At the end of December I attended a class called Secret Wines of Napa given by the Culinary Institute of America.  I was hoping to learn a bit about wineries that I had not heard of before.  In the two hour class we learned how to taste then had a “test” of six wines where we had to guess the varietal and learned about the new wineries just as I hoped.  Rather than feeling that I had checked this off my list I was instead inspired after learning that there 482 wineries in Napa alone!

Now that I am a “Napkin” I felt it was my duty to try more so as my 2014 resolution I decided to set out to try 52 new wines over the next year.  I can visit a tasting salon or a winery as long as it is not one I have been to before.  The goal can be accomplished by one a week for 52 weeks or three every third week or however I get there as long as I have 52 new wine experiences by next New Year’s Eve!

Join me!