Napa Valley’s spectacular Castello di Amorosa is a bit like Alcatraz – a place you send out-of-town visitors to be wowed but never go to yourself. We set out to fix that on a recent sunny Saturday,…
Napa Valley’s spectacular Castello di Amorosa is a bit like Alcatraz. Oh, not in appearance, of course! But this re-created medieval castle and the infamous federal prison are icons. They’re places you send out-of-town visitors to be wowed — but somehow never really go to yourself. We set out to fix that on a recent sunny Saturday, winding our way north to Calistoga to explore Dario Sattui’s famous winery.
He even spent his post-college travels back in the early 1970s sketching European wineries, palaces and medieval castles. Those sketches came in handy in 1994, when Sattui began building what can only be described as his passion project.
When it opened in 2007, the finished castle was a 121,000-square-foot extravaganza with 107 rooms, dramatic vaulted wine cellars, five towers, a Great Hall, an armory and a chapel. Today, emus, peacocks, goats and geese greet you as you arrive. The crowds that throng the grounds and ramparts speak every language. And the small lot wines you’ll sample here are available only at the castle, not in shops or restaurants.
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