Earlier this year, a new winery was opened in the Napa wine country that worth a visit, even for a non-wine lover. Sattui's Castello di Amorosa Winery off California Highway 29 took nearly 12 years to make.
It has 107 rooms on 7 levels with 121,000 square feet that comes with five towers and battlements, iron-gated entrance and a dungeon. Sattui's passion for an authentic looking castle spared no expenses - from a reproduction of an antique iron maiden in the dungeon to 200-year-old looking brick walls that were acid aged. This is as close of a medieval castle as you get in the golden state of California.
I would pay the $10 wine tasting fee in a heart beat. It allows you to taste up to 5 wines in a vault chamber that requires a short walk through masonry walk way. If wine is about the Terroir, then the mood of the wine is about the surroundings.
A guided tour and tasting on weekday is $25 and $30 on weekends. Does it worth the money? It depends, just as visitors would pay similar amount to tour the Hearst Castle in California's central coast, without the wine tasting.
Winery Info:
Castello di Amorosa, 4045 North St. Helena Hwy., Calistoga; (707) 967-6272. Tasting room open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. daily.
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