Napa Valley! How Does it Compare to the Fingerlakes?
For almost 60 years I have lived in the Finger Lakes Wine Country. So many wineries, breweries, and cheese farmhouses. Rolling hills and moderate weather at times during the year (when it's not snowing!!). This year we decided to visit Napa Valley mid-September to see what everyone was talking about! To be fair...the farthest west that we have been is Las Vegas, so this was a whole new world for us! As per usual, we planned this trip for about a year-so had plenty of time to tweak our trip, research fun things, and plan our time. We booked wineries, our 2 days of transportation as well as our rental car. We did not make any dining plans-decided to wait to see what locals suggested. Here is our story, with narrative on comparisons to Finger Lakes. We stayed overnight Sunday in Syracuse, NY before our 6AM flight to San Francisco. There are so many airports to use for Napa Valley-but we really wanted to see The Golden Gate Bridge, as well as connect with our niece w...