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The Insider's Guide to Napa Valley.
ilovenapa.com is a celebration of all the best things in Napa
Valley.
ilovenapa.com is written by professional food and wine writers.
We know what
we're talking about — we live here.
ilovenapa.com is a one-stop, full-service website to help you
plan your
visit to Napa Valley and make sense of all the options —
the wineries, wine
tours and restaurants you want to try.
Essentially, ilovenapa.com is a public version of what we typically
email to
out-of-area friends who ask what they should do, see, drink
and where they
should eat during their visit to Napa Valley.
It's also a place where you'll discover small production, under-the-radar,
Napa Valley wines that are often so limited in quantity they
rarely make it
out of the valley. We'll show you where you can purchase them.
At ilovenapa.com, we'll help identify all the services you'll
want when you
visit. Need an A-1 limo driver while you're here? Want to know
who's
operating the best hot air balloons over Napa Valley? Want to
know what's
the Best Italian Restaurant in the valley? Or who makes the
Best Caesar
Salad? You'll find the all the answers in the ilovenapa.com
Best of Napa
Valley, Jim's Personal Favorites,
in Jim White's Postcard from Napa
Valley,
or in Paul Franson's Winery Dispatch.
PLEASE NOTE: Lest you think that we say good things just to
obtain a paid ad
from an advertiser — let us assure you that this is NOT
the case. On the
editorial side, we are professional journalists; we cannot be
bought for a
meal or a massage. We have to live here long after our reviews
are published
and visitors leave and we will not sully our professional reputation
in this
community for a dollar.
What is different about our critical assessments from those
that we used to
apply in the daily press is this; when we reviewed restaurants,
for example,
we nitpicked the places to death and told readers why NOT to
go to a
particular restaurant. Since life is too short to spend hours
telling you
where NOT to go in Napa Valley, we have edited out all that
chaff; you have
our recommendations of what wineries to visit, what restaurants
to dine at,
which wine tours to take, which wines to taste, or buy. The
stuff you need
to experience.
Our website is young and not every function that we aim to provide
is yet
programmed. But our intention is to service you to perfection.
To make your
visit to Napa Valley unforgettable and your best-ever trip anywhere.
So be
sure to revisit our site often to discover our updates and changes.
About Jim White
 Jim White, is former food editor and restaurant critic for one of the largest newspapers in North America.
Jim has written cookbooks, produced radio and TV programs about food and wine and has written for numerous magazines.
As a consultant to the food and beverage industry, he has developed, branded, and brought to market more than 4,000 premium products.
Jim moved to Napa Valley because he wanted to. His passion for the valley, the people and the wines comes through in his dispatches called "Postcard from Napa Valley."
Jim's observations about wines
he's tasted, or events that he's attended, may be useful to
help you plan your visit here. Use our website search engine
to find if he's written about a wine, a restaurant or an event
of interest to you.
About Paul Franson
 Paul
Franson moved to Napa Valley to write about wine, food and travel.
He contributes a weekly column to the local Napa Valley Register
and writes, as well, for such outstanding publications as the
San Francisco Chronicle, Wine Country Living and Decanter Magazine
(UK).
Paul, formerly a business writer and editor, founded Franson,
Hagerty & Associates, a prominent Silicon Valley public
relations agency.
Paul makes wine and is a serious amateur chef.
Paul's observations about
wines he's tasted, or events that he's attended, may be useful
to help you plan your visit here. Use our website search engine
to find if he's written about a wine, a restaurant or an event
of interest to you.
Contact Paul at paul@ilovenapa.com.
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