Because Calistoga is in the northernmost reaches of Napa Valley, at the foot of Mount St Helena and sandwiched between the Mayacamas and Vaca ranges, it is hotter in summer than most of the region’s other sub AVAs, but also cooler at night, thanks to breezes from the Russian River.
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