Building an itinerary for Aug. Sonoma/Napa trip -- looking for help

[TheEngineer]

Oops...forgot the other part of food and wine. So for eating I love the informality of Taylor's refreshers. The Oakville Grocery is a bit too far on the touristy side but still has good stuff and you can go in and by bread, cheese, dried sausages and have a great lunch somewhere...however, I would instead of that go to V. Sattui who has roughly the same things and is cheaper and their front lawn is a great place for lunch. There is are a couple of restaurants also that I've been to

Bouchon (Tomas Keller's second restaurant) is a bistro style place much cheaper and much more informal. Reservations are suggested

Terra (in St. Helena is a bit of Spago up in Napa..their chefs are former Spago chefs)

Tra Vigne (just south of St. Helena) is pretty good and decent italian restaurant (but I always find it a bit salty).

I've never been to Brix but heard that it is pretty okay as well.

If you get into the French laudry, let me know and i'll jump right onto a plane... [img]http://wines.com/ubb/smile.gif[/img].

Teh school at Greystone also serves meals that the students cook but I heard it was not as good as the CIA in San Fran.