Comments on: The Best Winery Tours in Napa Valley

By: Tamara Warner

Tamara Warner — Tue, 23 Jun 2015 07:42:34 +0000

Castello di Amorosa…absolutely fantastic! I am so glad my first experience with Napa Valley included Castello di Amorosa. Our tour guide was wonderful and the wine was exquisite. Il Pasito, Gioia, La Fantasia, Bien Nacido, Il Baron…must I go on? There is no place like it.

By: Nora Johnson

Nora Johnson — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 12:29:17 +0000

We took our first tour of Castello de Amorosa with my Matron of Honor and her husband the day before our Napa Valley wedding in 2014 and have been members ever since. Great people who make great wine and have a great location with wonderful occasions. They really do have the whole package!!

By: Jufel

Jufel — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 20:59:11 +0000

I had a wonderful time visiting the castle last year in November, it was my first time in California and Castello de Amorosa was one of my many things I did sightseeing. I also loved the wine that I came back to Florida as a wine member. The castle deserves to be in the top of winery.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 13:18:40 +0000

We first went to castello di amorosa with friends familiar with the area and taking us on a wine tour after a coffee convention. They said after a favorite winery “lets visit a new one. We went, enjoyed the castle story, the wine and we did wait for three years before drinking and have come back every time we travel to ca. Last time we took the tour before embarking on a cruise to Alaska with family. Our son Jason and his wife, although couldn’t go on the cruise rented a limo and took my sisters and his sisters on a fabulous tour ending up ( save the best for last) at castello di amorosa. We all loved it ..thank for the memories

By: Laura Srubas

Laura Srubas — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 13:00:30 +0000

We first visited Castello winery when we went to Napa for our son’s wedding. We were blown away by the quality of the wines. We have been wine club members since that time and look forward to every shipment we receive!

By: Millie Gil

Millie Gil — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:30:05 +0000

Visited Napa Valley in May and loved the Castello di Amorosa tour, service and delicious wine! Amazing building, a must see!!!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 11:53:31 +0000

In reply to Stephen Schimpf. i agree!!!!

By: Raymond Moon

Raymond Moon — Sat, 13 Jun 2015 05:33:57 +0000

The Castle is fantasic, the Il Barone is VERY good. But for my money (wine taste and quality) Trinitas Winery at the entrance to Napa if my favorite, hands down. There is not one wine in their line up that is bad. I am not a white wine drinker, but theirs is fabulous!

By: Pat O'Daniels

Pat O'Daniels — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 22:57:05 +0000

When wine tasting it is best to spread it out a number of days. I tend to do no more than 3 or 4 a day and tend to save the best for last. Coppola (Niebaum-Coppola) in Rutherford gave a very personal tour, taking you outside to a hill where you could get a good view of the owner’s home and one of the props left over from his film “Apocalypse Now”, and then upstairs to see his movie history, including his 1948 Tucker from the movie that starred Jeff Bridges. But if you want to be wow’d, you must drive north of Beringer and the former Christian Brothers (now Culinary Institute of America) to south Calistoga and see hat self-made winery owner Dario (Daryl) Sattui has completed after 15 years. Castello di Amorosa can’t be seen from the highway, but can be seen from Sterling Winery and the east end of downtown Calistoga. The winery is behind is authentic replica of a medieval Italian castle. Be sure to bring a camera! And I recommend you taste their Il Barone red blend.

By: Mickey McCafferty

Mickey McCafferty — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 22:26:22 +0000

We visited Castello di Amorosa in 2010. We did a 4 day tour of 16 wineries and the very last one was the Castello after having a fine lunch at V Sattui. The one that stood out among them all was the Castello. The 90 minute tour was fantastic.. The torture chamber was mind blowing. The whole building structure is fanominal. The barrel tasting in the cellar was unforgettable as well. The tour guide was very knolligable and made every facet of the tour very interesting. We ended the tour with a wine and chocolate pairing tasting. After such a great tour we just had to have several cases shipped to our home in Idaho.