YOUNTVILLE FRAME OF MIND: While balmier days have a way of turning our thoughts to wine country-type idylls and adventures, a person never truly sets aside their love of a sip-ready spread of countryside. Even if it isn't the height of summer, when it is light late into the evening, the notion of day-tripping around Napa Valley is a pleasant one. After all, some February road-tripping may take you past some bright mustard blooms, the kind readymade for their debut on your social media feeds, and March? Well, you can gaze upon a few favorites, including a foodie, soundie celebration 'round about Yountville. If you've been in a Yountville frame of mind, what with mustard season and the notion that summery days are not far in the future, make for the food-famous town over St. Patrick's Day Weekend for...
TASTE OF YOUNTVILLE... which will once again dovetail in a big, all-the-senses festivity. The dates are Friday, March 17 and Saturday, March 18, and a quartet of tasting pavilions will pop up around the strollable burg. The Wine Pavilion will have the primo local vinos (no spoiler alert required) while V Market Pavilion'll hold some "customized programs." The Culinary Program'll brim with succulent, noshable fare (and solid beer offerings, too), while the North Yountville Pavilion boasts the tunes. As for Yountville Live, which'll be rocking from March 16 through 19? Best check up on tickets, times, and the to-knows for this springtime-meets-summer's-spirit soundfest. People who dig dining, and seeing some great bands, carve out some space over the weekend to indulge in both passions.
