The Coop is ushering in spring with a seasonal menu and expanded offerings. A collaboration between Hoopes Vineyard and the town of Yountville, The Coop offers a casual menu of pastries, coffee, wine, soups, sandwiches and weekly specials, with ingredients sourced from Hoopes Vineyard’s Oasis Garden and the Yountville Farmstand Garden. Shoppers can also purchase […]
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Bocce On! – Yountville June 26, 2025
As I write this recap of weeks 9 and 10 bocce results, we have one more week to play until our two-week summer break. The first half of our season has flown by! Monday night is as popular as ever. Sixteen teams played on Monday, June 9. Play was a little slower than usual; it’s […]
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Napa County Master Gardeners plant a nectar corridor for pollinators
Celebrations have just concluded for National Pollinator Week, an annual international event to raise awareness about the important role pollinators play in our everyday lives. One way we can help pollinators is by planting nectar corridors. These dedicated plantings give our pollinators the food they need to survive. These areas also provide helpful pit stops […]
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Yountville Twilight Market continues tonight
Tonight is the third Yountville Twilight Market of the season. I was reminded by our contributing writer Ranndy Piña who reported that just over a month ago he and his wife Lin were on their morning walk around town when they stopped to see the progress being made on Clementine (the restaurant set to open […]
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Bocce On – Yountville June 5, 2025
Bocce: Slow and Fast It was week five of the bocce season, and attendance was high, which required two rounds of play for each of the three games played. It seems it’s always your team that doesn’t get called to play. Instead, you sit and watch the others, hoping to hear your name next. The […]
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Yountville’s Coop opens at the Commons
A new spot in town to casually gather and imbibe opened officially on Saturday, April 12, in the former snack bar space adjacent to the Kaneshiro Field baseball diamond on the Yountville Commons site. The Coop by Hoopes, developed by Yountville vintner, micro-farmer and mom Lindsay Hoopes in partnership with the town of Yountville, is […]
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Mixed Nutts Ballers Hit Ten-Year Mark in 2024
Resident veterans Tom Parkinson and Dave Trisch were sitting together in the stands enjoying a ballgame at the historic Cleve Borman Field on the campus of Yountville’s Veterans Home more than a decade ago when their casual conversation, common during ballgames that span at least nine innings and several hours, evolved into an idea: Let’ […]
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Picturesque pickleball in Yountville
Local ballers have played for more than a decade Most any day of the week, a pickleball game is played in Yountville. The best part is that in this rapidly growing sport, nearly anyone can play. Barb Larson of Yountville first noticed pickleball while visiting the Palm Desert region of Southern California several years ago, […]