2010 Napa Valley Holiday's Contest Winner

Sarah from West Bloomfield, MI

"Napa Valley is a ripe grape. It hangs plumply from the vine as it awaits picking, anxious to share its sweet burst of flavor with a hungry tongue. If you are lucky enough to glimpse inside, you will catch a view of peace and promise and possibility sparkling in the sun. You will find perfection beckoning you. Napa Valley is a ripe grape, and I want to be the hand that plucks it. I want to taste the flavor of a fresh, juicy grape straight from the vine and the sun and the air. I want Napa Valley's magnificent mountain and valley views to belong to my memory. I want the divine tastes of oaky mature reds and gourmet culinary creations to deliver me to transcendence. I want to soar, balloon-lifted, under a golden sky, regretting that I may never again in life witness a parallel level of beauty. I want to dip my feet into a bounty of purple orbs, squeeze them between my toes until I feel as though I have released Napa Valley's peace and promise and possibility. I want to experience Napa Valley, perfection."