I told that to Bill Harlan as we walked around his newest winery, Promontory. He laughed. There's a stylish waterspout on the patio that points directly at Harlan Estate on a hill directly opposite a small valley; you can't easily walk to it, but you can see it.

And obviously, from Harlan Estate you have a terrific view of the hillside winery on Oakville Grade. Harlan could sit and watch what an industrial-looking winery, with tanks outside, looked like as it went through several iterations. Robert Mondavi first called it Vichon after taking over that brand, then renamed it La Famiglia di Robert Mondavi. I tried to picnic there once in that incarnation and we were chased away by swarms of bees. Will Harlan, Bill's son, speculated the bees were drawn by the open tanks and grape skins scattered about.