🇺🇸【California · Napa】Gun Range & Winery

Guns and wine — two of America’s most iconic cultural obsessions, one rugged, one refined. 🔫🍷 📍 Morning: Coyote Valley Sporting Clays (CVSC) in Morgan Hill Touted as one of the best clay shooting ranges in the U.S. The setting feels like a golf course — except you’re carrying a shotgun instead of a club. 🏌️‍♂️→🔫 Yell “Pull!” and a clay disc flies like a crazed rabbit skimming the ground. Fire off a shot (often clumsily 😅), and watch it shatter into dust. That raw “aim-and-destroy” thrill delivers a serious dopamine rush — less like shooting, more like a military-themed Disneyland outdoors. 💥 📍 Afternoon: Beaulieu Vineyard (B.V.) After an adrenaline-packed morning, we drove covered in gunpowder scent to Napa Valley’s historic B.V. Winery. For much of the 20th century, this place defined top-tier American Cabernet Sauvignon. 🍇🏰 A friend opened a 50-year-old vintage. Everyone else swirled, sniffed, and talked about “blackcurrant, cedar, and a hint of leather.” All I could taste was something smooth and not bitter — my unrefined review: “This stuff… is fancy.” 😂 One culture celebrates strength and rules — rough, loud, and explosive. The other worships taste and pleasure — elegant, quiet, and complex. From all-American toughness to Napa Valley sophistication — all just an hour’s drive apart. #California #NapaValley #USA #GunCulture #WineTasting #AmericanExperience