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             It’s harvest season: the best
             time of year to visit the West
             Coast’s finest vineyards.
             By Sheila Marikar




























           AUTUMN USHERS NAPA VALLEY into harvest                       veranda offers a vista of vineyards and the
           season, one of the best times to visit the                   rolling hills beyond; inside, modern accents
           nation’s premier wine region. Though last                    (a chandelier of brass vines) spice up the
           year’s wildfires ravaged parts of the Cali-                   homey atmosphere.
           fornia valley, rebuilding has been quick,                    House: unfettered access to Brian Woolery,
                                                                           One of the perks of staying at the Ink
       FREDERIC L AGR A NGE  ings, like the Ink House, an ultra-exclusive,  Darioush’s  the property’s chef—his scrambled eggs defy
           and there have been a spate of new open-
                                                     22-acre Sage
                                                                        gravity—and all-knowing concierge. Here’s
           four-room boutique hotel in St. Helena. The
                                                     vineyard atop
                                                                        what he recommends.
           colonial-style mansion’s wide, wraparound
                                                     Mount Veeder.
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