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NV Whino

(20,886 posts) Sat Dec 27, 2014, 07:30 PM Dec 2014

Chateau Montelena

When I pulled into the parking area, this is the first thing I saw. An electric charging station. How cool is that?

Montelena is a faux french chateau built into the hillside. It's impossible to get a shot of the facade without splicing several together.

Aside from great wine (their Chardonnay won the 1976 Paris tasting), their great claim to fame is the lake.

Complete with swans.

And a few ducks.

You can picnic on the islands or at the edge, but call well in advance to make reservations to do so. Even on this crisp December day, the gazebos were spoken for.

You get to the islands and gazebos by way of the crooked bridges.

And just for the heck of it, some hangers-on.

Disclaimer: There are only two gazebos and two bridges. I got carried away with the reflections.

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Chateau Montelena (Original Post) NV Whino Dec 2014 OP

LOVELY! elleng Dec 2014 #1

Great series! Sherman A1 Dec 2014 #2

Nice! mnhtnbb Dec 2014 #3

Wonderful Celebration Dec 2014 #4

You very justifyably Mira Dec 2014 #5

What a beautiful place, my dear NV Whino! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2014 #6

Wonderful photos! BuddhaGirl Dec 2014 #7

They have a couple of wines that are only available at the winery NV Whino Dec 2014 #8

I'll do that, thanks! BuddhaGirl Dec 2014 #9

elleng

(130,865 posts)

1. LOVELY!

Reply to NV Whino (Original post)

Sat Dec 27, 2014, 07:51 PM

Dec 2014

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)

2. Great series!

Reply to NV Whino (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 04:27 AM

Dec 2014

thanks for posting.

mnhtnbb

(31,382 posts)

3. Nice!

Reply to NV Whino (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 09:29 AM

Dec 2014

Celebration

(15,812 posts)

4. Wonderful

Reply to NV Whino (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 11:54 AM

Dec 2014

Once you have a good subject, stick with it! I never regret having too many pictures of the same subject, and often regret not having enough! With landscapes you can always get different perspectives. With birds, not so much.

Mira

(22,380 posts)

5. You very justifyably

Reply to NV Whino (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 12:09 PM

Dec 2014

got carried away with the reflections. What a picturesque place, thanks for your beautiful presentation.

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,588 posts)

6. What a beautiful place, my dear NV Whino!

Reply to NV Whino (Original post)

Sun Dec 28, 2014, 04:21 PM

Dec 2014

You have done it justice.

Thanks for sharing this bit of paradise.

BuddhaGirl

(3,602 posts)

7. Wonderful photos!

Reply to NV Whino (Original post)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 04:04 PM

Dec 2014

What a pretty winery...Chateau Montelena is definitely on my list to visit. The first wine of theirs I ever tasted was a 1992 Cab, and it was amazing.

Thanks for sharing!

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

8. They have a couple of wines that are only available at the winery

Reply to BuddhaGirl (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 29, 2014, 07:53 PM

Dec 2014

Be sure and try the Zin and the Riesling.

I went to a "clean out the wine cellar of old whites" tasting once. Out of all the miscellaneous whites the oldest was a 20-year-old Montelena Riesling. It won our informal taste test—and there were some pretty refined palates there.

BuddhaGirl

(3,602 posts)

9. I'll do that, thanks!

Reply to NV Whino (Reply #8)

Tue Dec 30, 2014, 12:02 PM

Dec 2014

I love Zin and Riesling

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