Vacation in Napa Valley. These are pictures of Francis Ford Coppola's Vineyard. He has a museum inside the Chateau that is filled with his movie memorobilia. I enjoyed visiting the place. Sofia Coppola mixed the audio for Lost in Translation here. She also grew up here in the victorian house way off in the distance in one of the pictures.
Francis almost lost the place in the late 70's because of Apocalypse Now. He was able to make it with having to file for bankruptcy. He realized the importance of the vineyard. It was started by Gustav Niebaum in the late 1800's. He made Inglenook wine. It actually was one of the best wines in North America but after he died and the land was sold off a company made cheap wine using the Inglenook name. Francis understood the legacy of the place and named his company Niebaum-Coppola Wines.
