Cheryleigh Corshen Corshen lists in her most recent column a series of great Happy Hour and Locals NIght options for those of us living in the Napa Valley ... and for visitors alike.

Just when you conclude that the Napa Valley of old  — where you could drop in to a small, friendly winery and share a glass with the owner who is also the winemaker — has disappeared forever beneath a flood of corporate-owned wineries or stylish, pricey, hobby projects, you find a place like August Briggs Winery in Calistoga.

Shafer Vineyards has donated $17,500 to the Meals on Wheels program in response to that agency’s recent shortfall.

Randall Grahm founded Bonny Doon Vineyard with the idea that he would make wines from Rhone varieties that reflected the wines of that district in southern France.