Start your vacation with a two night stay at the luxurious Huntington Hotel on Nob Hill in San Francisco (www.huntingtonhotel.com).  With its breathtaking perspective of the Bay Area, this San Francisco hotel is one of few remaining places in which the fast pace of city life gives way to understated elegance and discretion. Seated on one of the city's highest hills, this San Francisco luxury hotel provides superlative views of the skyline or Huntington Park. From its unique position atop the prestigious Nob Hill, this elegant San Francisco hotel offers leisure and business travelers the perfect location. As a full-service, four-diamond property with a strong tradition of hospitality, the Huntington Hotel provides service with the grace of yesteryear – right alongside today's most modern amenities.  The delicious and spectacular Big 4 Restaurant in the Huntington Hotel offers your dinner for two for an extraordinary dining experience during your stay.

Follow your city visit with a trip up to the Napa Valley.  A three day, two night stay at Meadowood Napa Valley (www.meadowood.com) is next. Settled on a private estate, Meadowood is a center of social, cultural and viticultural life in Napa Valley and a second home for those who enjoy the beauty and hospitality of the wine country.

Your luxury stay in the Napa Valley will include a private Twilight Tour and Tasting at world famous Opus One (www.opusonewinery.com).   You will begin this late afternoon experience with a champagne reception in the winery's salon, where you will enjoy a selection of seasonally-inspired hors d'oeuvres provided by Ken Frank of La Toque (www.latoque.com).  Next, you will be taken on a private tour of Opus One, visiting the salient architectural spaces of the winery, including the mezzanine, cuvier, gallery and grand chai.  The tour culminates in the Grand Chai with a tasting of two vintages of Opus One. The Twilight Tour and Tasting donation is quite limited and has been auctioned alone in the past up to $3,000 just for this opportunity.

Your napa experience will also include a private wine tasting at Plumpjack.  You will be met by Jon Conover, the general manager of Plumpjack and Anthony Biagi, the winemaker.  You will have a private tour of the property, and have a private barrell tasting.  You will have access to the gorgeous outdoor patio area that overlooks the vineyards.  Plumpjack, was founded and is owned by Gordon Getty and Gavin Newsome.  Plump Jack was Queen Elizabeth's name for the rotund Falstaff of Shakespeare's Henry IV. So delighted was she with this roguish character that she asked the Bard to write another play in which Jack would fall in love. Shakespeare answered her with "The Merry Wives of Windsor." Closer to home, San Francisco composer and philanthropist Gordon Getty wrote an opera he called "PlumpJack." The fun-loving and irreverent spirit of PlumpJack clearly excited the sensibilities of Gordon's close friend and business associate Gavin Newsom.

After your fun-filled Plumpjack adventure, they will send you on your way with a bottle of the 2004 Plumpjack Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Oakville) valued at $72. 

Then, Mahoney Vineyard's, pioneers in the develpment of premium Pinot Noir wines in the Carneros appellation, invites you to join them for a Private Tour and Tasting at the winery.  Enjoy an informative tour of the vineyard, and sample the award winning, limited produciton wines while enjoying the enchanting views of Carneros from teh deck the beautiful visitors center.