Poetry Inn is not Euro-glamourous like Auberge de Soleil, or cutting-edge hip like Calistoga Ranch.

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Birnbaum, originally from Louisiana, now operates Catahoula, a restaurant in the historic Napa Valley town of Calistoga.

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You could pull into Calistoga and get yourself a mudbath (you still can), but that whole spa-day thing?

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In Sonoma County, the Yellow Fire north of Calistoga was less than half contained after burning 125 acres.

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Two California wineries, August Briggs in Calistoga and Bouchaine Vineyards in Napa, report that the variety is among their fastest sellers.

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One of its properties, Calistoga Ranch, leverages not just the local waters but its Napa Valley location with its Vineyard Crush treatment, starring a grape-seed massage and tea bath.

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Mr. KOSSA-RIENZI: Well, we were using a brand called Santo Lucia, which has -the bubbles are relatively soft, and what we've found with some of the local ones, such as, say, Calistoga, they're pretty heavily carbonated.

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