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Napa
Valley
Is it possible to enjoy the vineyards on just
ten bottles a day?
From the April 22, 2002 Issue of New York
Two hours from the San Francisco airport, St. Helena's Meadowood resort
in Napa Valley has the perfect prescription for relaxation: Try to
do as little as possible, and drink plenty of fine wine. Sure, you
have to climb a flight of wooden steps to get to your cottage-in-the-woods,
but you can recover in a yoga class at the Health Spa or with a Swedish
massage in your room. If you must, there's a nine-hole golf course
and croquet, but we prefer indulging in chef Steven Tevere's ah-inducing
blinis with cr�me fra�che, Osetra caviar, and filet mignon with wild
mushrooms and baby leeks at Meadowood's own restaurant. And if you
can tear yourself away from the resort (you did come here to drink,
after all), the staff will help you arrange visits to any number of
nearby vineyards, as well as to Copia: The American Center for Wine,
Food, and the Arts, which Robert Mondavi opened last fall.
-- SARA CARDACE
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Details
Meadowood Napa Valley (doubles start at $460; 800-458-8080 or
meadowood.com);
Copia: The American Center for Wine, Food, and the Arts (707-259-1600
or copia.org).
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