Napa Valley 4K - California Vineyards - Scenic Drive

Sunday afternoon drive through Napa Valley near San Francisco California along the popular Silverado Trail. This area is the premier wine region of the USA and home to over 800 wineries. The video starts in downtown Napa, continues along the Silverado Trail to Calistoga, and back towards downtown Napa.
Route: goo.gl/maps/KMf9qb5sq6TjGbfSA .
Napa Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in Napa County in California's Wine Country. Napa Valley is considered one of the premier wine regions in the world. Records of commercial wine production in the region date back to the nineteenth century, but premium wine production dates back only to the 1960s.
The combination of Mediterranean climate, geography and geology of the region are conducive to growing quality wine grapes. John Patchett established the Napa Valley's first commercial vineyard in 1858. In 1861 Charles Krug established another of Napa Valley's first commercial wineries in St. Helena. Viticulture in Napa suffered several setbacks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including an outbreak of the vine disease phylloxera, the institution of Prohibition, and the Great Depression. The wine industry in Napa Valley recovered, and helped by the results of the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, came to be seen as capable of producing the best quality wine - equal to that of Old World wine regions. Napa Valley is now a major enotourism destination.
Napa Valley as a top wine region
In 1976, the region got a boost from the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, which featured a Napa Valley Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon besting several famous French labels in a blind tasting format. The story of the wine competition, termed the "Judgment of Paris", was made into a Hollywood movie in 2008, called Bottle Shock. The results of this tasting cemented the region's reputation as a producer of world class wines.
A trend of larger national and international companies like E & J Gallo Winery, Diageo and Constellation Brands buying smaller wineries, vineyards and brands began to gain momentum in the early part of the 21st century. Today Napa Valley features more than 450 wineries that grow grape varieties including Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Pinot noir, Merlot, Zinfandel, among others. While winemakers may produce wines from specific AVAs within the valley, many wines are made as a blend from grapes grown on the valley floor and the surrounding hillsides.
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[@jutah]

What kind of music or song would you pair with this video? Smooth jazz with piano maybe? Comment below, I'd love to hear it!

[@Daj3293]

Heavy metal

[@jutah]

@Ronald Rojas M lol

[@user_cv8wysmstt]

I personally vote for NO MUSIC.

[@phototravel852]

Country Music, Willie Nelson - On the road again

[@rendermanpro]

Hi, sorry if you asked million times about that, but what camera/stabilizer are you using? It is so smooth videos on your channel (especially on night videos in cities)... Regarding music and someone said "heavy metal" - you can make as well timelapses from your videos :)

[@sammcdonald769]

From someone who lives here, it’s like driving your car from the couch. 😂

[@drknowsalot_]

Exactly lol

[@ariipizano9565]

You live in Napa dry ass city 😭

[@Saddles_N_Sauvignon]

100%%% 🤣👌🏽

[@juliehice9732]

@@ariipizano9565 California is dry 🤡, Napa valley is the most beautiful city in California!!! GTFO

[@SantoshKumarsp57]

I am seeing the beautiful country of states through J's videos... thanks man!! Lots of best wishes from India!!

[@jutah]

Thank you for the feedback!!

[@walker-l]

Caifornia sky is very beautiful. THank you for sharing :) - Greetings from Seoul.

[@jutah]

Thank you too!

[@craigmack9427]

Beautiful place. I've lived all over after being born in England...I've been in a few countries in Africa, b/too Australia, Canada...although I've been fascinated with California my whole life...I sure hope I get to visit and I would gladly stay 😃😃😃

[@javablues1678]

Greetings from India. I really love your videos; no music, no time lapse, and shot in midday, just the right time out for a scenic drive. The gentle hum of your car makes it nice and soothing. Thanks a lot!

[@jutah]

Thank you! I hope to be in India soon!

[@gmlaster]

What I love most about your videos is NO TALK, NO MUSIC. Just the sound of a the car on the road. I had no idea how much of a difference that makes. It’s just a long, peaceful Sunday drive…on demand. I have only one criticism…I hate waiting at the stop lights with you. If you could edit those out with a nice, quick fade, I’d be willing to sacrifice the beauty of an uninterrupted drive. Otherwise, you have by far, the best, most enjoyable 4K driving videos on KZbin. I’m incredibly glad I found your channel! ❤️💕❤️💕❤️

[@jutah]

Great feedback! I was just thinking about the stop light thing and was planning to do a poll on it. The funny thing is, people consistently vote to keep them in. Maybe no more than 10 seconds of stop light light? I don't know. I have always planned on doing more of the 360 video so you could just look around at stop lights. That's the plan at least!

[@gmlaster]

@@jutah Can’t wait for the 360 videos. I really hope you do one in Sarasota, FL. Especially Siesta Key beach and Casey Key. St. Augustine too! There’s so much eye candy there! Not being able to look out the window is unfortunate. But the rest of the video is so wonderfully soothing that you stop caring after awhile. Thank you so much for these videos. I don’t think you know how important your videos are to people right now. For those of us trapped in our homes, it’s like being able to go on vacation anywhere in the world in perfect safety during the pandemic. And for free. No hotels or restaurants. Just a nice leisurely drive. I can even fall asleep at the wheel. And I tried the video to Santa Monica hooked up to my air pods with noise cancelling on. It was dreamy! I have an app called Sleep Machine, and it allows me to blend my music with sound effects like beach waves and wind. It was like really being there! I’m betting there are thousands of us all over the globe just kicking back with a glass of wine, enjoying a virtual vacation to wherever you’re driving us. This is so much better than Google Earth. 😊

[@gmlaster]

@@jutah How about a five second stop light?

[@TVSCDN]

The serenity n beautiful roads and homes n green 🌲 everywhere ❤️👍🙏❤️.. CALIFORNIA is HEAVEN on EARTH 😂❤️👍🙏❤️..the blue skies 💙

[@lazzybug007]

It's my childhood dream to visit Napa Valley. I hope someday I will visit this place..

[@yourspiritrocks]

has enjoyed the peace and serenity of this ride continuously over the past four decades

[@andjulia9292]

California dreaming on such a covid day. Cheers and thank you for the virtual trip!

[@BadDriversOfNapa]

Hey, you're in my area! You came here at the right time of year!

[@Melissa-gz1wg]

Does it get cold enough to snow here?

[@BadDriversOfNapa]

@@Melissa-gz1wg Not at the lower elevations where the towns are. We get snow above 3,000 feet in the highest hills several times a winter. Below 2,000 feet it rarely snows. Near zero elevation, it almost never snows. Maybe once every ten years, but just a few flakes. When I want to see snow I only have to drive 45 minutes to the nearest high mountain, that is, if a cold storm just blew through.

[@GraveDolly]

I was born and raised in Napa [Currently live with my bf in Petaluma CA now] and it's so cool to see a 4k video of my home.

[@jutah]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@samalqatta]

you are lucky grave

[@mackenziecole5027]

Yeah! This is my hood! So glad to see that people enjoy it as much as I do! I think it’s so cool to see people oooh and awe over it, but I just see all of these places every day as my home! Love the application!

[@jutah]

I love it!

[@jutah]

Stag's Leap Wine Cellars, at 12:33, made Napa Valley world-famous in 1976 when it won the Judgment of Paris, a promotional wine competition among French and California wines. The area thrived with the growing prominence of California wine. Hope everyone is well! J en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverado_Trail

[@stephenpalmer896]

I live in Sonoma and have driven all of this countless times and never get tired of it. J, if you really want to see something, come back and film it in the fall , early mid November when all the vines are going into their fall colors. Focus on the Silverado Trail side. My wife and I make a point of doing this every year. Also, another road less traveled drive that you'd love is the Westside Road drive in the Russian River area.

[@jutah]

Thank you for suggesting! I will try and do that :)

[@maxxofficial4710]

This is so relaxing and awesome to watch, thank you , I am truly grateful of your videos

[@bicyclebitch9700]

Maybe you like mine to! ✌🚴‍♀️

[@wingsfan1450]

Bad drivers of Napa taught me the layout so well over the years. Great video!

[@amindaremi2609]

It's sooooo beautiful . One of my favourite place on earth . One day I'll be here 😍😍🇺🇲

[@AnujN]

I can smell the wine! Great drive as always J!

[@jutah]

Thanks Anuj! I was just watching one of your videos this morning!

[@neerajrhd]

I am watching it from a remote village in India. It is relives my stress. I liked this road trip very much. Love to see those American cars on a scenic highway. Thanks for uploading.

[@stevehovanesian3979]

Born and raised in St. Helena, now living in Australia. At 23:15 I grew up in the house on the right. Cant wait to get back home to visit family after COVID.

[@justinewhite-hadley3138]

My home! ♥️ Thank you for visiting and sharing with everyone!

[@poole4871]

I lived there for one year in 17' and looking back through you vids brings me back to that place ! thanks !

[@vineetnagavi3689]

Off city videos are more relaxing , good to explore virtually in these difficult days👍

[@bicyclebitch9700]

You're so right! 🙃✌🚴‍♀️

[@goodwizard8598]

Thanks for posting another Napa Valley Video. These are amazing.

[@BrendaMartinez-lj1id]

Omg! I live here this is my everyday commitment to work 😊

[@amindaremi2609]

Good for you 😍

[@lwltravel4782]

I visited a few hillside vineyards in Napa Valley some years ago.This video brought my fun memories back. Thanks.

[@lovastelli343]

C est vraiment magnifique ! j ai l impression d être dans la voiture et me balader tranquillement ! franchement c est beau ! merci de nous faire partager cet agréable moment !!! 💖🩸💖🩸💖🩸

[@Alvarockist]

Majestuosos paisajes, árboles preciosos. Es un viaje ensoñador. ¡Gracias UTAH! por ese gran regalo.

[@MoreLocations]

Beautiful 👍🏻. I enjoyed the video. Thank you 😊

[@jackran5465]

Another beautiful video, thank you very much , and keep up the great work 👍🏼👍🏼.

[@miz3249]

I personally felt that smooth jazz was suitable for this video :)

[@danielfeldman5800]

Sensational. We've made this drive too many times to count over the years and it never gets tired. We know these wineries very well ... Too bad your camera doesn't pan to fully show the magnificent scenery. The valley is 30 miles long and 3 miles wide. Vineyards everywhere!

[@BoydXplorer]

Nice driving tour J Utah. Thanks for another journey to Napa Valley Vineyards in California. Keep up the good work. Take care and God bless!

[@miz3249]

What a scenic route!😍

[@GAMEOVER-jm7fd]

Dear friends, I will be with you soon Greetings from Germany 🇺🇸🇩🇪😀

[@thepatriot8514]

GAME OVER I was just watching some videos like this about Deutschland and a very beautiful country as well.

[@larrybuchannan186]

@@thepatriot8514 Napa valley is far more beautiful than anything gemany has to offer. That is for sure.

[@MiladBigleriMB]

I Love this video...Beautiful town and landscape...Make more videos like this,please

[@mediaFRIENDS]

Love your beautiful video and info about cities. Great videos

[@ReallyFilthyToad]

wow, that is so relaxing.

[@CityWalks]

🍎👍 Beautiful area. Very cool to see what it’s like after having heard so much about it. Some cool towns to walk through as well. Would love to visit in person. - H

[@chaisomabutrowens7192]

Awesome video. I miss Napa Valley landscape 🙏👍

[@samalqatta]

wow that's amazing view 😍 thanks bro

[@marilouvallespin3166]

Thanks for showing my place.. I live in Zinfandel, Silverado trail.

[@jutah]

youre welcome, i will be back soon and i want to film in better lighting conditions!

[@alekskorob56]

Thank you so much for the video! We look forward to hearing from you, if possible, a trip around the state of Alaska. We live in Siberia and would like to see the lifestyle of the "North Americans")❤🇷🇺

[@Xavieralex83]

Love ur video ty so much , this one remember me good memories in California , for my vacation hi from France :)

[@jutah]

Glad you enjoyed it! I hope to visit the vineyards of France soon!

[@KitKat-wd8vq]

Enjoying a cheese platter and a bottle of red watching this video...been down this road mannnny times!

[@lucianosilva7498]

I'm back, amazing video , amazing landscape.. thank u so much 🙌

[@Prince_Charming_1]

Beautiful!

[@alrayahalrehima6567]

To be watched with a glass of wine.

[@jutah]

Great idea!

[@CHICAGOWIND1981]

I agree!

[@jonmacdonald5345]

And a Blunt of California's best high quality indoor!

[@alrayahalrehima6567]

@@jonmacdonald5345 😂😂Indeed.

[@1969Makaveli]

And some smooth jazz by former Barry White, Issac Hayes, & Wolfman Jack guitarist....... Emmett North Jr. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpzbi5uQjc5mY9E

[@annesummers09]

Love your driving videos.

[@scriptkiddie5790]

Great weather = great content. Keep it up.

[@azimuth4850]

I especially like the sunny videos like this one. Love me a gloomy day too, they just don't come out on video as well.

[@doctorwesnal3249]

I can't believe what I see , very cleaning and beautiful

[@mjamusicswitzerland]

Lot of nature Looks great 👍🇨🇭🎧

[@imranzazai7404]

Very beautiful.

[@cocoloko1915]

This is what I watch to fall asleep . Thank you for making these , drive safe . Cheers

[@jutah]

Glad you like them!

[@cocoloko1915]

J Utah Thank you again .

[@StrafraumPrediger]

thanks again for sharing the routes J!

[@jutah]

Glad it helps!

[@DrSPrakashMDPhD]

Thank you very much

[@melania239]

i love this videos, Im studying with this on the backgroung

[@antonnovo695]

USA has the clearest sky. )

[@mohang.chander363]

Watching this drive, i remember south india. Man, this is close to it. Big trees and slopy land i really liked alot.

[@SANYAELECTRIC]

Hi. Upload more of these videos. It's very interesting to watch your videos. I myself am from Belarus, I'm impressed by what beautiful places you have.

[@mjcapo1]

What a nice looking place

[@danilmiroshnikov6130]

What a place!

[@ghaidaaalobaidy4033]

Wonderful

[@dwilson2548]

wow you sure were lucky to have been there two weeks ago if that in fact as when the video was shot and taking this as today is 8-21-20 and the fires have been burning for two days straight with a couple hundred thousand acres already burned zero containment .! it sure won't look like that for another couple years and if I had to put any kind of music to something that beautiful my first choice of course would be heavy metal my second would be the band type o negative but if I had to put something out there that everybody could listen to and is truly beautiful and a spiritual song that would be the full entire album tubular bells Mike Oldfield Thank you. 😷

[@codingninja9287]

wonderful

[@gattu357]

GREAT DRIVE

[@drivingkorea8221]

love your videos keep it up 👍👍

[@jeaneudes7707]

HI! Thank you for your videos. It's beautiful, peaceful... This is my dream, a great road-trip since I was young... To visit, to stop and to stay at place just for to be here... No destinations... One day perhaps... Sorry for my english...

[@guitardds]

Lived there during college, man, good times. The wine 🍷, the concerts, the nights driving the valley under a full moon and turning off the headlights to see the silver illumination. 8:57, the beer stop for tailgating parties heading down to concerts/ sports events in SF. 11:43 used to be Chimney Rock golf course on the right, snuck in played midnight golf with glow in the dark golf balls, bummed they made it another vineyard. 22:05 entrance to the most posh restaurant in the valley, Auberge du Soliel, waited tables there, had a great 20 minute talk with Robert Redford and his wife. Chill guy. 26:16 entrance to Meadowwood, big hangout for Joe Montana, plus a killer croquet course. 27:54 the college PUC is up the hill on the right. Whoever put a college in the middle of wine country, thank you! 39:50 Calistoga, the tourists drink in St. Helena, the locals drink here 🍻40:39, where I met my wife ♥️ 53:29 Giuni’s Sandwiches. Best in the valley!

[@elisabethschug2637]

Sir I beg to differ but I think The French Laundry is far more posh than Auberge, by about 2 Michelin stars...

[@guitardds]

Elisabeth Schug ok, I mean, all I know is early 90’s. Things may be different now

[@TOMKHOMION]

Thank you

[@Richie016]

Plenty of evening daylight to reach the valley before the sun sets.Quite an adventure🏕

[@seoulambience6128]

좋은 영상 항상 감사합니다.🇰🇷🇰🇷🚙🚙

[@KASSOR0123]

Espectacular video. Hermoso lugar. Me encanta. Muy bueno. Desde Argentina, saludos y abrazos a mis hermanos Americanos del Norte. Me llamo Carlos y soy mendocino. Es una provincia de mi pais. Por cierto muy lindo tambien. Deberias ponerle musica de fondo, algo bien bonito. Saludos para todos.

[@Juan_A_Garcia]

Very nice video 📹 Greetings from Spain

[@AmbientWalking]

Every time I encounter your videos I just feel like I'm somewhere else. It's a way of traveling that I like very much. Thank you! : )

[@chelsey2172]

My hometown 😍❤️

[@mosesreaganpaulrajendran8206]

Nice view

[@user-gl9fm6ti2s]

very good

[@LucasSocial]

Pra quem é do Brasil, é um contraste né? Tanto verde.. construções tão harmoniosas...

[@cheemabai5569]

I drove one year Uber here Love all the cities starting from Napa,Sonoma,Yountville,St.Helena,Angwin,Calistoga,Kellogg Wish one day I afford to live here

[@juliehice9732]

WHOOP WHOOP, IT'S MY HOMETOWN!!!!

[@juliehice9732]

My Great great grandfather Urcino Carrillo applied for citizenship in St Helena, Ca in 1855!!! He came from Zacatecas, Mexico

[@satendrapayasi9866]

Fantastic road brother

[@jutah]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@ZLone93256]

Relaxing!! keep posting hope ur channel soon reaches 1 million subscribers, greetings.

[@jutah]

That would be nice! Glad you like the videos!

[@ZLone93256]

@@jutah good luck😉💪👍

[@errolgreene3044]

Thanks for posting! Again, you recorded this video on almost the same day we would have been there on vacation... if not for Corona virus... :\

[@ChrisTheAspergerGuy]

This video reminded me of the drive to my uncle's house near Buffalo; seemingly endless farmland with the occasional passing through small towns lol.

[@jutah]

I hear upstate New York has some great scenic drives! Another item on my list to research. Hope all is well Chris!

[@ChrisTheAspergerGuy]

@@jutah Yeah, if you enjoyed the drive here, you'll dig that one too. Hope all is also well with you.

[@ReyKuba]

Nice video friend. Greetings🙏👍👍

[@smiley3755]

Ooooo Supra at 1:18 & r34 GTR at 54:13 😍😍

[@catwoman8861]

I was ready to subscribe based on your username alone so the videos are an extra treat. 😉

[@TTSVALStudios]

BD Caught on Dashcam brought me here. Very interesting scenery

[@jaric82]

Videos like this one would benefit greatly from wide angle camera. It is still very good.

[@PairRecVideos]

Wonderful review

[@elisabethschug2637]

Hey! I live here!! This was neat to see :)

[@jutah]

Love it!

[@800softie5]

me too!! so glad that i live here honestly

[@luisavilez3836]

Gracias estuve en Petaluma ahi se quedó mi familia

[@martinmuriihi121]

nice.keep up

[@exon_nfp]

Serene video as usual @J Utah! -though it’d be great to see Perth, Australia. 🇦🇺 😁

[@jutah]

One day! Thanks for the feedback and request!

[@user-de5nj1su7x]

The undisputed king of youtube 4k driving videos!

[@jutah]

It's an honor! Thank you!

[@ilovemyindia6267]

Keep it up bro...frm INDIA

[@ursaamajorr]

This is where I grew up 💕 #707