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| st. helena |
The city most identified with the "Napa Valley Lifestyle" began as a frontier settlement in 1834. Rising high against St. Helena’s western sky in Spring Mountain. These Mayacamas hillsides rising 2,000 feet have attracted grape growers, including Beringer Brothers, since the 1870’s. Today growers and winemakers use the region’s unique combination of fog, thin soils and sunlight to create wines of abundant flavor, complexity and elegance.
St. Helena today is a favorite spot to wander the downtown’s three blocks of boutique shopping at clothing and home furnishing stores and to enjoy dining at its celebrated restaurants, cafes and bakeries. Not surprisingly, the city has appeared in numerous films in the role of picturesque small town America.
St. Helena is the home of the renowned Culinary Institute of America at Greystone. Since 1995, the CIA at Greystone has provided continuing education opportunities and career development programs for food, wine and hospitality.
The people of St. Helena appear equally comfortable displaying just-folks charm at events such as its annual Pet Parade where costumed dogs, cats and owners fill the streets, as it does hosting the annual Napa Valley Wine Auction at nearby Meadowood Napa Valley, where millions of dollars are raised at the most successful wine charity event in the world.
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