Just outside your door lies a neighborhood brimming with casual charm and effortless elegance. With its rolling vineyards, celebrated wineries, and award-winning restaurants, Napa Valley is a global destination for those seeking beauty, culture, and adventure. Featuring cozy cafés, boutique shops, and local art galleries, living at Calligraphy offers you an intimate taste of the Napa lifestyle. Here, life moves at a relaxed pace, familiar faces welcome you, and every corner invites you to connect, unwind, and savor the little things that make Napa living so special.
Just blocks from The Watermark, the Napa Valley Vine Trail winds through wine country for 12.5 miles. You can hike, bike, or walk among some of the regionâs most breathtaking scenery. Stroll past bucolic farmland, through forests, and stop at a winery or two along the way.
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Wild grapes thrived in Napa Valley long before the first settlers came. The pioneer Charles Krug established the first commercial winery in 1861, and within 25 years, the local winery business exploded.
But this auspicious start grounded to a halt at the turn of the 20th century. First, surplus grapes drove down prices. Then a plague of phylloxera (insects with a taste for grapes) devastated local vineyards. Not long after, Prohibition shut down production for an incredible 14 years.
Fast forward to 1976, when local vineyards were thriving again. But, more importantly, a blind taste test in Paris pitted Napa Valley wines against the best of Bordeaux and Burgundy. Napa wines walked away with top honors. Today the Valley is home to more than 500 wineries offering varietals revered around the world.