine dining and exquisite eating.  Wine is at its best when paired right with the foods around it, how better much better could it get than to serve local wine right alongside food from the same area.  It just makes sense that the wine and food will be at their best like this, so lots of aspiring chefs have set up shop in Napa to take advantage of the opportunity.  Of course a trip to Napa is not a must to eat with grape vines in view; it is easier to plan a picnic at a local vineyard.  If the vineyard is less than 100 miles away the food from a local grocery or farmers market will have veggies and meat from the same area as the wine from the winery. 

Fine chefs know for a fact foods from the same area are meant to go with each other. Vintners are just as wise as chefs in this matter too because they know the delicate smells and tastes hidden in their wine because of the terrain and see the sense in local food pairing well with their wine.  This being said surely no winery that offers tours could not find a suitable place for some people to have lunch with a bottle of their wine and wine picnic baskets.

via Rhino Wino