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Spring Mountain and Napa Valley Images

Hillside vineyards, grapes, cellars, towns and the casinos that pour Napa wine: every photograph used on Vineyard Journal, with its author and licence. Click a picture to read the article it belongs to.

Young vineyard on a cleared hillside on Spring Mountain with forested hills and clouds — Young vines on a cleared Spring Mountain slope, with the Napa Valley hills beyond. Photo: Dan Dickinson, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Vineyard rows on a Spring Mountain hillside overlooking the valley under a clear blue sky — Hillside vineyard on Spring Mountain looking east across Napa Valley. Photo: Alan Daly, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Rows of young spring vines on a cleared mountain slope with forest and distant hills — April vines on the Stony Hill slopes above Napa Valley. Photo: StonyHill, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Napa Valley welcome sign with a grape cluster in front of vineyards and mountains — The roadside sign that greets visitors arriving in Napa Valley. Photo: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Victorian stone and timber Rhine House surrounded by gardens and oak trees — The Rhine House at Beringer in St. Helena, a Victorian landmark at the north end of town. Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Historic nineteenth-century brick commercial building on Main Street in St. Helena — A nineteenth-century brick building on Main Street in St. Helena. Photo: Annette Teng, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Panorama of Napa Valley vineyards in autumn with golden leaves and hills — Autumn colour in Napa Valley vineyards, where Cabernet Sauvignon is the most planted grape. Photo: Brocken Inaglory, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Ripe Cabernet Sauvignon grape clusters among green vine leaves — Ripe Cabernet Sauvignon clusters in a Napa Valley vineyard in Oakville. Photo: Lyn Gateley, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Dark purple Syrah grape clusters hanging among vine leaves — Ripe Syrah clusters hanging in the vine canopy. Photo: Hahn Family Wines, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Bunches of dark Sangiovese grapes hanging from an old vine under a blue sky — Sangiovese bunches on an old vine, seen from below. Photo: Francesco Sgroi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Large clusters of ripe dark blue Merlot grapes on the vine — Ripe Merlot clusters ready for harvest. Photo: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Bunches of green-gold Chardonnay grapes on the vine in late summer — Chardonnay grapes ripening in August in Northern California. Photo: Missvain, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Large oak casks lining both walls of a winery cask room with a long tasting table — Oak casks and a tasting table in a St. Helena winery cellar. Photo: John, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Dormant winter vines above a carpet of yellow mustard flowers in a Napa vineyard — Winter in a Napa vineyard: mustard in bloom between dormant vines, months before a new vintage. Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Seared beef steak with sauce and berries, served with a glass of red wine — Steak with a red wine sauce and a glass of red: the most famous Napa Cabernet pairing. Photo: JIP, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Bellagio hotel and casino lit up at night with the lights of Las Vegas behind it — Bellagio at night: the 1998 resort that helped turn the Strip into a serious wine destination. Photo: Clément Bardot, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

A four-storey glass wine tower filled with bottles inside a Las Vegas restaurant — The four-storey wine tower at Aureole, Mandalay Bay, where wine angels on cables fetched the bottles. Photo: rickpilot_2000, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Vintage postcard showing well-dressed players around a roulette table in Las Vegas — A mid-century postcard of a roulette game in a Las Vegas casino. Photo: Tichnor Brothers postcard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

A sommelier pouring red wine from a decanter for a guest at a restaurant table — A sommelier decants red wine for a guest at dinner. Photo: Jennifer, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Illuminated entrance sign of Graton Resort and Casino at night — Graton Resort & Casino in Rohnert Park, Sonoma County, at night. Photo: Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Highway 50 at Stateline Nevada with casino hotel towers beside the road — Casino hotel towers along U.S. Highway 50 at Stateline, Nevada, on Lake Tahoe's South Shore. Photo: Noah_Loverbear, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Emerald Bay on Lake Tahoe at sunrise with a small island and pine forest — Sunrise over Emerald Bay and Fannette Island, Lake Tahoe. Photo: Eric Philbin, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The neon Reno Arch reading The Biggest Little City in the World at dusk — The Reno Arch on Virginia Street, gateway to downtown Reno's casinos. Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Rows of oak barrels in a Bordeaux chateau cellar with one barrel in the central aisle — Barrels in the cellar of a Bordeaux château, where wine is sold en primeur long before bottling. Photo: davitydave, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

A crowded nineteenth-century auction room with bidders gathered around the auctioneer — Auction Scene, an oil painting by Wilhelm Marstrand, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Photo: Wilhelm Marstrand, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Bottle of 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay in a display case with a first place plaque — A bottle of the 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay displayed as the 1976 Paris tasting winner. Photo: ayako, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Bottles of 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay and 1973 Stag's Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon — The two winning wines of the 1976 Paris tasting, now in the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Photo: National Museum of American History, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Close-up of four aces fanned out in a hand of playing cards — Four aces: in poker, as in blind tasting, the odds of a hand can be calculated. Photo: BillDjango29, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

A flight of white and red wines in tasting glasses on a table with tasting notes — A tasting flight laid out for comparison, the starting point of every blind tasting. Photo: Missvain, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Casino de Monte-Carlo illuminated at dusk with fountains and palm trees in front — The Casino de Monte-Carlo at dusk, seen across the fountains of the casino gardens. Photo: Z.graber, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Ornate marble hall with wooden doors leading into the Baden-Baden casino — The entrance to the casino inside the Kurhaus at Baden-Baden. Photo: Txllxt TxllxT, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Wooden vineyard shelter with picnic benches and vineyard slopes behind it in Neuweier — A vineyard shelter in the Neuweier vineyards of Baden-Baden, with vines on the slope behind. Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The Belle Époque facade of the Hôtel de Paris in Monte Carlo with palm trees — The Hôtel de Paris Monte-Carlo, whose cellar was carved into the rock beneath it in 1874. Photo: Arnaud 25, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.