Castillo di Amorosa Napa Valley

Of all the vineyards to see in Napa Valley, Castillo di Amorosa has one of the coolest tasting rooms I have ever experienced out of any winery I have ever been to so far. It is straight out of a 13th century castle in Tuscany.

The castle interiors, which include 107 rooms on 8 levels above and below ground, cover approximately 121,000 sq. ft. Among many other features it has: a moat; a drawbridge; defensive towers; an interior courtyard; a torture chamber; a chapel/church; a knights' chamber; and a great hall. The great hall features frescoes painted by two Italian artists who took about a year and a half to complete and showcases a 500 year old fireplace.

The surrounding area outside of the castle has several sheep and goats to complete the authenticity.

The tasting rooms are beneath the castle in a beautiful dungeon-like setting with arched doorways. The tour includes a 5 sample tasting for $18. The servers of the tasting room all speak Italian and with the accent too. Our particular server was Emilio and he actually lived in Portland for a short time, so we talked about Portland during our tasting. Well, that's it for this blog post. Ciao Bella!