| The Winery Cave Tours & Wine Tastings tend to last about an hour and twenty minutes (1:20). The Wine Caves
themselves are a cool 55°-60°
F while outside it can been anywhere from 65°-100° during the summer months.
Most Napa Valley wineries that have wine caves are nestled into a hillside.
Storing their wines while they age in barrels is a very cost-effective way
to protect the wines from heat. Napa Valley Cave Tours offers (at the
moment) two outstanding Winery Cave Tours & Wine Tastings:
 Pine
Ridge Winery's Formal Barrel-to-Bottle tasting in the Wine Caves with
Gourmet boxed lunch from Oakville Grocery ~ $55
Follow a vintage of cabernet sauvignon's growth from barrel to bottle with
Riedel service in the winery caves for the formal wine tasting. Approx. duration: 75
minutes
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Flora
Springs Estate Winery Cave Tour, Barrel Comparison Tasting with Gourmet Boxed
Lunch from Dean & Deluca ~ $47.50
Take a tour of the winery's caves and compare their cabernet sauvignon as it
is aged in French oak, Hungarian oak and American oak barrels. After
which, take in the amazing vista across the Napa Valley facing East over the
vineyards looking onto the Vaca Mountain range while you enjoy a gourmet boxed
lunch from Dean & Deluca. Approx. duration: 75 minutes
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