Sitemap - 2026 - Napa Valley Features
Under the Hood: Auction Napa Valley’s $6 Million Question
WineaPAWlooza Raises $1.9 Million as Monica Stevens Carries Its Legacy
Friday E-dition: Two Napa Valley Novels Written From the Inside
Under the Hood: Rising Assaults, Revised Numbers in Napa County's 2025 Crime Report
Wine Chronicles: When “Dry” Wine Isn’t Dry
Friday E-dition: When Stagecoaches Ruled the Mount St. Helena Road
Under the Hood: Smoke Taint Science Narrows the Lab-to-Palate Gap as Napa Braces for Fire Season
Field Notes: Bothe-Napa Valley State Park’s Birds and Blooms Lead to Bale Grist Mill History
Friday E-dition: A Generation Comes Home to Tell Napa’s Other Story
Under the Hood: Could Gen Z Save the Wine Industry?
Wine Chronicles: A Hard Reset for Napa Wine
Friday E-dition: After Grapes, A Path Back to Food Crops in Napa County
Under the Hood: A Tough Year on Napa’s Growers and a Pest That Could Make It Worse
Green Wednesday: Fire Blight in Napa Orchards and Funding for Wildfire Prevention
Calistoga’s American Legion Post Hands Off Veterans Memorial as Chapter Closes
Memorial Day in Napa Valley: Service, Sacrifice and Remembrance
Mentis Moment: May’s Milestones Make Space for Mental Health
Friday E-dition: Heidi Peterson Barrett Brings La Sirena Into the Light
Under the Hood: Napa County's Schools Held Flat. Three Different Stories Made the Number.
Napa County's Newest Ridgetop Firebreak, Built Parcel by Parcel
Wine Chronicles: Mondavi’s Reopening Bets Big on Luxury and Scale
Friday E-dition: After the Glass Fire, Wiseacre Farm Turns to Flowers
Under the Hood: Napa County Shrunk as Calistoga Grew and the Base Faltered
Wine Chronicles: Wine Knowledge Has No Finish Line
The Napa Valley Weekender - May 8
Under the Hood: The Challenges of Napa's Massive Marketing Machine
The Makers: Artist Alexander Smirnoff Unravels to Build Something New
William “Bill” George Dyer, 1948–2026: Winemaker, Grower, Naturalist and Friend
Friday E-dition: ‘The Hiking Guy’ of the Napa Valley
Under the Hood: Napa Valley Adds Rooms While Demand Lags
Green Wednesday: School Food Waste Reduction and Backyard Corn Lessons
Friday E-dition: Napa to Santorini — Vines Trained to the Ground
Under the Hood: Where Is Napa in the Five Stages of Grief?
Green Wednesday: Climate-Ready Trees and Garden Wildlife
Friday E-dition: Sourdough — On Fermentation, Patience and Place
Under the Hood: When the Price Gives Way
Wine Chronicles: What Is Great Wine?
Friday E-dition: A Spring Morning With Birds at Wetlands Edge Park
Under the Hood: The Reset Spreads
Green Wednesday: Lilacs in Bloom and the Work to Protect Napa’s Water Future
Friday E-dition: Thousands Rally throughout Napa County for “No Kings” Protest
Under the Hood: How a Global Supply Shock Reaches Napa Valley
Wine Chronicles: Natural Wine’s Promise, and Its Limits, for Napa Cabernet
Friday E-dition: A Coppola Scholarship Sends an American Canyon Student to Oxford
Under the Hood: Napa Valley's Economy Looks Bigger Than It Is
Mentis Moment: Painting Through the Pain —How Art Therapy Helps Navigate Anxiety
Storyteller: Coppola and the Apocalypse 2.0
Under the Hood: 2025 Napa Grape Prices Slip After a Record High
Wine Chronicles: Syrah and Pinot Noir — A Blend Worth Testing
Friday E-dition: Brook And Terri Penquite Chart A Plant-Forward Path Through Napa Valley
When Room Price Can No Longer Carry the Load
Green Wednesday: Tomato Planting Wisdom and Climate Resilience Efforts Across Napa
Friday E-dition: A Lost Car Key, a Tow Truck and the Long Shadow of War
Under the Hood: Paris, Premiere and the End of “Extend and Pretend”
Green Wednesday: Compost, Climate and Community Action
Mentis Moment: Blue Skies Ahead Gala Returns March 14 at Joseph Phelps
Friday E-dition: Rupert — Why Cartoons?
Under the Hood: What Premiere’s $3 Million Plateau Signals
Wine Chronicles: Dancing Crow — Engineering Fluidity in a Destabilized Wine Market
Friday E-dition: Crabbing for Dungeness, Then Cooking It at Home
Under the Hood: Napa County’s Housing Problem Is Pay, Not Scarcity
Wine Chronicles: At 20 Years Old, Napa Cabernets Make the Case for Balance
Friday E-dition: When the Trail Disappears
Under the Hood: Why Immigration Never Leaves the Headlines
Wine Chronicles: A Question of Terroir
Friday E-dition: ‘Soul Searching’ Speaker Series Planned for Grace Church
Under the Hood: Early 2026 — New Rules, Fees and Shifts Across Napa County
Field Notes: 'Giants Rising' and a Community Forest Rising Along the Napa River
Friday E-dition: The Bicyclists of Denmark
Under the Hood: Two Reports, One Warning — The Collapse That Looks Like Premiumization
Field Notes: Transforming a Public Works Yard Into the Napa River Ecology Center
Growing Into the New Year: A Gentler Way to Begin Again
Friday E-dition: Napa Lighted, Year 8: A Quieter Walk Through Downtown’s Winter Gallery
Under the Hood: How Accelerants — From GLP-1s to Politics — Are Reshaping Wine Demand
Green Wednesday: Planting Fruit Trees and Climate Films at the Napa Library
Friday E-dition: Choosing Between Orwell’s '1984' and Ferber’s 'So Big'
Under the Hood: Napa County’s Wine Market Is Clearing, Not Recovering
Wine Chronicles: Wine Market Correction Brings Higher Quality, Lower Prices
Under the Hood: Price Continues to Carry Napa Hotel Market as Room-Night Demand Lags
Navigating 2026: A New Weekly Rhythm for Napa Valley Features