Napa Valley, CA

„Napa“ is Native American word meaning „abundance“ or „fertile“. On 45.000 acres 600 wineries create under the best conditions fantastic wines. Although the valley has only a lenght of 30 and a width of 6 kilometers, there are 3 climates. South of Oakville it is cooler, North of Oakville up to St. Helena it’s warm and North of Calistoga it’s hot. During Summer, temperatures are around 30° Celcius, in Winter temperatures drop to 8° Celcius in average. Years with late frost can occur. The average rainfall is 60 cm per year. Tectonically, the valley is young; only about 150 million years ago it was „lifted“ out of the Sea. It is said that no wine region on Earth has such a complex soil composition like Napa. More and more also on the hill sides vines are being planted. Throughout the valley, the quality of the wines is ext-remely high. Napa is considered as the Californian Bordeaux. The main varietals are Caber-net Sauvignon and Chardonnay. Only 4% of the American production comes from this Valley.