Enjoy a California get-away with this package. It includes 2 nights in San Francisco and 3 wine tastings in Napa Valley!

An Apartment in a San Fran Neighborhood!

Enjoy a couple of nights like a local at the apartment of some Friends of ICSJ. Use this as your landing spot in San Francisco before or after you head to Napa Valley. This apartment is much more comfortable than a hotel and can accommodate a family. It is 50 miles from the town of Napa and 4 miles from Ghirardelli Square.

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Dates are mutually agreed upon - but very flexibile

1841 19th street, San Francisco

One of the three wine tastings is listed below, the other two will be picked by winner and Michelle Franz. Options include AXR, Ethers, Orin Swift or the Prisoner Wine Company, to name a few.

Tasting for two at Chappellet Vineyards Pritchard Hill

The best grape-growing region in Napa Valley you've probably never heard of is Pritchard Hill. It's not even an official appellation yet-and may never be one. But this high part of the Vaca Mountains, off the beaten path and remote, is producing among the most profound wines in Napa Valley.

The grape and wine of choice is Cabernet Sauvignon, sometimes blended with other Bordeaux varieties (a few vintners add Syrah). These wines are spectacular. They are Cabs of great richness, depth and length. They also are tannic, but none is so tight that it can't be enjoyed after a few hours in the decanter.

Where is Pritchard Hill?

It's hard to define its boundaries, since, not being a legal appellation, it doesn't have any. Jon-Mark Chappellet, whose father, Donn, pioneered the area, describes it as "a hole" between Oakville, Howell Mountain, the Stags Leap District, Rutherford and Chiles Valley.