Tasting Room of the Week:

FRANK FAMILY VINEYARDS

by Charles Neave
There are three things you need to know about Frank Family Vineyards in the northern half of the Napa Valley. First is that it is a little bit (not very much, just a little) off the beaten path, located as it is between Route 29 and the Silverado Trail. Second is that their wines, both still and sparkling, are absolutely first rate, in fact some of the best to be found anywhere in the country, if not the world. And third, you will have an absolutely wonderful time when you visit.
If you don’t walk into the winery in a good mood, it is almost guaranteed that you will walk out laughing and smiling. If you don’t it will certainly not be due to the efforts of the unfailingly hospitable people pouring the wine. If they don’t wake up every day with the mission of making visitors enjoy themselves ringing through their heads, you’d never be able to tell. It really is that kind of a place and it has been for years under the genial, jovial eye of tasting room manager Dennis Zablosky, a person so well-known in the Napa Valley that...

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