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Perhaps Cindy Pawlcyn’s sign outside her Mustards Grill describes the state of Napa Valley’s dining and drinking scene best: “Sorry, everything is delicious.” The superior ingredients certainly have something to do with it, but from ‘roadside stops’ to nine-course epics, we’ve yet to have less than a memorable meal…

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Napa Valley is a place that is unquestionably adept at setting a high bar for excellence, so it is no surprise that it is home to some of the best hotels we’ve ever had the pleasure of checking into. Catching your first glimpse of the French storybook outtake…

Napa Valley

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A dictionary defines ‘to civilize’ as to ‘educate in the more refined arts of life’; ‘to enlighten and elevate’. If, as Hemingway asserts, wine is our most redeeming course of study, then Napa Valley is certainly its foremost school in our better pursuits. As with so many truly beautiful things, the path to the paragon can be traced to the root…

Napa Valley

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Blame it on Bemelmans Bar, or the timelessness of the city skyline, but something about New York makes us feel especially nostalgic. A particularly unforgettable evening and stumbling upon some Deco-era boardgames inspired us to put together a grown-up game night that recalled the ‘adult parties’ from when we were kids…