Autumn Sunlight on the Napa Valley

@Viewfinder: I was surprised too,initially - and in the very early spring the vineyards display fields of mustard and lavender between the grapes - used as a second cash crop and for oxidation. This produces another round of surprising colors throughout the wine growing regions of Napa, Sonoma, and Mendicino.

@Lorraine: To support your observation; in 1880, author Robert Louis Stevenson honeymooned an entire summer near here - with his bride, Fanny Osbourne. They lived at an abandoned mine on Mount St. Helena - the highest summit in this wine growing region. Their view would have included this spot as well as much of the Napa Valley.

@alex centrella: Nice way to start the New Year, Alex. Will you be staying in the valley?

@melodia: No winter here (yeah !) - The San Francisco Bay Area is in the 'Medderteranian' climate type - as you would find in Italy and along the Riviera. We have a long summer drought and wet winter from November into early April. Snow, below 1000 meters is very rare.

@Fénix: Thanks for stopping by.

@Magda: Thanks for all three comments in the wine country - cheers!

@Alivia: Je vous remercie pour les aimables paroles.