Silverado Vineyards
6121 Silverado Trail, Napa, CA 94558
Website: http://www.silveradovineyards.com/
Silverado Vineyards is located off the Silverado Trail in the Stags Leap district. The Mediterranean style winery sits atop a hill. We drove up a long driveway to the parking area that looks out over the surrounding vineyards. There is a pretty stone stairway leading up to the winery. Before entering the tasting room area, there is a hallway off to the side with a window that looks down into the barrel room. Visitors can open the window and get a whiff of the wonderful aroma of wine fermenting in barrels. I love this smell! It’s one of my favorite things about visiting wineries.
Silverado Vineyards Tasting Room
The tasting room is bright with its white walls and large windowed doors leading to the terrace, but it also has a little bit of a lodge feel with its wooden bar, wooden beams, and chandelier on the ceiling. There is a fireplace at the opposite end of the room from the entrance, and there were a few tables set up in the center of the room with some wine accessories. One of the best features of this winery is the outside terrace with French style tables where guests can see a spectacular view of the valley down below.
Silverado Vineyards Terrace
The winery was worth seeing but our tasting experience was not the best. The person pouring for us was not very friendly. My husband and I were the only ones at the tasting bar at the time. There may have been one other couple in the tasting room. The server handed us a menu and said “this is what we’re pouring”. As she poured a wine, she told us the name of the wine and little else. She didn’t seem interested in striking up a conversation. I also didn’t find the wines to be spectacular, even though they have some Cabernet Sauvignons that have received over 90 points by Robert Parker in The Wine Advocate. My impression of the wine may have been tainted by the service we received. It’s unfortunate that the service wasn’t as nice as the winery itself.