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From Napa with Love: Who to Know, What to Do, and What Not to Miss Kindle Edition

by Alexis Swanson Traina (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 72 ratings
A travel and lifestyle guide celebrating the beautiful California region famous for its wine and food, featuring juicy tips and in-the-know info.

Napa Valley is a wonderland boasting beautiful weather, exquisite vistas, bespoke hotels, Michelin-rated restaurants, and world-class wineries. From Napa with Love is equal parts travel- and lifestyle-guide celebrating this famed and incredibly popular California destination. Featuring itineraries, interviews, sidebars, recipes, and entertaining 101s, this highly visual volume provides insider information about the best the area has to offer, as well as tips on how to bring home that much-envied Napa lifestyle. Each of the nine chapters offers up a distinct point of view (the Bohemian, the Oenophile, the Foodie, etc.), and these roles are filled by the region’s most notable residents, weekenders, and summer folk. Advice from Andy and Kate Spade, Thomas Keller, Ken Fulk, Carlo Mondavi, and Roman Coppola ensures you’ll learn the best and most authentic ways to enjoy the Napa experience that they all are so passionate about.
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For many years, Alexis Traina served as creative director at her family’s Swanson Vineyards. An authority on wine, style, and entertaining, she has been featured in Food & Wine, Town & Country, Vogue, Vanity Fair, W, House Beautiful, and O, The Oprah Magazine. Traina lives in San Francisco.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XQ1QKM9
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ABRAMS Image (September 19, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 19, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 220.2 MB
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    4.3 out of 5 stars 72 ratings

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Customers find this Napa Valley guide to be an informative and engaging read, with one review noting it provides every insider tip. Moreover, the book is visually appealing and charming, with one customer describing it as a love letter to the region. Additionally, they appreciate its readability and consider it a must-read for visitors, with one review highlighting its historical content.

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11 customers mention "Information quality"11 positive0 negative

Customers find the book provides valuable guidance and is an informative read, with one customer noting it offers every insider tip.

"...The author has written a happy, positive, relevant and flexible guide to Napa, showing the vast fun the area has to offer on so many levels." Read more

"...This book is an incredible resource for anyone considering a visit to the Napa area...." Read more

"Great Coffee table read! So much Napa history and advice on where to go and what to see on your Napa Valley Vacation...." Read more

"This book is a Poem of Love about the Napa Valley and gives you every insider tip on the Valley...." Read more

7 customers mention "Creativity"7 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the book's creativity and charm, particularly noting its poem of love about the Napa Valley.

"This is such a thoughtful and elegant book with so many tips about the wine country - it will have you wanting to head straight to Napa and..." Read more

"This book has charm, and creativity, just like the author. So fun to explore Napa in such a unique way! Not your typical Napa Valley book!" Read more

"...it is an all around inspiration for adding more fun and creativity to life. I will be referring back to it for years to come." Read more

"This book is a Poem of Love about the Napa Valley and gives you every insider tip on the Valley...." Read more

7 customers mention "Fun read"7 positive0 negative

Customers find the book fun to read, with one describing it as a tasty treat and another noting it's interesting without being pretentious.

"This book has charm, and creativity, just like the author. So fun to explore Napa in such a unique way! Not your typical Napa Valley book!" Read more

"...In addition, it is an all around inspiration for adding more fun and creativity to life. I will be referring back to it for years to come." Read more

"A super fun and informative read...." Read more

"Delightful tasty treat of a read...secrets, scoop, spectacular snaps, special stories, and best of all, FROM NAPA WITH LOVE is from the authoress..." Read more

6 customers mention "Book content"6 positive0 negative

Customers praise the book's content, with one describing it as a love letter to Napa and another noting it's a must-read for visitors.

"This book is a must for anyone visiting Napa! I reference it all of the time! I also love to give it to friends who are going to be visiting Napa...." Read more

"...Great for Napa locals or Visitors." Read more

"I love everything about this love letter to Napa. It is a must if you love Napa or just want to feel like you are in this beautiful escape spot...." Read more

"...scoop, spectacular snaps, special stories, and best of all, FROM NAPA WITH LOVE is from the authoress with heart, soul, respect and humor...." Read more

6 customers mention "Readability"6 positive0 negative

Customers find the book readable, with one describing it as the best wine read.

"...This is a must read if you have never been to Napa and for those who frequently get the opportunity to go!..." Read more

"Great Coffee table read! So much Napa history and advice on where to go and what to see on your Napa Valley Vacation...." Read more

"Lovely book" Read more

"Absolutely loved this book! This insider account shows her love of the land and its characters. An A+ read/ gift for anyone who loves wine." Read more

6 customers mention "Visual quality"6 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the visual presentation of the book, with one mentioning its great layout and another highlighting the photos and suggestions.

"This is a beautiful book visually and I loved the discoveries that were new to me even though I've visited Napa many times...." Read more

"Great layout; inspiring for weekend getaways to wine country. You'll be daydreaming away while paging through this book!" Read more

"...the many beautiful seasons that Napa has to offer and the beauty of the country side!..." Read more

"This is such a thoughtful and elegant book with so many tips about the wine country - it will have you wanting to head straight to Napa and..." Read more

3 customers mention "Story quality"3 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the stories in the book, with one mentioning the interesting interviews and another noting the extensive Napa history.

"Great Coffee table read! So much Napa history and advice on where to go and what to see on your Napa Valley Vacation...." Read more

"...tasty treat of a read...secrets, scoop, spectacular snaps, special stories, and best of all, FROM NAPA WITH LOVE is from the authoress with heart,..." Read more

"It was an interesting book about the people interviewed. It really didn't live up to the description...." Read more

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  • J.P.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite book about Napa!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2023
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    This book is a must for anyone visiting Napa! I reference it all of the time! I also love to give it to friends who are going to be visiting Napa. I hope more copies are available soon! The author has written a happy, positive, relevant and flexible guide to Napa, showing the vast fun the area has to offer on so many levels.
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  • kathleen
    5.0 out of 5 stars This is a beautiful book visually and I loved the discoveries that were ...
    Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2017
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    This is a beautiful book visually and I loved the discoveries that were new to me even though I've visited Napa many times. It's like my go-to style guru whispering the best places to eat, drink, stay, and meander in my ear. Your friend who always has the inside track on the less traveled path where you always end up having just the best time. Thought I would keep it as a reference for my next trip to the wine country but I confess I read it cover to cover. Really loved it!
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  • RoseyMehta
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fun & Informative
    Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2019
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    Great layout; inspiring for weekend getaways to wine country. You'll be daydreaming away while paging through this book!
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  • kristine West
    5.0 out of 5 stars Add Napa Valley to your bucket list and bring this book with you!!
    Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2018
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    My husband and I lived in the Napa Valley for five years! We were lucky enough to enjoy the many beautiful seasons that Napa has to offer and the beauty of the country side!
    After reading From Napa With Love Alexis opened our eyes to the behind the scenes and the fun the happens in the estates that you see along highway 29! And we look forward to returning to experience Napa with a whole new perspective!
    This is a must read if you have never been to Napa and for those who frequently get the opportunity to go! Add Napa to your bucket list and bring this book with you!
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  • karen richardson
    5.0 out of 5 stars ... to head straight to Napa and experience all the wonderful things you just read about
    Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2017
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    This is such a thoughtful and elegant book with so many tips about the wine country - it will have you wanting to head straight to Napa and experience all the wonderful things you just read about !!
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  • LadyLawyr
    1.0 out of 5 stars Instead of “From Napa With Love,” the author should have titled this book “I Love My Privileged Life.”
    Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2018
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    I recently purchased a home in Calistoga, a charming little town that is apparently “on the wrong side of the tracks,” rating so much lower than St. Helena that one of the author’s featured “people to know” actually used to lie and say he lived in St. Helena rather than admit he was from Calistoga. I bought this book hoping to get a bit more insight into the area I now call home. Sadly, the only insight I’ve gained is that there are a whole lot of uber-wealthy, privileged white folks with summer homes in Napa, one of whom is the heiress to the Swanson frozen dinner fortune. She loves her privileged life so much that she wrote this book as a vanity project. Oh, and apparently you can buy glass dixie cups. Who knew?

    Let’s delve a little deeper into this supremely disappointing tome. Who exactly are these people we should know? Overwhelmingly, the people featured in the book are intimately connected to the author: her immediate family (mother, father, sister, sister, husband, and she even featured HERSELF) and friends of the family (mom’s BFF), and various professionals who provide services to the author and her family (the author’s very own interior decorator, architect, wedding planner, wedding cake baker, caterer/chef, etc.).

    And where should we go? Don’t go to Calistoga. Go to the most expensive hotel you can find. Ideally the room should cost more per night than your monthly mortgage payment. And eat at the French Laundry. For lunch though — not for dinner. How very low key. And how should you get there? Duh — drive your Audi R8 or your Mercedes AMG. The backroads of Napa are so much better in a sports car that costs more than your home.

    This entire book was one big miss for me. After reading it, I couldn’t identify a single person I actually wanted to get to know or a place I wanted to go. In fact, the folks and places featured in the book are so utterly soulless that I’m second guessing my decision to make the Napa Valley part of my life. If you’re planning a trip to Napa, save your money and use this $25 to buy a wine tasting flight. Then get to really know the charming person who's pouring your wine at the tasting room. And be sure to ask him/her for insider tips for the rest of your visit!
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  • Rosemary Walls
    4.0 out of 5 stars just like the author
    Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2018
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    This book has charm, and creativity, just like the author. So fun to explore Napa in such a unique way! Not your typical Napa Valley book!
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  • K. G. Harbin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiration for Years to Come
    Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2017
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    I got my first copy last week and just ordered 5 more to give as gifts. This book is an incredible resource for anyone considering a visit to the Napa area. In addition, it is an all around inspiration for adding more fun and creativity to life. I will be referring back to it for years to come.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great photos of places and people
    Reviewed in Canada on February 26, 2018
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    Well researched and well documented. Great photos of places and people, interesting characters, a happy book to spend time in.
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