ASAP GETAWAYS : DINE WITH WINEMAKERS ABOARD WINE TRAIN.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services The Napa Valley Wine Train The Napa Valley Wine Train is operated by the Napa Valley Railroad (AAR reporting marks NVRR). The train is a privately operated excursion train that runs between Napa and St. Helena, California. , beginning its seventh year of 36-mile jaunts past 26 wineries aboard refurbished 1915-era Pullman cars, offers four vintners' luncheons this month, with passengers meeting local winemakers on board. The following vintners' luncheons (and the winery whose wines will be featured) are scheduled: Sept. 6, Freemark Abbey Winery Freemark Abbey Winery, located between St. Helena and Calistoga in California's Napa Valley, traces its roots to 1886. Today, Freemark Abbey produces Cabernet, Merlot, Chardonnay, and Riesling, as well as very limited production wines, such as Viognier, Petite Sirah, Sangiovese, ; Sept. 13, Clos Du Val Wine Co. Ltd.; Sept. 20, Far Niente Winery; and Sept. 27, Villa Mount Eden Mount Eden (Maungawhau - 'Mountain of the Whau tree' in Māori) is the name of a volcano and surrounding suburb in Auckland, New Zealand, situated five kilometres south of the city centre. The English name honours George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. Winery. Boarding begins at 11 a.m. and the train departs at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $72 per person and includes lunch, wine and train fare. Sunday champagne brunches, which depart at 9 a.m., cost $56.50 per person. And passengers with a taste for intrigue can book the murder mystery dinner theater Sept. 26, when actors in 1900s costumes will act out a murder drama from California's history. Dinner is $99 per person; the train boards at 6 p.m. and departs at 6:30 p.m. All trains board from the downtown Napa station, 1275 McKinstry St. Information and reservations: (800) 427-4124. Nevada City: This Gold Country town will mark the signing of the state constitution Sept. 7 and 8 with the 30th annual Constitution Day Celebration. Events begin at 10 a.m. Saturday with Civil War encampments, food, music and a duck race; Civil War battle re-enactments will take place at 1 and 4 p.m. Sunday, events begin with a pancake breakfast, a battle re-enactment at 10 a.m. and a 2 p.m. parade. The parade will march down Broad Street; all other events will be at Pioneer Park on Nimrod Nimrod, in the Bible, descendant of Cush who is recorded as a mighty hunter. Nimrod Biblical hunter of great prowess. [O.T.: Genesis 10:9; Br. Lit.: Paradise Lost] See : Hunting Street. Admission is free. Information: (916) 265-2496. San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden : Tugboats will be the stars of the show Sept. 13-15 for this year's Festival of the Sea at the Hyde Street Pier The Hyde Street Pier is an historic ferry pier located on the northern waterfront of San Francisco, California, amidst the tourist zone of Fisherman's Wharf. Prior to the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, it was the principal , at Hyde and Jefferson streets. Events run from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; admission is free, including entry to the historic museum ships anchored at the pier. There'll be a parade of historic tugboats at noon Sept. 13, a tugboat tugboat, small, strongly built vessel, used to guide large oceangoing ships into and out of port and to tow barges, dredging and salvage equipment, and disabled vessels. rodeo at 1 p.m. Sept. 14 and a tugboat race at 2 p.m. Sept. 15. Information: (415) 929-0202. Redding Redding, city (1990 pop. 66,462), seat of Shasta co., N central Calif., on the Sacramento River; inc. 1872. A principal tourist center for a mountain and lake region, it also has lumbering, food-processing, and diverse manufacturing. : The Shasta Jazz Festival runs Sept. 20-22, featuring Dixieland, swing, rhythm and blues rhythm and blues (R&B) Any of several closely related musical styles developed by African American artists. The various styles were based on a mingling of European influences with jazz rhythms and tonal inflections, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues chords. , rock, Western jazz and zydeco zydeco (zī`dĭkō'), American musical form originating among the African-American Creoles of Louisiana. Drawing on elements of traditional Cajun music as well as jazz, country and western, and blues, it is characterized by French lyrics, music played by 15 bands at a variety of locations. Tickets cost $45 for a three-day pass or $18 for Sept. 20, $25 for Sept. 21 and $18 for Sept. 22; kids 18 and younger (admitted during limited hours), $6. Information: (916) 244-5870. Arizona: The new Phoenix Art Museum, 1625 N. Central Ave., will stage its grand opening Sept. 21 and 22 with create-your-own art with infrared cameras and body movements, mural painting, a dreamwheel that will let visitors record their dreams, a jazz concert and food. The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday. Admission is $5 adults, $4 seniors 65 and older, $2 kids 6 and older; through Sept. 29, admission is free. Information: (602) 257-1222. Nevada: Classic cars of the 1950s and '60s will converge on the Horizon Hotel/Casino Sept. 13-15 for ``Cool September Days,'' the Stateline casino area's 11th annual car show and crafts fair. A total of 350 autos from 1927 to the present will compete for prizes. Events include a mystery car cruise Sept. 13, car judging and a dance contest Sept. 14, and an early morning poker run Sept. 15. Information: (702) 588-6211. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: A Wine Train crew member pours glasses of wine for p assengers. Susanne Hopkins/Daily News |
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