Sterling Vineyards, Napa Valley (June, 2004)

 
Sterling produces a lot of wine each year.  There were rows and rows of the huge stainless steel tanks (all manufactured by Paul Mueller Co. in Springfield!)

The tour of the winery is a self-guided tour with videos, display paragraphs and schematic drawings each step of the way, telling the story of Sterling and about the wine-making process.  I'm not a big fan of self-guided winery tours and this one was good but still not anywhere near the level of the guided tours at places like Beringer (Napa) or Stone Hill (MO).

 
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