On the Wine Trail – Regusci Winery

Early Wednesday we headed out to the valley to visit wineries. It is hard to describe the peaceful, abundant beauty of this area.  I heard one man say “This is more Tuscany than Tuscany!” 

There are glorious, rolling, golden hills and row upon row of vineyards stretching out in patterns like a quilt, literally every turn of the road leads to an even more beautiful view.  And yet, there is a comfortableness, a familiarity, a sense of homecoming – the Napa valley is approachable – it isn’t so vast that you feel like it will swallow you up, you don’t feel lost or small there – just held, like the palm of the Creator’s hand.

 

The first winery we went to is our favorite – Regusci. Will and I discovered this winery in 1999 on our honeymoon when it was just a fledging winery.  Will’s parents travel to this area several times a year so we’ve been blessed to continue to enjoy Regusci wines all this time, but it was so nice to visit the actual winery again.  If I can remember it, I’ll try to scan in some pictures of our first and second visits in 1999 & 2000.

Many of the wineries have dogs, in fact there are whole books written about all aspects of wineries, including one called Winery Dogs of Napa valley. This guy was sooo relaxed in his patch of sunshine.