Bring It!~ Crush is here at last . . .

Don't let this picture upset you - the grapes are getting thinned to allow for maximum sun exposure to the rest of the red grapes to bring you the very best wine Napa has to offer!

Wow, things are definitely hopping here in the valley - harvest has started - traffic is getting heavy, and the mood is happy! The wineries are the happiest - since '08 yielded so little- this year there are tons of grapes for sale on the market. I guess the vineyard owners are not too happy about that! Unfortunately, you can't please all the people all the time.

Most wineries are crushing white. Some have even started on the reds.

Segway Napa can get you up close and personal to those red grapes - if you're not afraid to get your hands dirty, that is. Our Yountville tour is probably the most popular this time of year - Harvest is a great time to be in the valley - you can actually smell the grapes fermenting as you glide along the side roads.

If you've glided with us before - be on the lookout for some mail from Segway Napa - that is if you gave us your address :)

Do you like history - Check out our history articles at http://www.smalllotsbigwines.com/ Small Lots Big Wines is your concierge to unique boutique wineries in Napa and Sonoma - they can arrange a very special day with owners and winemakers. Here is link to our September article- http://napa.smalllotsbigwines.com/napa-history/napas-white-grape-roots

Summer is coming to a close, our family discount is good until September 22nd - so if you have kids - now is the time to take advantage of our kids tour for 1/2 off. But if you miss us this year, there's always next year!

Until then, happy gliding to you all!

April/May Blog

April/May Blog











April showers bring May flowers- so the rhyme goes. In Napa, April was full of showers! May continued with rain during the first week. This is ok for the vines. Speaking of vines = we are now in what is termed Bud Break.

Various levels of budding going on around the valley. (aren't those tiny grapes just too cute! click on the picture to see a bigger view, just remember to click you back button or you'll close out the blog.)









After the mustard and fava were plowed under, beautiful lupin dotted the hills and is absolutely gorgeous! Right now the purple lupin has given way to the yellow, but I don't have a picture of that - - yet!


Our second Concierge Day was a huge success. Thank-you! to all who participated. We glided around the wetlands trail by the Napa River - learned what the bums Bivouac was, and saw the 6th largest solar panel in the US (well, it was 6th when it was built!)
Next one will be in Yountville.










May is a beautiful month to segway in Napa Valley- with all the rain we've had, our hills will stay green at least until the end of the month. Unless we get another crazy hot spell like we did in April- 103 reported in some spots of the Napa Valley.

EXTREME SEGWAY - We had our first qualifying Mount St. Helena tour. Yeah! A recently engaged couple (congrats to S & T!) braved the mountain together - and an old farmer. Ok, well, the old farmer was my dad - but you should've seen how excited he was that someone finally was going up, he's been waiting since December.



Small Lot Wine Tours, one of our sponsors, is undergoing some remodeling. They will now be called, Small Lots, Big Wines - your key to boutique wineries. Looks like a good change - they will start to offer guided tours to the boutique wineries - guess they got a lot of requests for those. Anyway, we highly recommend going to their website and signing up for their newsletter http://smalllotsbigwines.com . They have done a tremendous amount of research into the smaller wineries in the Napa Valley - in order to be on the site, the winery has to be 10,000 cases or less! Definitely worth checking out.

Another new sponsor - please welcome Shelleys-Style.com - Shelley is a local artist with many talents. She sells her tiles at Robert Mondavi Winery, and hopefully soon some other places.