Hva som skjer i Napa, United States gjennom året

Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Festival

  Napa Lighted Art Festival

  17. jan – 15. febLys og ild

  Five weeks of free light installations along a walking route through downtown Napa and the riverfront, with building projections in the first week or so. It gives the quietest stretch of the wine year an evening reason to be in town. Kilde ↗

• Natur

  Mustard season

  15. jan – 20. mar · vanligvisVillblomster og blomstring

  Wild mustard fills the rows between bare vines from mid-January and is usually best in February. It is the quietest and cheapest stretch of the valley's year, and the only one where you can walk into a tasting room. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Christmas and New Year (24. des – 1. jan)

Rolig — en av de dårligste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i februar.

Fortsatt på gang: Napa Lighted Art Festival (17. jan – 15. feb), Mustard season (15. jan – 20. mar (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Napa Valley Marathon, Spring break i United States

• Festival

  Napa Valley Marathon

  1.–10. mar · vanligvisSportsarrangementMye folk

  A point-to-point race down the Silverado Trail from Calistoga to Napa on the first Sunday or so of March. The trail is closed to cars for the morning, which matters if you have a tasting booked on that side of the valley. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Mustard season (15. jan – 20. mar (vanligvis))

Travelt — en av de beste månedene værmessig

Ingenting nytt starter i april.

Travelt — BottleRock

• Festival

  BottleRock

  22.–24. maiMusikkfestivalMye folkBestill tidlig

  Three days over Memorial Day weekend at the Napa Expo in the middle of town, and the single busiest weekend the city has. Rooms in Napa and Yountville go months ahead at holiday rates. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Auction Napa Valley

  4.–6. junMat- og drikkefestivalBestill tidlig

  The vintners' charity weekend in early June: barrel tastings, estate dinners and the live auction. Collectors fly in for it, so the valley's better rooms and restaurant tables are gone months ahead. Kilde ↗

Travelt — Summer break i United States, skoleferie i 2 av markedene som fyller stedet

• Festival

  Festival Napa Valley

  4.–19. julMusikkfestivalBestill tidlig

  Classical recitals, opera and orchestral concerts in winery and downtown venues over a fortnight or so in July, with free daytime concerts by the festival's young artists alongside the ticketed evenings. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Crush, Summer break i United States

• Sesong

  Crush

  1. aug – 31. oktInnhøstingMye folk

  Picking starts in early August with sparkling and whites and finishes with cabernet into late October. The valley smells of fermenting fruit, the gondolas own Highway 29 at dawn, and tasting fees are at their highest. Kilde ↗

• Fare

  Wildfire season

  1. aug – 31. okt · vanligvisRøyksesong

  Late summer and autumn are when Northern California burns, and 2017 and 2020 both cost the valley part of a vintage. Smoke can shut the tasting rooms and the power with them under a shutoff. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Crush, Summer break i United States

Ingenting nytt starter i september.

Fortsatt på gang: Crush (1. aug – 31. okt), Wildfire season (1. aug – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Travelt — Crush

Ingenting nytt starter i oktober.

Fortsatt på gang: Crush (1. aug – 31. okt), Wildfire season (1. aug – 31. okt (vanligvis))

Toppsesong — Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break i United States

• Natur

  Vines turn

  1.–30. nov · vanligvisHøstfarger

  Once the fruit is in, the vines go yellow and red through November. It is the best the valley looks and among the emptiest it gets, in the gap between harvest and the holidays.

• Helligdag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. novNasjonaldagMye folkStengninger

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Kilde ↗

Toppsesong — Christmas and New Year, Winter / Christmas break i United States

• Helligdag

  Christmas and New Year

  24. des – 1. janJul og nyttårStengningerMye folk

  Christmas Day and New Year's Day are federal holidays: on 25 December most shops, museums and many restaurants close, and airports stay busy through the week between as families travel. New Year's Eve fills bars and restaurants, many at set-menu prices. Kilde ↗

Fortsatt på gang: Thanksgiving (25.–29. nov)