Sunday, March 18, 2012

Mixing Art And Wine

People enjoy wine in the sculpture garden at the Ma(i)sonry tasting room in Yountville. John Storey / Special to The Chronicle

Napa: Winery Galleries Pair Works Of Art With Wine -- SFGate

Napa Valley wineries don't usually lack for the "wow" factor, with art often celebrated nearly as much as the critically acclaimed wines they produce.

There's the stunning architecture of places such as Castello di Amorosa, a 121,000-square-foot, 13th century Tuscan castle that lords over Calistoga; or Quixote Winery in Stags' Leap, which looks like a Salvador Dali-inspired crazy casa with undulating mosaic design capped by a gold-leaf wrapped onion dome.

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My Comment: The "wow factor" helps in marketing wines .... and there is no question that for many wineries in California .... they have been successful in employing that "wow factor" to the extreme.

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