The Family Travel Guy recently highlighted Chateau Montelena as a Napa Valley winery not to be missed when traveling to the region. He highlighted the historic “Judgment of Paris Tasting,” offering context as to the significance of Chateau Montelena’s role in establishing Napa as a serious wine producing region. Elaborating, he continues, “In addition to its famous wine, Chateau Montelena boasts one of the most peaceful settings in the Napa Valley, with a stone castle carved into a hillside overlooking a Chinese garden, lake and vineyards reaching out to the base of Mount Saint Helena.” Read all of the details on what to know before you go HERE
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Chateau Montelena
Calistoga, Napa Valley, California
Chateau Montelena is renowned for consistently producing age-worthy, classically-styled wines that capture the nuances of each vintage and its distinct terroir. Widely known for winning the Judgment of Paris in 1976, it helped put California at the forefront of the wine world. Today, the winery is honored on the National Register of Historic Places and continues to be owned and operated by the Barrett Family.