In the evening, family-style meals are served in a cavernous log cabin dining area. California Wine Country Sterling Vineyards Calistoga, California An aerial tramway takes visitors from the Napa Valley floor to the Sterling Winery , nestled into the side of Diamond Mountain. The winery offers a breathtaking view of the surrounding vineyards as visitors sip wines produced on the estate. Special brunches, wine tastings and dinners are planned throughout the summer as well as tours of the winemaking process. Calif. Napa Valley's Goosecross Winery makes several fine wines from the harvest of its 10-acre vineyard.
Tours are available with tastings of the winery's products.
The staff also offers a free wine class, a crash course on wine tasting and a course on appreciation of winemaking. The site lists events, tours and special wine tastings at the dozens of wineries and vineyards in the state. The house and surrounding 25-acre farm display the Amish lifestyle that has existed virtually unchanged in the area for more than 300 years. The working farm relies on horses to till the fields and pull logs to build the split-rail fences. The house is without electricity and meals are cooked on a wood-burning stove.