Napa Morning
by Bill Gallagher
Title
Napa Morning
Artist
Bill Gallagher
Medium
Photograph - Photohraph
Description
I love driving up into the Napa Valley in the late fall and early spring during the early morning. The weather is cooler and the roads are less crowded. On top of that the sun is lower in the sky and seems to create excellent lighting of the vineyards.
I found this scene in the northern part of the Napa Valley just south of Calistoga. I was just driving up the highway and I was attracted to the area by the little puff of fog sitting out in the middle of the valley. I found a little turn off in the road and it just turned out to be right near this little shed/barn. I spent a good amount of time here and came up with this image. I have since revisited and sure I will visit it again. One of these days I would like to meet the owner of this vineyard and get permission to walk the land.
The first Anglo settlers arrived in this area in the late 1840's. In the early days Calistoga's economy was based on mining silver and mercury, agriculture including grapes, prunes and walnuts, and tourism due to the local hot springs.
Calistoga is at the North end of Napa Valley Calistoga AVA, a part of California Wine Country.
Not only do the tourist enjoy the local wineries including Sterling, Schramberg, and Chateau Montelena Winery, they also enjoy the local mud baths.
If you ever get a chance while visiting the San Francisco Bay Area it would be well worth your time to drive up to the north end of Napa valley and spend some time in Calistoga tasting some local wines and stopping in at one of the local restaurants for a late lunch or dinner.
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December 24th, 2011
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Comments (253)
Morris Finkelstein
Beautiful landscape photograph of a vineyard in Northern Napa Valley with great light and shadows, colors, perspective, and a beautifully written Photo Description!
Katie Dobies
Bill, Your art is a welcome addition to 'the best of the best' UNLIMITED LANDSCAPES. Thank you for submitting your beautiful work to our group. The almost heightened alert atmosphere you captured is so unusual. Congrats on the additional home page feature in our #communityofcreators on 7.30.22. Feel free to visit and archive it in our discussions area for even more views.
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