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Folie à Deux
Napa Cellars ON THE COVER
Folie à Deux & Napa Cellars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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WINE COUNTRY NEWS

Wine Country Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-18
Wineology by Len Napolitano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SPECIAL COUPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

FEATURE
WINE COUNTRY GETAWAYS

WINERY
Overnight Accommodations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
NAPA VALLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-47
Charles Krug Winery St. Helena Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Calistoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
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Yountville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Downtown Napa Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Napa Valley Fine Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Napa Valley Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-45
PA I R S
SONOMA COUNTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-63

PERFECT
Sonoma County Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-51

Ferrari Carano Zinfandel with Russian River Area Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Garganelli, Sausage & Black Truffle Santa Rosa Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Geyserville Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Healdsburg Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
O F T H E W E E K 56
Sonoma Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58-63

Sonoma Valley Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
TA S T I N G R O O M
Glen Ellen Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61

Sonoma Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
MENDOCINO & LAKE COUNTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-65
Lake & Mendocino Counties Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
LIVERMORE VALLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
St. Francis Winery & Vineyards Livermore Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
LODI/WOODBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
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Lodi/Woodbridge Area Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
NORTHERN CENTRAL COAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68-73

OF THE WEEK
Monterey Bay/Santa Cruz Mountains Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Carmel Valley Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
WINE CLUB
Salinas Valley Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
SIERRAS/FOOTHILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Sierra Foothills Wineries Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Berghold Vineyards & Estate Winery WINERY LISTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75-86
Head
See the “right” side of the Napa Valley wineries map on page 44-45
WINE CLUB VINEYARDS &
OF THE WEEK BERGHOLD ESTATE WINERY
s if further proof was needed that the area around Lodi stands on
its own as the producer of very high quality wine, one need look
A no further than Berghold Vineyards & Estate Winery. Not only is

the facility state-of-the-art, the tasting room is one of the handsomest to
be found anywhere, in any county where wine is an important part of
the fabric of life. Here you will find a love for fine wine, art and antiques
WINE CLUB DETAILS

all in one serene spot. This beautiful property is a must on the list for
anyone out touring Lodi, as it offers a view of the past melded with the
perfect touch of modern day artistry. Members of the Wine Club at Berghold Vineyards
Founders and owners Joe and Kay Berghold have been grape growers receive:
in Lodi since 1986. Their winery and tasting room opened in May 2005 • Quarterly shipments of three or six bottles; you select
and was designed with the look and feel of a romantic California barn. red only or red and white wines. Three bottle ship-
Key to the design and building process was the couple’s vast collection ments are approximately $50-60; quarterly shipments
of six bottle are $90-110. Shipping and applicable taxes
are additional.
of American Victorian antiques. Dating back to the late 1800s, many of
these pieces have been incorporated into both construction and décor.
Each year, Berghold Estate Winery selects the best grapes from its 85 • A 15% discount on all wines shipped and all wines in the
acres of vineyards, to produce a modest 5,000 cases of barrel-aged wines tasting room (except for library wines).
each year. These wines include their popular (and whimsically named) • Discounted pricing on special events at the winery.
• First offerings of new releases whenever available.
“Footstomp” Zinfandel, and Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot and
• Special small lot wines developed only for wine club

Viognier under the “Berghold” label. There are also delicious Cabernet
members.
Sauvignon/Syrah and Cabernet Franc/Syrah blends, while the “Stogie
Club” label offers unique estate Ports and a Late Harvest Botrytis Viog-
nier that is made in years when nature cooperates. To compliment it • Invitations to exclusive events held during the year.
there is also the winery’s own Stogie Club garden for cigar smokers, • A winery newsletter with each shipment describing the
which features a spectacular 13-foot steel domed gazebo. wines.
Add to this the olive trees, the vineyards, the tasting room, the
grounds, the antiques and architecture, a location convenient to Sacra-
mento and the Sierra Foothills and to all of the Bay Area, and of course
the wines – you cannot forget the wines – you’ll come to the conclusion
that a trip to this small boutique winery has to be at the top of the list
for your next getaway to wine country.
Open Thursday-Sunday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

17343 N. Cherry Rd. – Lodi
(209) 333-9291 – www.bergholdvineyards.com
WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | WINE COUNTRY NEWS
Over 250 Quality Wines

Under $25 at Wine Garage
Hidden next to a dilapidated ’40s-era former filling station on Highway 29 in
Calistoga lies the Wine Garage. A unique wine shop in Napa Valley that retails all
wine in the store under $25. Sound crazy? Its true. And the proprietors Todd and
Joy Miller, have hit on a niche in the Valley that had been very missed by the locals
there.
“There are a lot of winemakers here that can’t afford to drink the wine they
make” says Miller. “That’s crazy, yes, but who can afford to drink a $65 bottle with
dinner every night?”
Many people miss The Wine Garage on the first try upvalley, but the search is
well worth it. Miller stocks wine from all of California’s wine growing regions
including fifty Napa selections and 40 from Sonoma County. When he first sought
out buying the initial inventory, “I enlisted a local farmer buddy and his 15-foot
box van and off we went all over California hunting down the deals. I tried to seek
out the small producers who didn’t have distributors so I could pass the savings
on to my customers.” And Miller did just that. His store is stocked with high-
quality juice all under $25 and all are unique. Most labels in the shop are unrec-
ognizable – but all pass the same test; everything passes over Miller’s lips before he
makes a buy. “If I don’t love it, I don’t buy it, period. Sometimes I will taste over a
hundred wines in one day, load up the truck and haul it up to Calistoga, unload
at the store, and maybe I will crawl in bed by 3 a.m. Needless to say my buddy
bowed out of the deal after their second trip. I initially recruited him on a ‘hey lets
go wine tasting in Santa Barbara’ until he realized how much work it entailed. Poor
guy, he had to be at the farm at 5 in the morning.”
It is all worth it. Millers’ customers love him. He has a unique ability to hear a
verbal description of a customer’s favorite wine and translate that into a recom-
mendation for sometimes a third of the cost. “I have people all over the country
that use me as their local wine shop. I ship right to their door – and the cost of the
shipping is a drop in the bucket compared to what they save on the cost of the
wine.
Miller gets deals on Napa wine too. “I have winemakers from small wineries
stop in every week saying ‘I have something that will fit into the store,’ if they only
have 15 or 25 cases of an end-of-vintage wine – I am the perfect outlet for them.”
So head up to the Wine Garage and check out the best deals in the Valley at
1020 Foothill Blvd (Hwy 29), Calistoga, CA 94515. For more information, call
(707) 942-5332. You can also check out the website at winegarage.net.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
NAPA VALLEY ONGOING ONGOING THURSDAY - SATURDAY

Friday Night Pulse Tastings Temptastings in the Temptation Cave
ONGOING Acme Fine Wines, St. Helena, 5-7pm, free at Flora Springs Winery
Fumé Bistro & Bar Happy Hour 888-963-0440, www.acmefinewines.com St. Helena,11am & 2pm, $25, $15/member
Napa, Spirit & snack specials, wine & beer, 4-6pm RSVP 707-967-8032, www.florasprings.com
ONGOING
707-257-1999, www.fumebistro.com Buon Amici Members & Guests ONGOING
ONGOING WEEKENDS EXCEPT 4TH WEEKEND Benessere Vineyards, St. Helena,10am-4:30pm Tastings at Silverado Vineyards
Wine Component Tasting Seminar 707-963-5853, www.benesserevineyards.com Napa, 707-259-6611, 800-997-1770x611, www.silveradovineyards.com
at Merryvale Vineyards • Members Only New Release Tastings • Saddleblock Vineyard Tasting, $75
St. Helena, 10:30am-12:30pm, $20, free/club members • Barrel Tastings by appointment • Library Tasting, $75
707-963-7777, www.merryvale.com • Vertical Tastings by appointment • Daily Tasting Room Flights, Estate/$10, Premier/$20
• Wine & Cheese Pairing by appointment • Public Tours & Tasting, 10:30am & 2:30pm, $15
EVERY 4TH WEEKEND • Private Tour and or Tasting, 15-25 guests, $20/tour, $25/tour & tasting
Wine & Food Pairing Seminar ONGOING
at Merryvale Vineyards Jefferson House Reserve Room Tasting ONGOING
10:30am-12:30pm, $20, free/club members, St. Helena at Monticello Vineyards Appellation Tastings
707-963-7777, www.merryvale.com Napa, Reserve Wine Seminar, Corley Family Napa Valley $25 at Elizabeth Spencer Tasting Room
Rutherford, 10:45am & 4pm by appointment, $40
ONGOING THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS RSVP 707-253-2802 x18, www.CorleyFamilyNapaValley.com
707-963-6067, www.elizabethspencerwines.com
Wine & Food Pairings ONGOING FRIDAYS-MONDAYS
Peju Province Winery, Rutherford, 11am, Wine & Cheese Pairing ONGOING
Cooking Demonstrations at The DeBaun Theatre
1pm: Wine & Tapas Pairing, www.peju.com, 800-446-7358 Vineyard & Winery Tours
St. Helena, Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, $12.50
at Raymond Vineyards
ONGOING 707-967-2320, wsgr@culinary.edu, www.ciachef.edu
St. Helena, 11am (by appt), $15, Group tours available (by appt)
Private Tours ONGOING 800-525-2659x620, www.raymondvineyards.com
Goosecross Cellars, Yountville, $25, RSVP 707-944-1986, www.goosecross.com Tour & Taste In Hall Wines’ Ghost Winery
ONGOING
ONGOING St. Helena, Four barrel samples & four current releases, $20
Wine Tasting Experiences
Epicurean Explorations 707-967-2620, www.hallwines.com
at Benessere Vineyards
Goosecross Cellars, Yountville, Minimum 6 people, $95/3-course lunch ONGOING St. Helena,707-963-5853x105, www.benesserevineyards.com, by appt
$135/5-course lunch, RSVP 707-944-1986, www.goosecross.com • Personalized Wine Flights, daily, $10
Cabernet Flight Tasting at A Dozen Vintners
FIRST FRIDAY THROUGH OCTOBER St. Helena, Taste & compare award-winning Cabernets, $5 • Vineyards Walking Tour & Tasting, M-W, 10:30am, $15
Cheers! St. Helena 707-967-0666, www.adozenvintners.com • Fudge Pairing Experience, Sun, 10:30am, $15
Downtown St. Helena, Taste wine & enjoy live music while strolling! 6-9pm • Barrel Tasting, RSVP, Tues, Sat-Sun, 11am, $20
ONGOING
$5/taste, $35/nightly pass, www.cheerssthelena.com • Barrel Tasting & Current Release, Tues, Sat-Sun, 11am, $25
Visitor Programs at Robert Mondavi Winery
• Barrel Tasting & Vertical, Tues, Sat-Sun, 11am, $25
ONGOING WEEKENDS For details, 888-RMONDAVI x2000, www.robertmondavi.com
• Group Tasting, Sat-Sun, 1:30pm, $15
Reserve Room at Markham Vineyards • The To Kalon Tour & Tasting • A Guided Tasting
Enjoy reserve and library wines by candlelight in an historic stone cellar • Pleasure in the Glass • The Taste of Wine ONGOING
$15pp, 11am-4pm, www.markhamvineyards.com, 707-963-5292 • The“Harvest of Joy”Tour & Lunch • Celebrating California Wine & Food Tours & Tastings at Andretti Winery
• Artisan Cheese & Wine-A Perfect Match • The Essence Tour & Tasting Napa , 877-386-5070x222, www.andrettiwinery.com
ONGOING
• Individual Tastings, $12
Napa Valley Wine Train ONGOING • Private Winery Tour & Tasting, $15/tour, $20/tour & tasting
Napa, 800-427-4124, www.winetrain.com Ansel Adams – John Muir Trail Exhibit • Food & Wine Pairing
• Oct 23: Vintners Lunch, Trefethen Mumm Winery, Rutherford, 10am-5pm daily • Vineyard Tour
• Oct 30 Vintners Lunch, Whitehall Lane 800-MUM-NAPA, www.mummnapa.com • Blending Class
ONGOING ONGOING • Wine Sensory Seminar
Napa Valley Opera House Progressive Tasting at Sterling Vineyards ONGOING
1030 Main Street, Napa, 707-226-7372, www.nvoh.org Calistoga, Taste limited release wines at the winery Wine Tasting Options
• Oct 24: Goodnight Moon & Runaway Bunny 800-726-6136, www.sterlingvineyards.com Bell Wine Cellars, Yountville, 10:30am-4pm, 707-944-1673, www.bellwine.com
• Oct 29: Cherryholmes • Current Release Tasting, $15
ONGOING
• Oct 30: Straight No Chaser • Reserve Tasting with cheese pairing, $25
Reserve Tour & Tasting at Sterling Vineyards
ONGOING • Clonal Tasting with cheese pairing, $75
Calistoga, 11am, Private tasting in the Reserve Room after the tour, $45
Live at the Lincoln Theater • Blending Seminar, $75, 4-10 people
800-726-6136, www.sterlingvineyards.com
Yountville, 707-944-1300, www.lincolntheater.com • Clone 6 Library Tasting, $250
ONGOING • Sonnette Library Tasting, $75
• Oct 22: The Brubeck Brothers
• Nov 1: MacHomer VIP Tasting & Artisan Barrel Factory Tour • Large Group Tastings, $20, 11+ people
• Nov 11: John Cleese Bourassa Vineyards, Napa, Mon-Fri by appointment, $15 mid-week special • Grape to Glass Tour, $45, weekends, spring-fall
• Nov 21: Peter Gros’ Mutual of Omaha – Wild Kingdom Mention this listing, 800-499-2366, www.bourassavineyards.com
ONGOING
ONGOING ONGOING Tasting at Grgich Hills Estate
Wine Tasting at Back Room Wines Tours & Tasting at ZD Wines Rutherford, 9:30am-4:30pm, Tours at 11am & 2pm, $10,
Napa, 5-9pm, 707-226-1378, www.backroomwines.com Rutherford, RSVP 800-487-7757, www.zdwines.com Wine library tasting/$30, Barrel tasting on most Fridays 2-4pm
• Oct 22: Merlot, Napa Valley vs Bordeaux • Traditional Tasting, $10, daily 10am-4pm 707-963-2784, www.grgich.com
• Oct 23: Wine Advocate 92+ Tasting • Premier Tasting, $15, daily 10am-4pm ONGOING
• Oct 29: Sherry, Comprehensive Tasting & Lesson • Private Group Tasting, $20, by appt Tastings & Tours at Artesa Winery
• Oct 30: Taste Syrahs from Around the World • Cellar Tour & Tasting, $25, 1pm weekends & holidays, M-F by appt Napa, RSVP, 877-224-8309, www.artesawinery.com
• Nov 5: Tempranillos from around Spain • Vineyard View Tasting, $40, Sat-Sun 11am, M-F by appt • Vino con Queso, Wine & Cheese Experience, $40
• Nov 6: Under Twelve Bucks a Bottle Tasting • Abacus Tasting, $600 for 4-6 people, by appt • Daily Guided Tours
• Nov 13: A Taste Tour of Italy • Wine Train, $180 • Vines & Wines, A Vineyard Tour, $40
• Nov 20: Back Room Blow Out XXXIV ONGOING ONGOING
ONGOING Tastings at the Popcorn Bar Tours & Tasting at Black Stallion Winery
di Rosa Preserve Art & Nature at Flora Springs Winery Napa, 10am-5pm, 707-253-1400, www.blackstallionwinery.com
Napa, 707-226-5991, www.dirosapreserve.org St. Helena,10am-5pm, 707-967-8032, www.florasprings.com • Regular tasting, $10
• Oct 31-Jan 30: Altered States, The Collection in Context • It’s all About You Tasting, $15 • Reserve tasting, $35, Sat-Sun
• Nov 7: Opening Reception, Altered States: The Collection in Context • Everybody’s Talking Tasting, $25 Artisan cheese additional $7.50/person
WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | CALENDAR OF EVENTS
ONGOING EVERY SATURDAY & SUNDAY THURSDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER

Educational Tours & Wine Tasting Wine & Artisanal Cheese Pairings Harvest Night at Luna Vineyards
at Castello di Amorosa at Havens Wine Cellars Until 7pm, specially priced wine tastings, $7.50 & special pricing on bottles of
Calistoga, 707-967-6272, RSVP, www.castellodiamorosa.com Napa, 10am-4:30pm, 707-261-2000, www.havenswine.com Pinot Grigio & Freakout. www.lunavineyards.com
• Regular tour & tasting, $25-$40 • Reserve tour & tasting, $35-$50 ONGOING THROUGH OCTOBER 31
• Tasting only, $10-$25 • Young adult tours, $15-$20 EVERY SATURDAY
Cathy Trachok Exhibition
• Napa Valley Neighbor Program • Private VIP tours Chocolate & Red Wine Saturdays at Folio Winemakers’ Studio
at Bennett Lane Winery Napa, 10am-4:30pm, 707-256-2757, www.foliowine.com
THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH
Calistoga, 10am-5pm, www.bennettlane.com, 707-942-6684
Bacchus That Rascal ONGOING THROUGH NOVEMBER 19
Clos Pegase, Calistoga, free, 2pm, Multi-media presentation “History of Wine“ ONGOING Winston Branch’s Paintings Exhibit
707-942-4981, www.clospegase.com Friday Night Winemaker Events Robert Mondavi Winery, Oakville, 10am-5pm
www.robertmondaviwinery.com, 707-968-2203
LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH Napa, 5-7pm, JV Wine & Spirits, $2, 877-469-9463, www.jvwine.com
Winemaker Dinners at Fumé Bistro ONGOING THROUGH MARCH 13
ONGOING SATURDAYS Changing Earth: Photographer’s
Napa, Local favorite wineries are spotlighted in a four-course dinner. $60
Napa Riverwalk with Historian George Webber Call to Action Photo Exhibit
RSVP 707-257-1999, www.fumebistro.com
2 hour tour with tales & lore of old town Napa, 10am, $20, 707-251-8500 Mumm Napa, Rutherford, 10am-5pm, www.mummnapa.com, 707-967-7700
EVERY SATURDAY
ONGOING THROUGH DECEMBER 31 OCTOBER 22
ZD Wines: Wine & Cheese Seminar
Classic Rock Photography Exhibit Robert M. Parker, Jr. 6th Annual Seminar & Tasting
Rutherford, Includes visit to Wine Library & Cellar, 11am, $40 CIA at Greystone, St. Helena, 707-967-2305, www.ciachef.edu
800-487-7757 x107, 707-963-5188, www.zdwines.com Markham Vineyards, St. Helena, 707-963-5292, www.markhamvineyards.com
OCTOBER 25
EVERY SUNDAY TUESDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER Halloween Concert
Sensory Component Tasting at ZD Wines Weekly Art Shows at Grgich Hills: Les Violettes
Rutherford, 11am by appointment only, $20, 707-963-5188, www.zdwines.com Clubhouse, River Pointe Resort, Napa, 5:30-8:30pm, 707-252-4200x152 Rutherford, 2pm, $25, $15/members, 707-963-2784, www.grgich.com
OCTOBER 24 ONGOING
Gary Vaynerchuk Talk & Book Signing SONOMA COUNTY Winemaker Tasting
at V. Sattui Winery Wine Spectrum, Santa Rosa, 6-8pm, $10
St. Helena, Author of Crush It! 11am-1pm, 707-286-7212, www.vsattui.com ONGOING SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS 707-525-8466, www.winespectrum.com
Wine & Food Sampling at Hop Kiln
OCTOBER 24 Russian River Valley, Visit the historic tasting room to enjoy delicious wine & ONGOING
25th Annual Taste For Knowledge sample over 80 food items in their gourmet marketplace, 10am-5pm Terroir & History Tour at Chateau St. Jean
at Black Stallion Winery 707-433-6491, www.hopkilnwinery.com Kenwood, A visit to Chateau St. Jean lifts all of your senses.
Napa, Benefits students of Napa Valley Unified School District. 5-10pm, $100 Complimentary, 11am-2pm, 707-833-4134, www.chateaustjean.com
ONGOING
707-253-3563 ONGOING
Vineyard Walk & Photography Workshop
OCTOBER 24 at B.R. Cohn Winery Escape to Wine Country Concert Series
Harvest Festival at Connolly Ranch Glen Ellen, 10am-1pm, $45, $35/members Landmark Vineyards, Kenwood, Bocce ball, wine, picnic & horse-drawn wagon
Napa, 11am-3pm, free, 707-224-1894 707-931-7924x123, www.brcohn.com • Oct 24: Blues Performer, Mark McDonald
OCTOBER 25 ONGOING • Oct 31: Jazz Keyboardist, John Simon
Tastemaker Dinner at étoile Restaurant Exclusive Wine & Cheese Tasting ONGOING
Domaine Chandon, Yountville, 6:30pm, 707-944-2280, www.chandon.com at B.R. Cohn Winery Wine & Food Pairing at Kendall-Jackson
OCTOBER 31 Glen Ellen, 11am & 3pm, $25, $20/members Fulton, Special reserve food & wine tasting, 10am-4pm, $25
Club Artesa Casino Night & Costume Party 707-931-7924x123, www.brcohn.com
707-571-7500, www.kj.com
at Artesa Winery ONGOING
ONGOING THURSDAY-SATURDAY
Napa, 6:30pm, www.artesawinery.com, 877-224-8309 Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
Michel-Schlumberger Winery Green Tour
OCTOBER 31 Santa Rosa, 707-546-3600, wellsfargocenterarts.org
Healdsburg, 10:30am, $25, 800-447-3060, www.michelschlumberger.com
Haunted House & Halloween Parade • Oct 21: Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Downtown Calistoga, 707-942-6333 • Oct 22: Rodney Carrington ONGOING MONDAY-SATURDAY
• Oct 24: Stephen Sondheim Robert Young Estate Winery Vineyard Tours
OCTOBER 31
• Oct 25: SRCA Red Priest & Tasting in a Remodeled Grape Gondola
18th Annual AIDS Walk Napa Valley • Oct 27: Spanish Harlem Orchestra Geyserville, 11:30am, $10, box lunch provided for $20
Lincoln Theater, Yountville, 10am, 707-257-3863 • Oct 29: Of Mice and Men 707-431-4811, www.ryew.com
NOVEMBER 4 • Nov 7-9: Santa Rosa Symphony Set Two
Artist Lecture: The Science of Art, Cheryl Calleri • Nov 10: Ian Anderson Plays The Acoustic Jethro Tull ONGOING FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS
Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, 1-2:30pm • Nov 12: Warren Miller’s Dynasty ‘Come Crush With Us’ at Icaria Creek Winery
www.napavalleymuseum.org, 707-944-0500 • Nov 14: Charlotte’s Web Winemaker Jeff Smith leads a tasting of bottled & barreled wines
• Nov 16: Champions of the Dance RSVP 707-486-9623, www.icariawinery.com
NOVEMBER 5
• Nov 17: Jeremy Camp
Napa Valley Wine & Grape Expo THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
• Nov 19: Ana Gabriel
Lincoln Theatre, Yountville, Napa Valley Grapegrowers, 9am-5pm Twilight Tours & Tapas
• Nov 20: Lisa Lampanelli
707-944-8311, www.napagrowers.org Audellsa Estate Winery, Glen Ellen, $35, 5:30pm
• Nov 21-22: Symphony Pops at Carnegie Hall
NOVEMBER 7 • Nov 27: Bad Boys of Dance 707-933-8514, www.audellsa.com
Red Cross Harvest Night ONGOING WEEKENDS
ONGOING
at Castello di Amorosa Wine & Chocolate Pairings at Fritz Winery
Spreckels Performing Arts Center
Calistoga, Benefit for the Napa County Chapter of the American Red Cross Rohnert Park, 707-588-3400, www.spreckelsonline.com Cloverdale, 10:30am-4:30pm, $5 tasting fee covers the pairing
Hors d’oeuvres, elegant sit down dinner, silent & live auctions. 6:30-10pm 707-894-3389, www.fritzwinery.com
• Nov 7: 20th Anniversary Festival of Harps
$195, www.napacountyredcross.org
• Nov 14: Play Reading Series, The Final Scene EVERY WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 7 • Nov 20: Actor’s Theater for Children, Go Dog Go Santa Rosa Original Farmers’ Market
Passion for Life Auction at Artesa Vineyards • Nov 27 – Dec 13: The Santaland Diaries by David Sedaris Santa Rosa Veteran’s Building parking lot, 707-522-8629, 8:30am-noon
Napa, Silent & live auctions, wine tasting, hors d’oeuvres & live music. • Dec 4: The EDLOS do the holidays!
6:30-9:30pm, $50/adv, $60, 707-258-6378 • Dec 11-13: Ballet Califia presents The Nutcracker EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
Sonoma Valley Farmers’ Market
NOVEMBER 8 ONGOING
Sonoma Film Institute Depot Park, Sonoma, 9am-noon, 707-538-7023
2007 Fifty/Fifty Release Event
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park ONGOING FRIDAYS-MONDAYS
Peju Province Winery, Rutherford, $30, $20/members, 12-3pm
707-664-2606, www.sonoma.edu/sfi Hanna Winery Reserve Tasting Gallery
800-446-7358, www.peju.com
• Oct 23: Watermelon Woman
Alexander Valley, Taste limited-production reserve Bismark Mountain wines
NOVEMBER 14 • Nov 6, 8: Oblivon
paired with local artisanal cheese selections from The Cheese Shop in
Club Artesa Harvest Winemaker’s Dinner • Nov 13: The Underground Orchestra
at Artesa Winery Healdsburg, $10pp, 707-431-4310, www.hannawinery.com
• Nov 20: Kahlo Naaho
Napa, 6:30pm, $115, limited to 60 people • Dec 4, 11: Dark Matter EVERY FRIDAY
RSVP 877-224-8309, www.artesawinery.com Complimentary Wine Tasting
ONGOING THURSDAYS
NOVEMBER 14 Thirsty Thursdays at Anaba at Flamingo Hotel
Cooking Class: Holiday Gift Baskets Sonoma, Enjoy complimentary cheese & crackers to pair with your wine Santa Rosa, in the Terrace Grille featuring Sonoma County wines, 5:30-7pm
with Chef Graham Zanow tasting. 707-545-8530, 800-848-8300, www.flamingoresort.com
Cedar Gables Inn, Napa, 2-5pm, $50, 707-224-7969, www.cedargablesinn.com 4-5:30pm, 707-996-4188, www.anabawines.com ONGOING
NOVEMBER 14 ONGOING Wine Experiences at Chateau St. Jean
Sine Nomine Concert Live Entertainment at River Rock Casino Kenwood, Ten person minimum, 2 hours, $50, by appointment
Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, 4-5:30pm Geyserville, 707-857-2777, www.riverrockcasino.com 707-833-4134x5258, www.chateaustjean.com
www.napavalleymuseum.org, 707-944-0500 • Cinq Cépages Blending Seminar, Eight person minimum, 2 hours, $75
ONGOING SUNDAYS
NOVEMBER 15 Domaine Carneros Sparkling Brunch • Cinq Cépages Component Tasting, Eight person minimum, 1.5 hours, $25
Tastemaker Dinner at étoile Restaurant at the Fairmont Mission Inn & Spa • Private VIP Wine Tasting, 10:30am, 1 & 3pm, $25, 1 hour
Domaine Chandon, Yountville, 6:30pm, 707-944-2280, www.chandon.com Sonoma, 9am-1pm, 707-938-9000, www.fairmont.com.sonoma • Box Lunch Prgram with Tour
NOVEMBER 27 ONGOING ONGOING
Yountville’s 21st Annual Festival of Lights The Center for Performing Arts Tours, Tastings & Seminars
Parade, carriage rides, carolers, elves, Santa & more! $1/tasting tickets for 707-664-2353, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park at St. Francis Winery
food/wine. 707-944-0904, www.yountville.com www.sonoma.eduperformingarts/perf/ Santa Rosa, Ten person minimum, Call for more information & reservations
NOVEMBER 28 – JANUARY 10 ONGOING 888-675-WINE(9463)x255, www.stfranciswinery.com
Take a Chance on Miniatures Exhibit Sunday Brunches by the Sea • Winery Tour &Tasting, 1.5 hours, $25
Napa Valley Museum, Yountville Timber Cove Inn, Timber Cove, 10am-2pm • Vineyards Tour & Tasting, 1 hour, $20
www.napavalleymuseum.org, 707-944-0500 707-847-3231, 800-987-8319, www.timbercoveinn.com • Blending Seminar, 1.5 hour, $65
ONGOING ONGOING TUESDAYS LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH

Guided Winery Tours at Gloria Ferrer Tuesdays in the Plaza Concerts & Farmers’ Market 50 Mile AV Vintner's Dining
Sonoma, 11am, 1 & 3pm, $10, 707-996-7256, www.gloriaferrer.com Healdsburg Plaza, Healdsburg, Market: 4-6:30pm Glen Ellen, Barrel tasting & Old Vine Pinot Noir & Syrahs from Ashton Vineyard.
707-431-1956, www.healdsburgfarmersmarket.org Foods sourced locally. 4-7PM, RSVP. 707-935-3456, ashtonwines.com
ONGOING
Tastings at the Vine & Barrel ONGOING THROUGH OCTOBER 20 OCTOBER 22
Petaluma, 3-5pm, 707-765-1112 www.vineandbarrel.com The Wine Country Plein Air Invitational Exhibition Songwriters in Sonoma: Brigette DeMeyer
• Nov 14: The Great Petaluma Pinot Noir Tasting Fairmont Gallery, Sonoma, 707-996-2667, www.farimontgallery.com Larson Family Winery Tasting Room, Cornerstone, Sonoma, 8pm, $15
• Dec 12: Champagne, Oyster, Caviar, Cheese & Paté ONGOING THROUGH OCTOBER 31 707-934-4090, www.larsonfamilywinery.com
ONGOING FRIDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER 30 Tuesday Night Farmers’ Market OOCTOBER 22-25
Summer Jazz Series at the Ledson Hotel Sonoma Plaza, Sonoma, 5:30-8:30pm, 707-538-7023 Pinot on the River Festival
Sonoma, 6-10pm, 707-996-9779, www.ledsonhotel.com ONGOING THROUGH OCTOBER 31 Seminars, tastings & much more! Various venues & events on the Russian River
Carole Watanabe Paintings Exhibit www.pinotfestival.com
FRIDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER
Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate, Healdsburg CTOBER 23 – DECEMBER 13
Music in the Courtyard
707-433-7427, www.carolwatanabe.com Theatre of Insects, Photographs by Jo Whaley
Michel-Schlumberger, Healdsburg, 5:30-8:30pm, $5
ONGOING THROUGH JANUARY 24 Sonoma County Museum of Art, Santa Rosa
707-433-7427, www.michelschlumberger.com
Envisioning the World 707-579-1500, www.sonomacountymuseum.org
ONGOING SATURDAYS The First Printed Maps, 1472-1700 OCTOBER 23
Pizza Café at the Simi Winery Sonoma County Museum of Art, Santa Rosa Ramana Vieira, Fado Concert at the Mission Chapel
Healdsburg, 11am-4pm, 707-473-3236 www.simiwinery.com 707-579-1500, www.sonomacountymuseum.org San Francisco Solano Mission Chapel, Sonoma, 7:30-9pm, $20, 707-935-9560
EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY ONGOING FRIDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER OCTOBER 24
The Art of Winemaking Workshop Celebrate Late 6th Annual Harvest Festival
Petroni Vineyards, Sonoma, 10:30am-12pm at Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery Robledo Family Winery, Sonoma, 12-4pm
707-9358-8311, www.petronivineyards.com Sonoma, 7-9pm, 707-933-3204, www.sebastiani.com 707-939-6903, www.robledofamilywinery.com
OCTOBER 24 NOVEMBER 4 ONGOING THROUGH DECEMBER 10

Fall for Zin at Christopher Creek Winery 2nd Annual Holiday Hors d’oeuvres Party Three Rivers in the Fall Exhibit
Healdsburg, 11am-4pm, $10/incl glass, 707-433-2001 Sbragia Family Vineyards, Geyserville, 707-473-2992, www.sbragia.com Scharffenberger Cellars, Philo, 707-895-2957, www.scharffenbergercellars.com
www.christophercreek.com NOVEMBER 6-8
OCTOBER 24
Holiday Affair Wine Country Weekend SAN FRANCISCO
at Ferrari-Carano Winery
Eastside Bunch Harvest Fest ONGOING
Healdsburg, 707-433-6700, www.fcwinery.com
Merriam Vineyards, Acorn, Christie Vineyards, Christopher Creek Winery Wednesday Sunset Sessions
Foppiano Vineyards, Mietz Cellars & Rodney Strong Vineyards NOVEMBER 6 – JANUARY 17 Americano Restaurant at Hotel Vitale, 5-8pm
1am-4pm, $10/includes glass Field Days: Search for a Sustainable Feast 415-278-3777, www.americanorestaurant.com
by Jonah Raskin
OCTOBER 24 Photographs by Paige Green, Sonoma County Museum of Art, Santa Rosa OCTOBER 21
Harvest Celebration Dinner at Gloria Ferrer 707-579-1500, www.sonomacountymuseum.org Taste of the Bay
Sonoma, 6:30pm, $85, $68/members, 707-933-1999, www.gloriaferrer.com San Francisco Belle, Embarcadero Pier 3, San Francisco, 6-9:30pm
NOVEMBER 7
www.tasteofthebaysfsu.com
OCTOBER 24 John Ash Book Signing
J Vineyards & Winery, Healdsburg, 2-4pm, 707-431-3646, www.jwine.com OCTOBER 23
Promenade et Pique-nique Series (Stroll & Picnic)
CCOF’s 4th Annual Organic Beer, Wine &
Copain Wines, Healdsburg, Walking tour & French inspired picnic with Rhone NOVEMBER 13 Spirit Tasting
style wines. 10:30am-1:30pm, $35, 707-836-8822, www.copainwines.com Dinner with the Winemaker Series: San Francisco Ferry Building, San Francisco, 4-8pm, www.ccof.org, 831-423-2263
OCTOBER 24 Featuring Hall Napa Valley
OCTOBER 24
Halloween Harvest Party at The Bay View Restaurant
Edgewood Hope Ball
Inn at the Tides, Bodega Bay, $79, 800-541-7788, www.innatthetides.com
Pellegrini Family Vineyards, Santa Rosa, 1-4pm The Fairmont Hotel Nob Hill, San Francisco, 415-682-3201, www.edgewood.org
www.pellegrinisonoma.com, 800-891-0244x4, free NOVEMBER 14
OCTOBER 25
Artisano in Geyserville
OCTOBER 25 The 40th Anniversary of Woodstock
Geyserville Inn, Geyserville, a boutique festival celebrating small production,
Carole Watanabe Paintings Exhibit Reception Speedway Meadows, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, 9am-6pm, free
locally handcrafted wine, food and art and the people who produce it. A benefit
Michel-Schlumberger Wine Estate, Healdsburg, 4-8pm 415-861-1520, www.2b1records.com/woodstock40sf
for Slow Food Sonoma County's School Garden Project in elementary schools in
707-433-7427, www.carolwatanabe.com Santa Rosa, Windsor, Healdsburg, Geyserville and Cloverdale. Chef demonstra- OCTOBER 25
tions & live music. 12-5 pm, www.artisano.org Pumpkin Pandemonium
OCTOBER 25
NOVEMBER 14 Pier 39, The Embarcadero & Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco
Pinot on the River Festival 415-705-5500, www.pier39.com
at Hop Kiln Winery Wild Game Winery Dinner
at St Francis Winery OCTOBER 26
Healdsburg, 12-4pm, 707-433-6491, www.hopkilnwinery.com
Santa Rosa, 6:30pm, $130, $104/members, RSVP 888-675-WINEx255 Domaine Carneros Tasting Seminar &
OCTOBER 25 www.stfranciswinery.com Dinner
Cemetery Walk Campton Place, San Francisco, Eileen Crane, CEO/Founding Winemaker, $160
NOVEMBER 14
Cloverdale Riverside Cemetery, Cloverdale, 3:30pm, $5 415-955-5574, Richard.Dean@tajhotels.com
Fall Crafts Fair
707-894-2067, www.cloverdale.net OCTOBER 29 – NOVEMBER 1
Sonoma Marketplace, Sonoma, 10am-3pm, 707-938-5616
OCTOBER 26-30 The San Francisco Fall Antiques Show
NOVEMBER 15
Sonoma Vineyard Walks Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, 415-989-9019, www.sffas.org
An Evening with Cole Porter…
www.sonomavineyardwalks.com A Romantic Affair NOVEMBER 3
A cabaret style show, black-tie optional. Jacuzzi Family Winery, Sonoma The Great Pinot Noir Dinner
OCTOBER 27 – DECEMBER 6
7pm, $40, www.sonomasong.org Campton Place, San Francisco, Hank & Maggie Skewis, Skewis Wines, $185
Good Dog, Bad Dog Exhibit
415-955-5574, Richard.Dean@tajhotels.com
Graton Gallery, Graton, 707-829-8912, www.gratongallery.com NOVEMBER 18 – DECEMBER 31
Holiday Gift Gallery
OCTOBER 27 – NOVEMBER 2 Plaza Arts Center, Healdsburg, 11am-5pm
SOUTH OF THE BAY
Charles Schwab Cup Invitational 707-431-1970, www.PlazaArtsCenter.org
Sonoma Golf Club, Sonoma, www.pgatour.com ONGOING
NOVEMBER 20-29 Concerts at Montalvo Arts Center
OCTOBER 30 – NOVEMBER 1 Old Vintage Week Saratoga, 408-961-5858, www.montalvoarts.org
4th Annual Food & Wine Pairing Festival at Christopher Creek Winery
OCTOBER 23
Charles Schwab Cup Championship, Sonoma Golf Club, Sonoma,12:30-4pm Healdsburg, 11am-5pm, RSVP 707-433-2001, www.christophercreek.com
Color-Blind-With-Wine Dinner
800-868-7563, www.charlesschwabcupchampionship.com NOVEMBER 21 – JANUARY 3 Mountain Winery, Saratoga, 6-9:30pm
OCTOBER 31 Holiday Celebration 408-913-7124, www.mountainwinery.com
Winemaker’s Halloween Dinner in the Caves Local Color Gallery, Bodega Bay, 707-875-2244, www.localcolorgallery.com MONTEREY BAY AREA
Kunde Estate, Kenwood, RSVP 707-833-5501, www.kunde.com NOVEMBER 26 ONGOING
OCTOBER 31 Santé Thanksgiving Day Buffet Sunset Cultural Center-Carmel
Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, Sonoma, 2-8pm Carmel, 831-620-2048, www.sunsetcenter.com
The Pumpkin Festival at Healdsburg Farmers’ Market
707-939-2477, www.fairmont/sonoma
Healdsburg, 9am-12pm, 707-431-1956, www.healdsburgfarmersmarket.org • Oct 28: David Sedaris
NOVEMBER 29 • Oct 30: 3 Mo’Divas
OCTOBER 31 Summit ET Bracket Drag Races • Nov 4: Pilobolus
Halloween 2 for 1 Tasting at Sbragia Family Vineyards 8am-6pm, Infineon Raceway, Sonoma • Nov 7: WAR
Geyserville, Must come in costume! 707-473-2992, www.sbragia.com 800-870-RACE, www.infineonraceway.com • Nov 13: An Evening with John Cleese
NOVEMBER 1 • Nov 19: The Wedding Singer
Good Dog, Bad Dog Exhibit Reception LAKE/MENDOCINO • Nov 22: Keb’Mo’
Graton Gallery, Graton, 3-6pm, 707-829-8912, www.gratongallery.com ONGOING
EVERY SECOND SATURDAY Live at Golden State Theatre
NOVEMBER 1 Food & Wine Pairings Monterey, 831-372-3800, www.goldenstatetheatre.com
Wine Club Release Party McNab Ridge Tasting Room, Hopland, 707-744-1986, www.mcnabridge.com • Oct 25: Garrison Keillor
at Dutcher Crossing
EVERY SECOND SUNDAY ONGOING
Geyserville, 12-3:30pm, 707-431-2700, www.dutchercrossingwinery.com Buford & Brown Yappy Hour Live Music at KRML Radio
NOVEMBER 4 The Vintage Marketplace, Hopland, Wine tasting with your dog. 1-3pm The Eastwood Building, Carmel, 831-624-6432, www.krmlradio.com
Winemaker Dinner Series at Santé 707-744-8781
ONGOING WEDNESDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER
Featuring Pride Mountain Vineyards ONGOING Winemaker Wednesdays
Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, Sonoma, 6:30pm Skunk Train Shadowbrook Restaurant, Capitola, Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers
RSVP 707-938-9000, www.fairmont.com.sonoma 866-457-5865, Fort Bragg, www.skunktrain.com Association, 5pm, 831-685-VINE (8463), www.scmwa.com
ONGOING NOVEMBER 6-22 EAST OF THE BAY

Thursday Night Music Series Mama
Bargetto Winery, Soquel, Enjoy music, food & Bargetto wine! 6-8pm
ALAMEDA COUNTY
The Western Stage, Salinas, 831-375-2111, www.westernstage.com
831-475-2258x11, www.bargetto.com NOVEMBER 7
NOVEMBER 13-15
Rosenblum Cellars Holiday Open House
ONGOING THIRD THURSDAYS 12th Annual Great Wine Escape Weekend
Alameda, 1-5pm, $35/adv, $45, 510-865-7007, www.rosenblumcellars.com
Sweet Thursdays at Cannery Row Monterey County Vintners & Growers Association, Winemaker dinners, blending
Monterey, Family fun, music, fine dining & great discounts, 4-8pm seminars, tours, showcase finale & much more! LIVERMORE
831-649-6690 831-375-9400, www.montereywines.org EVERY FRIDAY
ONGOING TUESDAYS NOVEMBER 14 Wine Dinners at Café Garré
Farmers’ Market at the Barnyard Holiday Entertaining with Bernardus Style Vineyard Nights & Live Music on the Patio
Carmel, Organic fruit, vegetables & flowers, 11am-3pm, 831-624-8886 Bernardus Lodge, Carmel Valley, 4-6pm, $85 Enjoy gourmet seasonal wine-paired cuisine with locally grown
www.bernardus.com, 831-658-3400 & produced ingredients. 6-9pm
ONGOING THIRD THURSDAYS 925-371-8200, www.garrewinery.com
Monterey Museum of Art NOVEMBER 21-22
Monterey, Evening of music, wine and hors d'oeuvres, 5-7pm, 831-372-5477 ONGOING
Feathered Friends
Bankhead Theatre
EVERY THIRD WEEKEND OF THE MONTH Cannery Row, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey
Livermore Valley performing Arts Center, Livermore
Open for Tasting 831-648-4800, www.montereybayaquarium.org
925-373-6800, www.livermoreperformingarts.org
Martin Ranch Winery, Gilroy, 11am-4pm, $10/refundable w/purchase NOVEMBER 26 • Oct 23-25, 30-31: Ragtime
free/club members, 408-842-9197, www.martinranchwinery.com Thanksgiving Buffet at Bernardus Lodge
ONGOING FRIDAYS
EVERY TUESDAY Carmel Valley, 12-3pm, $72, $32/kids 5-12, www.bernardus.com, 831-658-3400
Fridays at Fenestra
Focus on Monterey County Wines SAN MATEO COUNTY Fenestra Winery, Livermore, 12-5pm
Cepage Wine Bar, Rancho Cellars, Carmel, 3-8pm 925-447-5246, www.fenestrawinery.com
EVERY SATURDAY
831-625-5646, www.ranchocellars.com
Wine Tasting at Beltramo’s ONGOING
ONGOING Menlo Park, 2:20-5:30pm, 650-325-2806, www.beltramos.com Thursday Night Music & Dinner
World of Wine 2009 The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards, Livermore, 6-9pm, $125/couple
ONGOING WEEKENDS
Chateau Julien Wine Estate, Carmel Valley, 831-624-2600, www.chateaujulien.com RSVP 925-456-2400, www.wentevineyards.com
Vintner Series at The Ritz-Carlton
• Nov 4: Champagne
Half Moon Bay, 650-712-7000, www.ritzcarlton.com/hmb ONGOING
ONGOING TUESDAY - SATURDAY • Nov 6-29: Silver Oak Cellars Wine Cave Tasting Experience
Oya Salon and Ventana Vineyards Wente Vineyards, Livermore, 1 & 3pm, $20, $15/wine club members
Wine and Cheese Event NOVEMBER 26
Thanksgiving Day Bounteous Buffet RSVP 925-456-2405, www.wentevineyards.com/caves
Monterey, 2pm on. Oya patrons can sample Ventana Vineyards award winning
wines personally selected by Ventana Vineyards Manager Barbara Pluth. Wines The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, 11am-4pm EVERY SUNDAY
change monthly. 831-372-7415x213, Ventana 831-656-0570 650-712-7000, www.ritzcarlton.com/hmb Sunset Suppers
The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards Livermore, 4:30-5:30pm
NOVEMBER 27 – DECEMBER 24
OCTOBER 19-21 925-456-2450, www.wentevineyards.com
Teddy Bear Tea in The Lobby Lounge
2009 Monterey Open Championship
The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, 10am & 1pm ONGOING THROUGH OCTOBER 29
Del Monte Golf Course, www.pebblebeach.com
650-712-7000, www.ritzcarlton.com/hmb Mixed Media Art Exhibition at Wente Vineyards
OCTOBER 20 Livermore, Featuring Edmee Keele & Marge Huffman
Miura Vineyards Winemaker Dinner NOVEMBER 27 – DECEMBER 24
925-456-2405, www.wentevineyards.com
Andre’s Bouchee, Carmel, $145 Holiday Lunch in The Dining Room
The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, 11:30am-2:30pm OCTOBER 23, 24, 30
831-626-7880, www.andresbouchee.com
650-712-7000, www.ritzcarlton.com/hmb Ghost Walk of Downtown Pleasanton
OCTOBER 21 Museum on Main, Pleasanton
Enchanted Wines in the Forest Dinner DECEMBER 2 925-462-2766, www.museumonmain.org
Forge in the Forest, Carmel, 7pm, $75, www.forgeintheforest.com, 831-646-8511 Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony
OCTOBER 24
OCTOBER 23-24 The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, 5:30-7:30pm
Fall Fanatic Dinner
Ghost Train 650-712-7000, www.ritzcarlton.com/hmb
Fenestra Winery, Livermore, 6-9pm, $60
Roaring Camp Railroad, Felton, 831-335-4484, www.roaringcamp.com DECEMBER 3 925-447-5246, www.fenestrawinery
OCTOBER 24 Winter Wonderland Wreaths & Champagne Lunch
OCTOBER 29
29th Annual Big Sur River Run The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, 11:30am-2pm
Wente Vineyards Winemaker’s Dinner
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, Big Sur, 10am831-624-4112, www.bigsurriverrun.org 650-712-7000, www.ritzcarlton.com/hmb
Livermore, 6:30-9pm, $89/members, $109
OCTOBER 24 DECEMBER 24 925-456-2405, www.wentevineyards.com
Taste for a Cure Wine Tasting & Auction Christmas Eve Afternoon Tea in The Lobby Lounge
Bargetto Winery, Soquel, 4-7pm, 831-475-2258, www.bargetto.com The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, 3:30pm CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
650-712-7000, www.ritzcarlton.com/hmb
OCTOBER 24-25
ONGOING
Monterey Bay FallFest Holiday Gift Faire DECEMBER 24
Sierra Railroad
Custom House Plaza, Monterey, 9am-5pm, 831-622-0700, www.pacrep.org Christmas Eve Dinner in The Dining Room
Oakdale, 209-848-2100, www.sierrarailroad.com
OCTOBER 25 The Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay, 4-9pm
650-712-7000, www.ritzcarlton.com/hmb • Oct 25, 29, 31: Pumpkin Train
Big Kahuna Triathlon • Oct 23: Murder Mystery Dinner
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz, www.beachboardwalk.com DECEMBER 25 • Nov 3, 10: Tuesday Lunch Special
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OCTOBER 31
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• Nov 11-12: Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards & Winery, Saintsbury, Silent Movie Night: Phantom of the Opera
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Frogtown Flea Market
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Complimentary tasting Frank Family Vineyards
NOVEMBER 20
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• Dec 2-3: Estancia Estates, Bonny Doon Vineyards, Topel Winery &
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WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | WINE COUNTRY NEWS
Make Your Own Napa Valley Cabernet!

Want to know how long it takes to get
Cabernet juice off of your skin? Doesn’t it
feel good, running your hands through
those aromatic luscious purple berries?
What about the feeling of opening a bottle
of Cabernet (or Chardonnay or Zinfandel)
you made yourself, at dinner with friends
and family? What about going into your
wine cellar and seeing those bottles you
made yourself, your name front and center
on the label, aging nicely until you’re
ready to enjoy them?
MicroCrush is a service based at Judd’s
Hill in the Napa Valley which has been
offering a make-your-own wine program
for twenty years. Winemakers Judd Finkel-
stein, Art Finkelstein and Kenn Vigoda
have a combined 80 years of winemaking
expertise and the winery’s intimate, hands-
on setting makes the experience truly
memorable and unusual – and it all takes
place in the heart of the wine country in
Napa Valley.
“Making my own wine at MicroCrush
was one of the most fulfilling and exciting
experiences I’ve ever had,” comments we do it all for you,” Judd adds. Finkelstein have been producing legendary
client Tom Alfred of San Francisco. “I have In addition to working with individ- wines in the Napa Valley since the 1970s.
enormous respect for the complexity of uals, MicroCrush has helped launch Now, along with their son, Judd and his
the process and for the ease and good several small commercial brands. wife Holly, they continue to hand-craft
humor with which winemakers, Judd, Art The timeframe for making your own ultra-premium wines with the same
and Kenn guided me through it.” wine at MicroCrush begins with harvest passionate and intimate style that has been
Judd’s Hill’s was one of the first and extends through at least an eight- their signature for over 30 years. Judd’s
wineries offering this type of service, month period for white wine and up to a Hill’s current releases are 2005 Napa Valley
having first introduced it in 1992. Based 24-month timeframe for most red wines, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2002 Napa Valley
in the town of Napa, MicroCrush allows including Cabernet Sauvignon. Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, 2007 Napa
grape growers and wine enthusiasts from Want to start small? MicroCrush offers Valley Estate Pinot Noir Milliken Creek
anywhere in the world to realize the dream a Bottle-Blending Day Camp, another Vineyard, 2006 Lodi Old Vine Petite Sirah,
of having their own wine made for them option for winemaker newbies. These 2007 Central Coast Pinot Noir and the
without having to own a winery. “We can personalized winemaker-guided blending wines usually offered only to their Club
walk out in the vineyards surrounding the sessions are perfect for those who dream members – 2008 Napa Valley Rose and
winery to discuss winemaking nuances of creating a few bottles of their own Napa 2008 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc.
with our MicroCrush clients,” winemaker Valley Cabernet blend. Clients sign up Judd’s Hill is located at 2332 Silverado
Judd Finkelstein explains. “Because we with as little as 24 hours’ notice and then Trail and is open for tours and tastings by
have a state-of-the-art licensed and arrive to create their own wine, hand- appointment daily.
bonded winery, MicroCrush can offer an bottled with a custom label ready to take For more information, call (707)
all-inclusive winemaking service special- home that day. 255-2332, email holly@juddshill.com,
izing in small lots, as little as one barrel. Beginning as garage winemakers, or visit www.juddshill.com and
From sourcing the finest fruit to bottling, pioneering vintners, Art and Bunnie www.napamicrocrush.com
WINERY FEATURE | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
CHARLES KRUG
Know Your History
by Richard Paul Hinkle Mondavi Jr. wants you to know that Merlot California Preservation Foundation, which
does not take a back seat to its more known presented the family with the coveted Preser-
Harry S. Truman counseled that “The only Bordelais cousin. “Great Merlot from vation Design Award. The Redwood Cellar is
thing new in the world is the history you premium Napa Valley vineyards – and we still used as a production facility, as it was in
haven’t read.” If you’ve ever read the history have a few at our disposal – can be just as rich Krug’s day; the Carriage House originally
of Napa Valley, you would know that the and just as full-flavored as any fine Cabernet housed the family’s renowned collection of …
Prussian revolutionary Charles Krug was the Sauvignon. When you couple good solid yep, carriages. It now serves as a most
Robert Mondavi of his time, mentoring, farming practices – working vineyards that charming venue for tastings and dinners and
counseling and arming (in terms of grape you’ve owned for decades – with low yields other special events.
growing and winemaking skills) many of the and modern vinification techniques, you can JUST TASTE THE WINES
finest winemakers of the 19th century. He make a wine with astounding flavor intensity (All “Napa Valley” appellation, natch.)
founded his namesake winery in 1861, using and richness. I believe that our Merlot can Sauvignon Blanc 2008 ($18): Fresh,
a wooden apple press borrowed from hold its own with wines selling for twice the zesty lime aromatics and flavor, with a texture
Sonoma’s Hungarian revolutionary, Agoston price. that just goes on and on – oily, rich and
Haraszthy (of Buena Vista Winery fame). “Over the last eight years we, as a family, round. You like veal piccata, as I do? This is
So it was with a perfect sense of irony that have made a commitment to producing wine the wine.
Peter Mondavi Senior’s father bought the that represents the best of Napa Valley. We’ve Chardonnay 2007 Carneros ($20): If I
forlorn, nearly forsaken Krug facility in 1943 replanted vineyards, better matching what’s just said “peaches and cream,” that should
and patiently set out to restore its glory and planted to the soil and climate of each of our sum up this wine nicely. You know those
reputation. What we’ve seen in the last vineyards. We moved wholly to sustainable rotisserie chickens, with lemon pepper? Yep,
decade or so is exactly that, in full. It started farming practices, and we believe that it is that’s it.
in the vineyards, of course, with a dedication really showing up now in the wines that we Pinot Noir 2007 Carneros ($25):
to the Bordeaux grape varieties, but it was are producing.” Mulberry and strawberry fruit, with lovely
continued in the winery and in the facilities as The Mondavis have also been busy rose petal hints and a bit of leather in the
a whole. restoring their historic facilities, and were finish; juicy texture that makes this the
While Krug these days – with 850 acres of recently recognized for doing so. The restora- perfect wine for the pot roast … or pretty
vineland in the Napa Valley – is focusing tions of the Redwood Cellar (1872) and much anything else that you can imagine and
rather well on Cabernet Sauvignon, Peter Carriage House (1881) were touted by the cook.
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Merlot 2006 ($23): If

anyone’s missing any tannin, we
found it, here it is! This wine is
chewy, with cranberry and cassis
fruit; thick and gnarly. Salisbury
steak, with extra tomatoes.
Zinfandel 2007 St. Helena
($25): Kick on your picnic grill
and get those burgers going,
because this wine is chock-a-
block full of raspberry, black
pepper and camphor spiciness.
Just the wine for the big burger,
red onion, and all the pickle
relish you love to load it with.
Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
Yountville ($27): Subtle cassis,
with that tobacco and cigar box
scent that is so inviting. Very well
balanced, with a hint of coffee in
the finish.
“Generations” 2005 Family
Reserve ($51): Livin’ large is this
beauty, with out-sized black
currant and bacon-fat oak toasti-
ness. If you like grilled meats,
this is your wine.
Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
Vintage Selection ($69): A bit
more subtle than the Family
Reserve, this wine is all about
cassis, blackberry, dark chocolate
and dark coffee. Put this one
away for a few years in a cool,
dark cellar. Then you can have
some fun with this one.
Charles Krug is located at
2800 Main Street (State Highway
29), St. Helena, just on the
northern boundary of the town.
Phone 1-800-237-0033, (707)
967-2229, or find them on the
web at charleskrug.com. The
elegant main tasting room – ask
to look at the original wooden
hand press in the nearby private
tasting room – is open daily
10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m..
[Hinkle, who loves to play base-
ball (when his back isn’t acting up),
is the author of nine wine books.
The latest, just out, is Clos Pegase:
The Architecture of Wine.]
Dave and Julie Guffy
GUFFY FAMILY WINES

Enjoying Great Wine is a Way of Life
After more than twenty years of making arises when your leaf pulling! Executive Director for the Central Coast
wine, stretching from Santa Barbara to the Both learned a long time ago that to be a Winegrowers Association. Julie currently is a
Napa Valley, Dave and Julie Guffy have real- successful winery, the mantra in the vineyard sales representative for Demptos Napa
ized their dream – to develop a small family- should be – you are not farming grapes, you Cooperage and participates on panels as a
run wine business. If you like “micro” are farming wine. What they do in their sensory evaluator for TCA thresholds for
produced and handcrafted boutique wines, Carneros estate vineyard has a direct impact VinQuiry.
then Guffy Family Wines is exactly what you on the flavors and quality that you will savor Their interest for Syrah started in the early
are looking for. Focusing mainly on Syrah, in your glass. They believe you must farm each 1990s in Santa Barbara County when they
their production is so limited, they make cult vine in order to achieve the goals they have realized the beauty and potential for this vari-
wines look big! have set for themselves. As tedious and ridicu- etal. If you enjoy wines that are intensely
Whether Syrah is grown in Santa Barbara lous as this may seem, this is truly the differ- colored, brimming with blackberry and blue-
or the Napa Valley or in any other great appel- ence between just grape growing and farming berry fruit throughout the mid palate and
lation, California has a lot to offer with this to make the best wine. finish with soft, supple tannins, then you will
grape. Dave and Julie Guffy are often asked if As you might surmise by now, Dave Guffy’s definitely enjoy what Guffy Family Wines has
their style of Syrah is French or Australian. commitment to winemaking is held at the to offer. The wines will always be small lot,
Their response is quite candid, “Why can’t highest standards. As Director of Winemaking handcrafted and of the highest quality. To
California have it’s own style?” With Cali- at the Hess Collection for the past decade, complement their estate vineyard Syrah, they
fornia’s consistent and excellent weather, they Dave’s responsibilities also encompass over- chose another one of their favorite wines,
know they can make a powerful and elegant seeing all of the vineyards for the winery. Prior Petite Sirah. For this wine they chose a vine-
wine with Syrah. to his current position at Hess, Dave spent yard located on Mendocino’s Talmadge bench
Opportunity knocked when the Guffy’s many years on the Central Coast as wine- that is old vine and farmed by the same family
found a new home with an award-winning maker for Cambria Winery and Vineyards. for generations.
Syrah vineyard on the northern edge of the Dave is a native Californian who was born and These wines are sold out every year so
Carneros appellation in the Napa Valley. The raised in San Jose before attending Cal Poly in reserve your case today. The wines are
vineyard is small enough to allow them to do all San Luis Obispo and ultimately graduating easily available directly for the consumer
their own work – from pruning to cluster thin- from Fresno State with a degree in enology. via the website, www.guffyfamilywines.com
ning to eventually hand harvesting themselves. Julie, on the other hand, hails from Orange or by email cheers@guffyfamilywines.com.
Dave and Julie love being involved in every County. After a few wine tastings in college, Exclusive tastings are available by appoint-
aspect in the vineyard. With two full-time jobs she set her sights on viticulture and enology. ment only by calling (707) 258-2532. You
and two active daughters, the time they spend After graduating from Cal Poly, she worked in can also enjoy a glass of wine or bottle with
working in the vineyard is their time together almost every aspect of the wine business from lunch or dinner at Zinsvalley Restaurant
these days. Amazing how much conversation enologist at Byron Winery and Vineyard to located in downtown Napa, (707) 224-0695.
WINERY COUNTRY NEWS | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
FOLIE À DEUX & NAPA CELLARS

The tasting room for Folie à Deux and returning time and time again. First of all, this of the wines.”
Napa Cellars is a uniquely refreshing experi- tasting room pours an exceptional selection of The Folie à Deux and Napa Cellars experi-
ence in the Napa Valley. Down-to-earth, laid- beautiful Napa Valley and California wines ence continues outside the walls of the tasting
back and fresh are the words that best including Folie à Deux, Napa Cellars and room. Beautiful fall weather is starting in the
describe the tasting room where you’ll often Ménage à Trois. Napa Valley so bring a picnic to the tasting
find the guests rocking out to AC/DC. If you The Folie à Deux and Napa Cellars wines room. The winery’s picnic area is the perfect
want to have an entertaining and fun experi- are outstanding examples of classic Napa spot to enjoy an outdoor meal amongst the
ence in the Napa Valley, this is the tasting Valley varietals. Make sure to try the Napa vineyard leaves, which turn stunning shades
room to visit. Cellars Chardonnay. The Chardonnay is made of red and yellow in the autumn.
Located in the center of the Napa Valley, from grapes sourced from South Napa, where The Folie à Deux and Napa Cellars tasting
surrounded by prime Oakville vineyards, the cool bay air provides the perfect weather for room is located at 7481 St. Helena Highway,
Folie à Deux and Napa Cellars tasting room producing a wine with big tropical fruit Oakville, CA 94562. Tasting room hours are
boasts several features that have guests flavors and aromas of clove spiced oak and 10 to 6 p.m. daily.
coconut. This award-winning wine show-
cases balanced acidity and ends with a long,
polished finish.
The Folie à Deux Cabernet Sauvignon is
also an exceptional wine to try. For those who
love a powerful Cab, this wine delivers ample
fruit flavors of blackberry and black cherry.
The chocolate, mint and leather characteris-
tics lead to balanced tannins: a true Napa
Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
There are several tasting flights to choose
from at the tasting room and all tasting fees
are priced at only $5. “We want guests to have
a fantastic time here at the tasting room, and
when they leave, we want them to say ‘Wow,
I had a great experience’,” says Tasting Room
Manager Dean Slattery. “Our wines are fun
and the tasting room really reflects the spirit
WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | WINERY COUNTRY NEWS
‘Merlove’ Release on DVD

Producer/Director McClain to be a Guest
on Wine Library TV, November 17
Producer/Director Rudolf N. McClain announces that the movie

Merlove is now available for pre-release orders. The DVD will ship
Friday, November 13, 2009 with all new animated sequences, music and
digital mastering. The DVD will also include a director’s commentary.
Wineries and wine shops wanting to carry the DVD can contact McClain
for special pricing and to schedule screenings, appearances and DVD
signings. McClain can be reached at info@merlove.com or (707) 815-
8793.
McClain will be a guest on Gary Vaynerchuk’s Wine Library TV
program on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (the segment can be found at
http://tv.winelibrary.com/).
“I’m eager to spread the love of Merlot,” McClain says. “A winery
which makes Merlot can use the DVD in its sales efforts, tasting room
and its educational programs,” he adds. “I want to help wineries
encourage people to try Merlot,” he says.
McClain welcomes wineries, retailers and educators to contact him to
discuss joint programs to promote the DVD. Screener copies are avail-
able also by contacting McClain.
The movie Merlove premiered on June 27, 2008 and has been
screened at film festivals around the world. “Merlove is a documentary I
wanted to make in response to the movie Sideways,” explains McClain.
Filmed in the Napa Valley, Washington State and Bordeaux, Merlove
interweaves documentary style filmmaking with animation. The anima-
tion subplot centers on a bottle of Merlot wine named “Merlove” which
must find a way to fill itself with love when aimlessly tossed into the
ocean of mediocre Merlot wine. In Bordeaux McClain filmed Jean-
Claude Berrouet (winemaker, Chateau Petrus), Michel Rolland (wine-
making consultant), Alain Vauthier, (proprietor, Chateau Ausone),
Olivier Berrouet (enologist, Cheval Blanc), Jean-Luc Thunevin
(owner/winemaker, Valandraud), Murielle Andraud (owner, Valan-
draud), Michel Gracia (owner/winemaker, Gracia), Michel Puzio
(owner/winemaker, Chateau Croix de Labrie) and others. In America
Merlove visited with Tom Rinaldi (winemaker, Provenance Vineyards),
Chris Phelps (winemaker, Swanson Vineyards), Tom Mackey (wine-
maker, St. Francis Winery), Larry Stone (general manager, Rubicon
Estate), Andy Beckstoffer (owner, Beckstoffer Vineyards), Peter Mondavi
Jr. (owner, Charles Krug), Gary Vaynerchuk (operations manager, Wine
Library and star of Wine Library TV), Hamilton Nicholson (winemaker,
Kelham Vineyards), Ronald Nicholson (winemaker, Kelham Vineyards),
Kirk Venge (winemaker, Venge Vineyards) and others.
“Merlot is an intriguing grape varietal. Its past, present and future are
of great interest to all of us who love great wine,” McClain comments. “As
PIZZA
a wine, it holds the key to bottled poetry. Passionate winemakers, in CSaAFE
tune with terroir, translate their love for the varietal into some of the best turdays
11am-4pm
wines in the world,” he adds.
P erfect P airs
GARGANELLI WITH ITALIAN SAUSAGE
AND BLACK TRUFFLE
SERVES 6
• 1 lb. Garganelli pasta, cooked al dente
• 4 Italian sausages, not in casings
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 2 medium onion, finely chopped
• 2 bay leaves
Ferrari-Carano 2006 Dry Creek • 1/3 cup white wine
• 1 cup cream
Valley Zinfandel Perfectly • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Paired with Garganelli, Italian • Salt and white pepper
• Parmesan cheese
Sausage and Black Truffle • Freshly ground black pepper
Rhonda Carano dips into her Italian heritage for this recipe, In a large skillet, heat olive oil on
selecting Italian sausage, freed from its casing in her sauce and, for a medium heat. Add sausage mixture,
tempting touch of elegance she uses the more unusual Garganelli garlic, onions and bay leaf and cook for
pasta instead of a traditional plain tubular shape. Still short and 15 minutes. Add white wine and
tubular, Garganelli has grooved sides that give it a dressier appearance
reduce. Stir in cream, truffles* and
and more nooks and crannies for the rich sauce, particularly when
nestled into a skillet with a mix of sausage, onions, white wine, a
butter. Add pasta to skillet and toss,
generous pour of cream and, as an impressive addition, two preserved stir in Parmesan cheese and freshly
black truffles. ground pepper.
Although the recipe calls for a third of a cup of white wine Rhonda
and winemaker Sarah Quider feel that an excellent wine choice to *Optional:
share the dining table with the Garganelli and sausage mix would be 2 preserved black truffles
the 2006 Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel with its layers of fruit
complexity. Though this wine is primarily composed of Zinfandel,
the blend also contains small amounts of Petite Sirah and Carignane.
This food friendly red blend is treated to considerable hands-on atten-
tion starting at the press as the grapes arrive to be hand-sorted and
held in individual lots before spending 18 months aging in American
and French oak barrels. The 2006 vintage shows particular ability to
pair with slow-cooked and spicy meat dishes and, says Rhonda, it is a
great partner for decadent chocolate desserts, and what could be more
comforting on a nippy autumn night?
8761 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg

(707) 433-6700 • ferrari-carano.com
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Peju Winery Joins the Fight Against Breast Cancer

A Portion of Sales from Peju Pink Wine to be Donated to breast cancer, and every three minutes another woman in the United
Breast Cancer Patient Care and Research Organizations States is diagnosed,” Herta Peju said. “Peju Pink is our way of recog-
Peju Winery supports October Breast Cancer Awareness Month nizing the women fighting breast cancer and contributing toward the
with the 2008 vintage of Peju Pink wine. Peju is joining the fight effort to find a cure.”
against breast cancer by donating ten percent of sales from each bottle Peju Pink retails for $22 per bottle and is available for sale exclu-
of its third vintage of Peju Pink to organizations that help breast cancer sively in Peju’s tasting room and online at www.peju.com. Peju Pink is
patients and advance breast cancer research. a fragrant blush-style wine with hints of crisp peach and passion fruit
Earlier this year, Peju donated more than $12,000 to the Napa and is served chilled. The Peju Pink label features a woman in pink
Queen of the Valley Medical Complex Breast Center from a portion of who depicts one of the three Greek graces from a 100-year-old stained
the sales of the 2007 vintage of its Peju Pink wine. The contribution glass window in the Peju tasting room tower.
was designated to directly assist women in need of breast cancer treat- About Peju Winery
ment and care due to expense and insurance limitations. Since 2007, Established in 1982, Peju is a small, family-owned and operated
Peju has donated nearly $50,000 to breast cancer organizations from winery located in Napa Valley’s Rutherford Appellation. A certified
both the sales of the Peju Pink wine and through participation in the Napa Green Winery, we are committed to producing high-quality,
Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in San Francisco and the American earth-friendly wines through the use of organic and sustainable
Cancer Society Relay for Life in Napa. farming practices and solar power. Our estate-grown fruit develops
Peju Pink came to fruition in the winter of 2007 when the women into wines that exhibit a graceful combination of power and elegance.
of Peju wanted to create a wine to honor the many lives that have been Visitors to Peju are invited to enjoy our pristine gardens, art exhibit,
touched by breast cancer. Winemaker Sara Fowler, along with owners extensive gift shop, three wine clubs and an on-premise kitchen that
Herta, Lisa and Ariana Peju, created a blush-style blend and chose to hosts a variety of events and classes. Our tasting room is open daily
donate a portion of its proceeds to breast cancer research and patient from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and is located at 8466 St. Helena Hwy, Ruther-
care. ford, Napa Valley. For more information, visit www.peju.com or call
“Most of us know at least one woman who has been diagnosed with 1-800-446-7358.
Ménage à Trois Named 2009

'Wine Brand of the Year' by Market Watch
Beverage industry publication Market Watch has named Ménage à grown Ménage à Trois from under 25,000 cases to well over one
Trois the 2009 “Wine Brand of the Year.” The award was announced million cases, with Ménage à Trois Red becoming the number one
in New York City, on September 24th, at the 26th Annual Market selling red wine in the country.
Watch Leaders Award Dinner. Market Watch is published by New York-based M. Shanken
The recipient of this prestigious accolade is selected annually by Communication, Inc, a company specializing in food & beverage
nearly 200 of the top beverage alcohol retailers in the United States, publications. M. Shanken also publishes Wine Spectator, Cigar
and bestowed as a mark of excellence on the year’s best products Aficionado, Food Arts and Impact.
across the beer, wine and spirits categories. Trinchero Family Estates is wholly owned and operated by the
“Receiving this award is a great honor and it’s been thrilling to Trinchero family, Napa Valley vintners since 1948. The company
watch the Ménage à Trois brand grow exponentially over the past produces more than 23 brands of wine including Sutter Home,
couple of years,” said Bob Torkelson, President and COO of Trinchero Trinchero Napa Valley, Main Street, Napa Cellars, Terra d'Oro,
Family Estates. “We are incredibly proud to have been selected by the Montevina, Trinity Oaks, Folie a Deux, Ménage à Trois, and the
Market Watch Leaders for this award. We are grateful for the support number one alcohol-removed wine, Fre. The company also imports
of our outstanding national wholesaler network that has embraced the Angove Family Winemakers and Little Boomey wines of Australia, and
brand and enabled our success.” markets and sells the Three Thieves and Joel Gott brands. For more
Since purchasing the brand in 2004, Trinchero Family Estates has information, visit www.tfewines.com or www.folieadeux.com.
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Wineology INTELLIGENCE FOR THE WINE CONSUMER
by Len Napolitano
Are Syrah and Petite Sirah the same Wines?

Petite Sirah, also known as durif, is often used as a blending ruby color. Its bold, peppery flavors make Syrah a popular
grape and, although it is not commonly bottled as a single- choice to serve with strong flavorful foods such as game and
grape varietal, when it is it creates a unique, bold and inter- stews.
esting wine. It has a dense, inky quality with intense black fruit In Australia, the Syrah grape is known as Shiraz, and it has
flavors. In fact, there isn’t much about it I would describe as become Australia’s trademark red grape. Australian wine
petite. If you like big, intense red wines, you will like Petite producers, as well as American winemakers, have also blended
Sirah. syrah with another black grape, Cabernet Sauvignon, with
The Syrah grape, however, is more frequently used to make tremendous success. It is complex and tannic and will age well
single-grape-variety wine and creates a more moderately for many years, possibly decades.
powerful wine compared to Petite Sirah. There is a distant In California, the one region coming known for its quality
DNA connection between the two grapes, but they are generally wines made with Syrah is the Central Coast, particularly the
regarded as two different and distinct grapes. areas of Paso Robles and Santa Maria, and extending into Santa
Syrah’s true home is acknowledged to be a region of France Barbara County and the Santa Ynez area. Wines from this region
called the Northern Rhône. It is in the lower eastern section of represent the richness of Syrah at easily affordable prices.
the country and it is defined by the north-south running Rhône
River. The most famous French wine from this region that is Len Napolitano lives in Sonoma County and is certified in wine by the Society of Wine Educators,
made from Syrah is called Hermitage and the style represents Wine & Spirits Education Trust and Chicago Wine School and continually gains knowledge from his frequent
contact with California winemakers. More information is on his website, www.wineology.com.
Syrah’s potential as a dense, dark and spicy wine, with a deep Send your questions about wine to: wineologist@earthlink.net or by mail to Len Napolitano in care of
Wine Country This Week magazine. Wineology is a registered trademark of Len Napolitano.
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Pinot Party winemaking discussion led by Winemaker sits in the shadow of Napa and Sonoma wine
Passionate about Pinot Noir? Make plans Steve Urberg. Barcelona native and Gloria country, savvy drinkers know the wines are
now to attend the 6th Annual “Pinot On Ferrer’s Executive VP, Eva Bertran, will just as good and the prices don’t break the
The River,” a three-day weekend of all things also provide a hands (and lips) on demonstrat bank! The perfect time to discover this under-
Pinot Noir, featuring in-depth tastings, semi- ion of the proper usage of the Catalonian “por the-radar wine destination is during the
nars, vineyard tours and sumptuous food. On ron,” a traditional glass wine pitcher famous annual Hopland Passport Weekend. More
October 22nd-25th, sit with winemakers and throughout Spain, followed by an exclusive than 10 area wineries are participating,
meet other Pinot lovers at various venues in winery and cave tour. This celebration of
including my favorite, Brutocao Cellars, an
the Russian River Valley while sipping highly harvest takes place on Saturday, October
ultra-premium multigenerational family
allocated, limited production Pinot Noirs. 24th. Reserve your tickets soon, as space is
limited. Tickets are $70 and $56 for Cuvée winery that specializes in superb Old World
More than 50 premium producers, including varietals. Tickets for the two-day fete are only
Schug and Marimar Torres, will be pouring. Club members. Call (707) 933-1999 to
reserve tickets or visit the winery’s website at $35 per person and includes live music,
The event is capped off by Sunday’s Grand
www.GloriaFerrer.com bocce ball, barrel tasting, barbecues, organic
Artisanal Pinot Noir Tasting with Pinot Noirs
garden tours, book signings, reserve and
from 100 small production artisanal Pinot All That Jazz
producers at the historic Russian River Vine- future tastings and a few extra surprises. Free
Voted Best Napa Music Festival by the
yards. Tickets are on sale now with packages shuttles will be running between the wineries
Bohemian Readers Poll, the Downtown
starting at $65 per person. To participate, visit too. For more information, call 1-800-564-
Blues Festival returns to Calistoga on
www.PinotFestival.com. 2582 or go to www.HoplandPassport.com.
Saturday, November 7th. Each fall, this event
The Simple Life draws thousands of wine and music lovers to Big Deal
Flora Springs is a family-owned winery the area to experience and enjoy basically one Celebrating excellence in winemaking in
that has been styling elegant, complex wines great big jazz and blues club. On Saturday, an unmatched and beautiful natural setting,
from its Napa Valley estate vineyards for 25 hear the Bay Area’s best bands playing in Yosemite National Park is the backdrop for
years. Trilogy and world-class Cabernet restaurants, shops and public spaces, taste
several upcoming food and wine events. The
Sauvignon are the foundations of the winery’s wines from Napa Valley’s finest wineries, and
Ahwahnee Hotel brings together 32 promi-
legacy. The estate possesses an enviable record enjoy art and great food too. On Sunday, the
festivities continues with Blues in the Vine- nent California wineries over a series of eight
of critical acclaim: five different wine varietals sessions from November 1st to December
yards with music and wine tasting at seven
have been listed among Wine Spectator’s “Top 3rd. Participants are invited to meet, learn
Calistoga wineries. For details, call (707) 942-
100” wines of the world. A perfect time to from and dine with different winemakers
6333 or go to www.CalistogaChamber.com.
discover this fabled winery is on Friday,
and winery owners in each session, moder-
October 30th, during Savor the Simple Life. Family Focused
ated by some of the most respected wine
Participants will tour through one of Napa One of the few remaining family owned
authorities in the country. Esteemed Cali-
Valley’s most romantic caves and taste wines and operated wineries in the Sonoma Valley,
paired with signature dishes. Guests will also fornia winemakers making repeat appear-
VJB Vineyards & Cellars, specializes in
explore wine related topics such as: sense of ances this year include Joseph Phelps,
select lots of handcrafted wine sold only
place, flavor profiles, barrel aging and more. through their retail tasting room and Wine Rombauer Vineyards, Mumm Napa Estates.
Cost to attend Savor the Simple Life is $85 Club. Enjoy their award-winning Cabernet Newcomers include Ceja Vineyards and
per person. To reserve your place, call (707) Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Zinfandel and Topel Winery. At each session, guests will
967-6723 or visit www.FloraSprings.com. Barbera, in addition to their yummy choco- enjoy a world-class, five-course gourmet
late truffles filled with VJB Reserve Cabernet. dinner paired with that session’s wines. Vint-
Paella Party
For those seeking a little break from wine ners’ Holidays offers everyone from novice
Experience an evening of Spanish culture,
tasting, enjoy the family’s full espresso bar and to connoisseur an opportunity to experience
music and ambiance at Gloria Ferrer Caves
their nice selection of locally made pastries. rare and limited-releases in one of the most
& Vineyards in celebration of the 2009
Contact (707) 833-2300 or the website: breathtaking winter settings imaginable.
harvest. Chef Jose Castaneda, whose passion
www.VJBCellars.com. This exclusive event does sell out so make
and artistry for paella is renowned
throughout the region, will wow guests with Best Bet your reservations early. Special two and
a cooking demonstration of his world-class If you’re looking for something different, three night packages are available at the
tapas and seafood paella, which will be paired on the weekend of October 24th and 25th, Ahwahnee and Yosemite Lodge at the Falls.
with Gloria Ferrer’s diverse selection of estate wine enthusiasts are heading north to sample To participate, call (801) 559-4949 or visit
and vineyard designated Pinot Noirs and a the wines of Mendocino county. Although it www.YosemitePark.com/Vintners.
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Tasting Room of the Week:
GRGICH HILLS ESTATE

by Michelle J. Baker wine, Violetta.
Halloween Concert at Grgich Hills Grgich, who is now 86 years old, has
What were you doing 51 years ago? Les Violettes will present a special Halloween concert of always been one of the wine industry’s great
Taking your first steps? Heading into kinder- magical, mythical and macabre French Baroque music, innovators. His winery converted to solar
garten? Or maybe like me, you weren’t even guaranteed to make you shudder, shiver and swoon on power in 2006, and now the sun provides
Sunday, October 25, starting at 2pm. The concert will be
born yet. in Grgich Hills Estate’s salon. nearly 100 percent of the facility’s electrical
That’s why it’s staggering to consider that The winery is located at 1829 St. Helena Highway needs. In fact, visitors to Grgich Hills can
Miljenko “Mike” Grgich, co-founder of (Highway 29) in Rutherford. track the winery’s real-time usage and its
Grgich Hills Cellar in Rutherford, just Les Violetttes is Violet Grgich, harpsichord, and Colin solar power production on a kiosk in the
passed his 51st anniversary of making wines Shipman, viola da gamba, with guest artists Corey
tasting room. In addition, Grgich Hills’ 366
Carleton, soprano, and David Wilson, violin.
in the Napa Valley this summer. Cost is $25 general admission, $15 Grgich Hills wine club acres of estate vineyards are now all certified
Last year, Grgich was one inducted into members. For reservations, please contact organic and Biodynamic® by Demeter, an
the Vintners Hall of Fame. Among his many info@grgich.com or call the winery at (707) 963-2784. organization that visits annually to recertify
career accomplishments, Grgich was instru- them. And, all of the Grgich Hills wines are
mental in propelling California and Napa 20 years would go on to work under many estate grown from its Napa Valley vineyards.
Valley onto the world wine scene when as legendary winemakers, including Lee In the cellar, Grgich has started to use
the winemaker at Chateau Montelena, his Stewart of the original Souverain Cellars; larger sizes of foudres (oak barrels) for some
Chardonnay was declared the finest white Brother Timothy at Christian Brothers; wines to keep the benefits of oak aging
wine in the world at the famed “Judgment at André Tchelistcheff at Beaulieu Vineyards; without overdoing the oak flavoring. He’s
Paris” in 1976. and Robert Mondavi. also brought in new a new barrel rack
Mike Grgich’s storied winemaking career In 1977, Grgich started Grgich Hills system for the Chardonnay that allows the
started in Croatia, where he studied wine- Winery with Austin Hills of the Hills cellar crew to spin the sealed barrels to stir
making and viticulture at the University of Brothers Coffee family. Grgich Hills has the sediment called lees, a process that adds
Zagreb. He left Yugoslavia in 1954 to escape made its name by producing consistently richness and complexity to the wine. Most
communism, first traveling to West high quality Fumé Blanc, Chardonnay, wineries open the bung on top of the barrel
Germany and then Canada. In 1958, Grgich Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Merlot and and manually stir the lees, which risks
arrived in Napa Valley and over the course of more recently, a proprietary late harvest exposing the wine to bacteria or too much
WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | NAPA VALLEY
George Taber to Sign his New

Book at Grgich Hills Estate
‘In Search of Bacchus: Wandering in
the Wonderful World of Wine Tourism’
Award-wining author George
M. Taber will join with Hall of
Fame winemaker Miljenko “Mike”
Grgich to autograph Taber’s newest
book at the Grgich Hills Estate
winery, from 2 to 4 p.m. on
Saturday, October 24.
Traveling to 12 beautiful and
fascinating wine-producing
regions around the globe, Taber
captures the land, the people, and
– of course, the grapes – in this
delightful and entertaining explo-
ration of the thriving world of wine tourism.
Mike Grgich was honored to be one of the first to read the
book and his comments were used on the back cover: Mike
wrote, “With In Search of Bacchus, George Taber proves that
what makes great wines also makes for a great story, as he trans-
ports us to the world’s best wine regions and introduces us to the
fascinating people who make the wine. My only complaint is he
didn’t invite me along on his journey.”
Taber’s previous books are “Judgment of Paris: California vs.
France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting That Revolutionized
Wine” and “To Cork or Not to Cork: Tradition, Romance,
Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle.”
air. During Grgich Hills daily tours at 11am and 2pm daily, you can
learn more about this process.
The winery remains family-owned and operated with Mike
assisted by his daughter, Violet Grgich, who is Vice President of
Operations, and his nephew, Ivo Jeramaz, who is Vice President of
Vineyards and Production.
At the tasting bar, the Grgich Hills currently features some
limited release bottles, including the 2005 Yountville Selection
Cabernet Sauvignon, which comes from some of the oldest
Cabernet Sauvignon vines in the Napa Valley, planted in 1959. The
winery also has a Carneros Selection Chardonnay, a wine that does
not go through malolactic fermentation so it has great structure to
balance the lovely richness that Chard fans crave.
During harvest season Grgich Hills has a grape stomping exhibi-
tion. For a small fee visitors can take their turn at stomping some
of the day’s harvest. Grgich Hills Estate is located at 1829 St. Helena
Hwy (Hwy. 29) in Rutherford. For more information, visit
www.grgich.com.
NAPA VALLEY | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
Four Fun, New Releases from Casa Nuestra Winery

In keeping with their near 30-year tradition production is a blend of mostly Merlot with some
of being a premier vintner of rare varieties and Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah. 305 cases
unique blends, Casa Nuestra Winery and were produced – $22 a bottle.
Vineyards is releasing their 2007 Charbono, The 2008 SYMPHONY is truly a California
2008 Late Harvest French Colombard, 2007 native. This grape variety was created at UC Davis
Two Goats Red (A Napa Valley Red Wine) and in 1948, by crossing Grenache Gris and Muscat
their 2008 Symphony. of Alexandria. The wine boasts an exotic floral
The CHARBONO is a traditional Italian bouquet with a pleasingly fruity finish. Served
variety – once widely planted in the Napa slightly chilled, this wine is a treat to taste. 56
Valley, it is now considered rare. The vineyard cases produced, $20 a bottle.
is located in Calistoga, now California’s Char- All of these new releases are available for
bono headquarters. The vineyard is very old, tasting at the winery in St.Helena, by appoint-
very small and head-pruned. The 2007 vintage ment Monday through Saturday.
offers a deep richly color and pleasantly Casa Nuestra, which means “Our House” was
medium–bodied wine with layers of red fruit established in 1979 and continues to produce
with allspice followed by a creamy finish. only about 2,000 cases annually from the estate’s
150 cases were produced, $29 a bottle. organic vineyards. Their goal is to preserve rare
The 2008 LATE HARVEST FRENCH varieties and unusual blends and to keep the
COLOMBARD grapes are from a very small block of vines at the top vineyards along with the winery a true taste of old Napa, where folks
of Casa Nuestra’s near 70-year-old, dry-farmed vineyard in Oakville. are encouraged to visit, sit back and savor fine, handcrafted wines.
This year the vines were Botrytized, and offered unique apricot flavors The Casa team of about ten people, proudly craft and present
to the wine. Botrytise, (also known as Noble Rot) occurs late in the several wines including Old Vines Chenin Blanc, Rosado (a dry
harvest season and extracts the moisture from the grapes leaving fruit rosé,) Old Vines Riesling, French Colombard, Meritage (Bordeaux
flavors highly concentrated without raising the sugar level. With only style blend), Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petite
8% residual sugar, this wine has a wonderfully clean finish. This wine Sirah, Charbono, Two Goats Red and two wines called Tinto St.
is the perfect pairing to a plate of soft cheeses, candied walnuts and Helena and Tinto Classico – made from traditional, field blended
dried fruit. Only 100 cases of 375 ml bottles were produced, $20 a vineyards. All the wines are award-winning. They welcome visi-
bottle. tors Monday through Saturday by appointment, for tasting, tours,
The 2007 TWO GOATS RED – A NAPA VALLEY RED WINE is and barrel sampling. Casa Nuestra Winery is located at 3451
from Casa Nuestra’s St. Helena Estate. The wine is amusingly dedi- Silverado Trail North in St. Helena, California, Napa Valley. They
cated to the weed abatement staff who are literally, a couple of goats. can also be reached by phone toll-free at 1-866-844-WINE or on
The varietals in this wine change with each production and is the web at www.casanuestra.com. Picnickers and well-behaved
promised to always be delicious and affordable. This, their sixth canines welcome!
Winemaker Profile: Flora Springs Winery
PAUL STEINAUER
by Diana Greenwood
Although Paul Steinauer has hiked
through forty countries on all seven conti-
nents, including some of the world’s most
prestigious wine-growing regions, his heels
are firmly planted in Flora Springs soil. Wine-
maker for the past two years and Assistant
Winemaker for eighteen years prior to his
promotion, Paul has a big worldview to go
with his wide grin and he fits right in at this
friendly, family-owned and family-run winery.
Flora Springs is “old world meets new
world” with a presence on Facebook, Twitter,
and Yelp, a wine blog, and The Room in
St. Helena with all its ultra-modern glory, yet
the original estate is as serene and lovely as
any in wine country with a charming stone
winery building built in 1883. Inside that
slice of history, Paul works with state of the art
equipment to produce the world-renowned Phelps Winery. It was there that he caught in barrels permeating his thoughts. Paul
wines for which Flora Springs is known. wine fever. Paul studied Marketing and counts the magnificent estate fruit from Flora
One of Paul’s trips to France may have Finance at the University of Oregon and in Springs’ 650 acres of vineyards throughout
helped to shape his style. “I think spending 1990, he came home to wine country and the Napa Valley as a real boon to his task as a
time in Bordeaux, tasting wines from single joined the Flora Springs team, continuing his winemaker. “We’re able to have seamless
vineyard blocks and talking to a number of education at UC Davis. He’s been having fun communication between the farming side and
winemakers there had an influence on the way ever since. “Having worked for the Komes the production side,” said Paul. He credits
I approach our single vineyard line of wines,” and Garvey families for almost two decades Vineyard Director Pat Garvey and President
said Paul. “In Bordeaux, they don’t have the now, I can honestly say this is like my family John Komes with keeping the quality of Flora
luxury of blending from different appellations away from home,” said Paul. “In addition to Springs’ wines a top priority as evidenced in
as we are able to do with our Trilogy, a providing us with a great place to work, they the sustainably-farmed vineyards.
meritage blend. However, in the case of our have also provided all the tools to continue Taste the wines of world traveler, Paul
Wild Boar, Holy Smoke, Out of Sight, Rennie making world class wines. This season we Steinauer, at The Room, 677 St. Helena
Reserve and our Hillside Reserve Cabernets, added a new bottling line, new stainless steel Highway in St. Helena, open daily from 10
those are 100% vineyard designated and each tanks, new concrete tanks and all the barrels I a.m. to 5 p.m.; (707) 967-8032, or visit Flora
one requires a different winemaking approach. requested. All of this just adds to the pleasure Springs Winery & Vineyards where tours of
The choices I make are similar to those of the I feel arriving at work each day.” the caves and patio tastings are available by
winemakers in Bordeaux.” Once in a while Paul takes time off to appointment. To reach the winery, call (707)
For all his world travel, Paul is a home-boy, pursue his other passion – fly-fishing. He says 967-6723.
born in St. Helena and although he moved to there’s something meditative about the sport; Paul says this harvest looks promising and
Oregon when he was young, he spent five where you’re one with nature and all is quiet. there’s no better time to visit than fall, when
summers here with his grandparents, No doubt, his mind wanders as he casts, the the vines are turning color, the air is cool and
working long hours in the vineyards at Joseph heady aroma of fermenting grapes and blends fresh, and the highways are clear.
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Napa Valley is North America’s Preferred Wine Destination S T. H E L E N A

Legendary Wine Producing Region Voted Number One planning to do so this fall. Travelers are most inter-
Wine Destination by TripAdvisor® Survey Respondents ested in visiting California favorites Napa Valley (29
In a recent announcement, The Napa Valley was percent) and Sonoma (18 percent), with the Finger
named North America’s number one wine destina- Lakes, New York and Willamette Valley, Oregon
tion by TripAdvisor® survey respondents. Described tied for third place with eight percent.
by TripAdvisor editors as the “undisputed wine To plan an escape to America’s legendary Napa
capital of America,” The Napa Valley was recog- Valley, visit www.legendarynapavally.com for more
nized for its unparalleled beauty, vineyards and details on accommodations, wine tastings and
world-class wines. tours, restaurants, spas and regional activities.
“The Napa Valley,” says Clay Gregory, CEO of the The word Napa stands for “Land of Plenty,” the
Napa Valley Destination Council, “provides the original meaning given to the region by its first
genuine wine country experience travelers desire inhabitants, the Wappo Indians. The Valley itself is
and we are thrilled that the TripAdvisor community one of the rarest and most precious agricultural
has honored our destination with the #1 position preserves on earth – a place that moves in perfect
on their Top Ten wine destinations list.” synchrony with the seasons. In addition to being
“The Napa Valley defines a casual wine country internationally recognized as one of only eight
lifestyle,” Gregory added, “and our region’s beauty, “Great Wine Capitals,” the Napa Valley is prized for
world-renowned wines, restaurants, spas and its natural beauty, phenomenal culinary scene,
authentic cities and towns offer the traveler activi- world-class accommodations, and one-of-a-kind
ties that will enrich both body and soul.” spa experiences including the region’s famed mud
In the TripAdvisor commissioned survey of baths and natural geo-thermal springs. For more
more than 1,000 U.S. respondents, 48 percent plan information about The Napa Valley, visit
to visit a U.S. vineyard this year, with 40 percent www.LegendaryNapaValley.com.
Calistoga
HOT SPRINGS • COOL WINES • WARM WELCOME
Great Tasting Is Just the Beginning

Unique Programs Educate While Visitors Recreate a cost of $30 per person or $50 per couple.
From simple tastings of fine wines in elegantly appointed tasting Graeser Winery, located at 255 Petrified Forest Road near Calis-
rooms to classes that help you refine your palate or blend a Bordeaux, toga, offers a hands-on class called “Winemaker for a Day” for
oenophiles can choose from a range of wine experiences when visiting those wanting to know more about the winemaking experience. It
Calistoga. takes place at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday through Saturday, at a cost of
Those interested in learning more about what goes into a great $85 per person ($65 for club members).
wine “bouquet” can stop by a new tasting room in downtown If you’re keen to know more about wine choices relative to
Calistoga – W.H. Smith Wines & Wine Sensory Experience – food, several restaurants, including JoLe and Brannan’s Grill also
located at 1307 B Lincoln Avenue. Featuring W.H. Smith Wines, offer “winemaker dinners” featuring food and wine pairings
the tasting room is also home to Wine Sensory Experience, a specially designed by the resident chef and maker of the wines to
company that provides classes on “wine aroma identification.” be served.
Classes are held daily from 10 to 11 a.m. by appointment and at If you’re just looking for the “tasting” part of the wine experi-
ence, there are several new, newly refurbished and specialized
tasting rooms in the area that provide varied settings for your wine
samplings. Newly refurbished tasting rooms in the area include
Vermeil Wines/OnThEdge, located at 1255 Lincoln Avenue.
Vermeil Wines/OnThEdge has hand-crafted wine barrel coun-
ters, plus sports memorabilia from owner Dick Vermeil’s career as
a Super Bowl-winning football coach.
Among the new tasting rooms is Rios Wine Company in down-
town Calistoga, which features wines produced by three brothers
and a cousin (Rafael, Manuel and Albert Rios, and their cousin
Jesus Hernandez). Rios Wine Company makes Sauvignon Blanc,
Chardonnay and Cabernet under the label Solovino. The tasting
room is located at 1345 Lincoln Avenue.
Looking for a place to sample some vintages from some of
Calistoga’s smaller wineries? The Calistoga Wine Depot specializes
in pouring wines from “producers a bit off the beaten path.” Aptly
named, the tasting room is located in California’s oldest railroad
building. Among the wines to be featured in October during the
Wine Depot’s “Saturday Tastings” are Diamond Terrace Winery,
Branham Estate Wines, Chelsea Vineyards and Voces Wines. The
special tastings are held from 1 to 5 p.m. each Saturday.
For more information on Calistoga’s many wine country visitor
attractions, go to: www.calistogavisitors.com. Facebook users can get
even more information on visiting Calistoga, including great deals,
breaking news and insider tips, by searching for “Calistoga Visitors”
and becoming a “fan,” or going to www.tinyurl.com/calistogavisitors.
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CALISTOGA
Yountville
W H E R E S H O P P I N G M E E T S L I F E S T Y L E
Lemondrops – New Children’s Boutique Debuts at V Marketplace

After 42 years in business at V Market- replace their storied children’s boutique, members have enriched our lives in so many
place (formerly Vintage 1870) Hansel & searched high and low for a replacement. ways. One of our greatest joys has been
Gretel owner Karen Millhouse decided to They needed to look no further than their finding that special gift for these young folks
hang up her retail apron and retire. The own backyard! Long time residents of Napa, over the years at Hansel and Gretel. With the
shopping center management, eager to the Gulbransen family was looking for a loca- retirement of the store it provided an oppor-
tion for their new business venture – a chil- tunity for our family to open our own chil-
dren’s boutique! dren’s store at V Marketplace.” says Shirley
“Our two children, five grandchildren, Gulbransen, the new owner of Lemondrops.
YO U N T V I L L E and a host of much loved extended family Shirley shares a passion for retail with her
Ride, Wine & Dine with Us

SERVING
WINE COUNTRY
SINCE 1987
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• G u i d e d T o u rs • K a y a k i n g
• B i c y c l e R en t a ls
• B i c y c l in g V ac a ti o n s
www.napavalleybiketours.com • 1-877-336-2453
Continued 37th Annual ‘Gifts ‘n Tyme Holiday Faire’

husband Rob and her daughter made lunches and dinner.
and son-in-law Wendy and This is a great time to get your
Charles Gibson. Rob and Christmas shopping done early –
Charles spent nights renovating with the personal touch! Special
the retail space and custom built orders are accepted and delivered
all the new cabinetry. The interior by Christmas by most vendors.
is fun, bright and cheery with Admission and parking are free,
lemon yellow walls and primary and the Downtown Shuttle
color décor. makes stops in front of the Expo
The Gulbransens searched far every 20 minutes.
and wide to find the unique For further information,
items suited for the Lemondrops please call Kim or Mark at (925)
boutique. You will find Little 372-8961, or e-mail them at
Maven, Le Top, Baby LuLu, This popular event is held at The Holiday Faire features afterthegoldrush@sbcglobal.net.
Mooncakes, Kissy Kissy, Plum the Napa Valley Expo at 575 more than 80 booths of fine
Pudding, Petit Lem, Sarah Third Street, Napa, in the crafts, art and gourmet foods.
Louise, Jamie Ray Hats, to name Chardonnay Hall, November 20- The Greater Napa Valley Lion’s
a few of the fun children’s 22. The hours are: Friday 10 a.m. Club will again be having their
clothing lines. Shoes and pretty to 7 p.m., Saturday: 10 a.m. to 6 home-baked goodies annual sale.
accessories are featured items. p.m. and Sunday: 10 a.m. to 4 The faire also features a full
The boutique will also offer p.m. kitchen serving excellent home-
customers the opportunity to
special order children’s furniture
from Young America, a made in
America company, and to design
and create children’s specialty
bedding from Pine Creek
Bedding. And, finally, let’s not
forget toys! Melissa and Doug, DOWNTOWN
Alex Toys, Corolle Dolls and
Gund Plush Toys are a few of the N A P A
fun lines in store.
If you are selective when it
comes to purchasing just the
right gift or outfit for your special
little person, let The Gulbransen
family at Lemondrops help you
find some unusual items to
inspire young minds and unlock
the wonders of childhood!
Lemondrops opened October
1, upstairs at V Marketplace in
Yountville. The phone number is
(707) 947-7057.
V Marketplace is located at
6525 Washington St., Yountville.
Call (707) 944-2451 or go online
to www.vmarketplace.com.
V Marketplace is open daily
from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
JACK STORMS: NEW WORKS at RASgalleries

For nearly twenty years RASgalleries in The finished sculpture contains up to two VIVI OVO
Yountville, Napa Valley, has been wine hundred pieces of dichroic and optical
country’s premiere art gallery for American crystal glass and takes up to eight weeks to
art glass. Owner Ronda Schaer has complete. Among the artist’s works currently
announced receipt of several new-in-2009 featured at RASgalleries are magnificent
sculpture designs by the brilliant young art small and large wine bottles, as well as his
glass sculptor, Jack Storms. signature beveled cubes.
“RASgalleries is privileged to be one of
Background
the few galleries in the United States to
Storms graduated with a degree in Art
consider Jack Storms a resident artist, in
from Plymouth State College, and soon went
other words an artist whose works are
to work as an apprentice for an accom-
continually shown in the gallery, and it is
plished glass sculptor in Carmel Valley. He
exciting for us to reveal new works.”
quickly became passionate about working
explained Ms. Schaer.
with cold glass, and in 2002 opened his own
In addition to the Bella Vino bottles and
studio in Northern California.
Wine Glass sculptures which the gallery
premiered in 2008, new works at RASgal- BELLA VINO
leries include VIVI OVO, a beautiful and
optically intriguing egg shape, DIAMON, cut
like a rare lavender hued diamond and LE
CIRCE, a unique circular design.
“My passion is to create an original
optical glass sculpture that takes your mind
on a journey inside of it, just like the bril-
liance and scintillation of a diamond,” …
artist, Jack Storms.
Complex Techniques
Part of the fascination and mystery of Jack
Storm’s glass is that it invites the viewer to
ask technical questions. Mr. Storms works
with cold glass (as opposed to glass that is
heated and blown or otherwise shaped), a
challenging medium that requires careful
hands and tremendous patience. In creating
his pieces, Storms specifically uses the
highest quality lead crystal and optical glass SMALL CUBE “When you gaze into one of my sculp-
with extreme clarity and great light tures, I want it to take your mind on a
refracting capability. This is combined with journey. The brilliance, the scintillation, the
dichroic glass (originally developed by purity of a diamond but a piece I created to
NASA for use in satellite optics and spacesuit breathe light and exhale fire,” says Jack
visors), which is glass coated with a thin Storms of his work. In a home, his pieces
molecular coating of pure metals reflecting become a focal point the way a beautiful
two or more colors. The dichroic glass layers diamond is to a hand.
are bonded to small polished crystal blocks RASgalleries is located at 6540 Wash-
on all sides and allowed to cure in controlled ington Street (next to Bouchon), Yountville.
ultra violet light. These steps are repeated, Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Tuesdays
building size from the inside out. When by appointment. Please call (707) 944-9211
large enough, Jack Storms begins to sculpt. for details or visit www.rasgalleries.com.
Napa Valley Fine Art
Napa Gallery Chosen to Display Exclusive Works of Bill Mack
Downtown Napa has a wonderful in full-round rising toward the viewer
new addition to celebrate. World as in my ‘Illusion’ image where her leg
renown sculptor, Bill Mack, has leaves the background extending into
chosen Quent Cordair Fine Art as space. Technically, sculptures
one of his exclusive galleries. combining various levels of relief and
Without a doubt, Bill Mack’s full-round parts are called ‘Alto Relief’
creations are strikingly unique in the sculptures. A similar technique has
world of art. Only nine locations in been used on classic Roman and
the world are authorized to carry his Greek buildings. However, until I
work, assuring his collectors of offered my current collection of sculp-
preferred service and quality when tures, this art form had not appeared
acquiring Bill Mack artwork through to any extent in galleries.” Combining
one of these galleries. Elusive Stainless Steel, 22"x37" low and high relief, incised lines, and
Bill Mack sculpture simply put is emotional elegance defined elements in the full-round in sculpture works that are light enough
in sculpture. He has no mentors. There is nowhere to go to learn to be hung on a wall, Mack directly involves the viewer in a 3-
his art. No one teaches his technique. Sculptor Bill Mack works dimensional experience, both textural and tactile, that is often star-
in such a rare art form that coming up with a name to describe it has tling real.
been only slightly less arduous than creating the art itself. Quent Cordair Fine Art is located at 1301 First St. in down-
“Calling my artwork bas-relief,” Mack says, “is incorrect since bas- town Napa. The gallery is open every day except Tuesday and by
relief technically refers to low relief sculpture. My art, in fact, has private appointment. For more information, please call (707) 255-
more physical depth than high relief; it incorporates various elements 2242 or go to www.cordair.com.
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Getting to Napa Valley
TRAVEL TIME
FROM MILES (Average) (Peak)
Golden Gate Bridge 50 60 100
Bay Bridge 50 60 90
Sacramento 60 70 90
Santa Rosa 40 60 70
Getting around Napa Valley

Downtown Napa to Yountville 10 15 20
Yountville to St. Helena 10 15 30
St. Helena to Calistoga 10 10 15
Calistoga to Alexander Valley 25 35 45
Downtown Napa to Sonoma Plaza 15 20 25
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Limited-Edition Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

2005 Stags Leap District Appellation Collection Released
An Exclusive Holiday Gift For Discerning world,” says Erle Martin, CEO of Pine Ridge tannins,” says Elias Fernandez, winemaker of
Wine Lovers and Collectors Vineyards and the association’s president, Shafer Vineyards. “A perfect budbreak led to
The Stags Leap District Winegrowers “which is pretty special.” Released only once a long summer of warm, dry days and chilly
Association (SLDWA) celebrated, the 13th a year, the year’s Collection is the largest yet as evenings, ideal conditions that allowed us to
annual release of its limited-edition Appella- the association’s membership increased to 17 leave the fruit on the vine until it achieved
tion Collection. The Appellation Collection is wineries, adding this year both Robinson true physiological ripeness. The resulting
comprised of one bottle from each of the Family Vineyards and Terlato Family Vine- wines are classic Stags Leap District.”
association’s winery members. For the wine yards. Detailed winemaker tasting notes and
lover, the Collection provides a unique The 2005 Appellation Collection includes additional information regarding the district
opportunity to taste across the renowned one 2005 Stags Leap District designated accompany the Collection.
district, one of Napa Valley’s smallest sub- Cabernet Sauvignon from each of the The 2005 Appellation Collection is $1,375
appellations. It is a perfect wine cellar addi- following Stags Leap District Winegrower per case plus 8.25% tax applies to California
tion or holiday gift. This distinctive collection wineries: Baldacci Family Vineyards, sales. In celebration of the appellation’s 20th
of 17 Cabernet Sauvignons, limited to 200 Chimney Rock Winery, Cliff Lede Vineyards, anniversary, complimentary ground shipping
cases, is available only through November 30, Clos Du Val, Hartwell Vineyards, Ilsley Vine- will be provided. Two-day air rates available.
2009 through the association. yards, Malk Family Vineyards Pine, Ridge The Stags Leap District Winegrowers Associ-
With its debut in 1997, the Collection was Vineyards, Regusci Winery, Robert Sinskey ation is the exclusive retailer of the Appella-
conceived as a way to educate consumers Vineyards, Robinson Family Vineyards, tion Collection, the only collection of
about the appellation’s distinct character and Shafer Vineyards, Silverado Vineyards, Stags' Cabernet Sauvignon released by an American
the wines’ hallmarks of lush fruit and soft Leap Winery, Steltzner Vineyards, Taylor Viticultural Association.
tannins, but it has additionally turned into a Family Vineyards and Terlato Family Vine- Consumers interested in purchasing the
luxurious and coveted offering for avid yards. collection may order via the website at
collectors. The Appellation Collection is the “2005 was a beautiful vintage that served stagsleapdistrict.com/appellationcollection or
ultimate gift for wine enthusiasts. These rare, up what I see as the true, delicious hallmarks for additional information contact the associ-
critically acclaimed 2005 Cabernets cannot of Stags Leap District wines in spades – a ation’s Executive Director Nancy Bialek at
be purchased collectively anywhere in the sweet, juicy core of fruit and ripe, velvety (707) 255-1720.
SONOMA COUNTY | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
Adler Fels, Owl Ridge Wines Take Home Top Two

Awards at 2009 Harvest Fair Wine Competition
Adler Fels of Santa Rosa and Owl Ridge Wines of Sebastopol took In all the 25 judges, who traveled from around the country for
home the top two awards at the 35th annual Harvest Fair Awards the week of judging, awarded 16 double golds, 177 golds, 483
Night Gala. silvers and 375 bronzes.
Adler Fels’ 2007 Pinot Noir won the George Cooke Award, the The 2009 judging panel was very enthusiastic about the wines.
Sweepstakes Award for Red Wines entered in the competition. The Ann Littlefield of Napa was impressed with the high quality of
Adler Fels Pinot Noir is from the Russian River AVA and is priced at Zinfandels “across the board.”
$25. Winemaker Harry Parducci Jr. took home the Waterford Bob Foster of San Diego, assistant editor of California Grapevine
crystal decanter awarded to the Sweepstakes Winemaker for red Wine Newsletter who judges about 11 competitions annually, said
wine. he was impressed with the increase in quality at the low end of the
A 2008 Sauvignon Blanc from Owl Ridge won the James Guymon spectrum. “The flavor and intensity of the wines were remarkable.
Memorial Award, the Sweepstakes Award for White Wines. The Owl I’ve really never seen it before at that price range. And all the Syrahs
Ridge Sauvignon Blanc is from the Sonoma County AVA and is this year were amazing.”
priced at $12. Winemaker Joe Otos took home the Waterford crystal Foster also said that he loves coming to this competition because
decanter awarded to the Sweepstakes white winemaker. of the energy of the local wine industry. “Only this competition gets
The two sweepstakes wines were singled out from the 12 Best of the intensity of interest that is present at the Gala when awards are
Class white wines and 26 Best of Class red wines presented to the announced.”
wine judges. In all, 1,214 wines were entered this year, the largest Carl Brandhorst of Fairfax, VA., who is President of the Vinfera
number of wines ever entered in the competition. All wines entered Wine Growers Association there, said he was impressed with the
must be made from grapes grown in Sonoma County, making this complete change in character of the Chardonnays he tasted this year
the largest regional wine competition in the nation. compared to last year. This year they were “more food
friendly…more user friendly…”
Larry Van Aalst of Santa Rosa, sommelier and radio host, called
the Sonoma County Chardonnays “spectacular…well balanced with
fruit and oak…the best ever done.”
Dr. Barry Gump, retired professor of enology at Fresno State and
now professor of Beverage Management in Aventura, FL., has been
judging wines at this competition and others for more than 20 years.
Asked to compare this to other competitions, he said it was difficult
because other competitions, where national wines are judged, will
have a broader range of quality.
“Wines from other states are often coming from new wineries,
new wine regions. They are still learning. Here, the wineries have the
benefit of experience and the expertise in the region. We expect
greater wines, and we find them…..and that means more golds.”
Both Gump and Brandhorst were exceptionally complimentary of
the Harvest Fair’s competition system. “You’ve got these great boxes,”
he said, referring to the wooden flight boxes that transport glasses of
wine from the back room to the judging panel.
“Most wine competitions bring you the wines on a tray, or loose
on a rolling cart. It slows things down. Here, we finish one flight,
and the next flight is waiting and easy to set. It means our palates
stay fresh, and so do our memories. We can judge more wines in a
day and judge them more accurately. It makes a more efficient, faster
and much better judging.”
For a complete list of all 2009 wine winners, visit the website at
http://www.harvestfair.org/wine_winners.php.
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Russian River Eastside

Wineries Host ‘Fall Fest’
The grapes leaves are in full color in the wine country. Come join
the wineries on the east side of the Russian River for the sixth annual
fall event. The “Fall Fest” will be held on Saturday, October 24th, from
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This is an event sponsored by Wineries on the East-
side of the Russian River. The wineries participating are Acorn Winery,
Christie Vineyards, Christopher Creek Winery, Deux Amis Winery,
Foppiano Vineyards, Merriam Vineyards, Mietz Cellars and Mutt
Lynch.
At this event participating wineries will be celebrating fall in the
vineyards. Each winery will be serving food as well as pouring new
releases or special wines. The wineries are located within blocks of
each other on the east side of the Russian River, either on Limerick
Lane or Old Redwood Highway – just minutes from downtown
Healdsburg. There will be a $10 charge which includes a logo glass.
No reservations are needed.
This is a unique chance to spend a beautiful autumn day in one of
the foremost growing areas of the Russian River and savor great food
and wines.
For more information about the event, call Christopher Creek Winery
at (707) 431-8243 or visit the website at www.christophercreek.com.
Travelling to Santa Rosa
TRAVEL TIME
FROM MILES (Average) (Peak)
Golden Gate Bridge 49 50 90
Sacramento 104 110 150
Downtown Napa 42 60 77
Travelling around Sonoma County

Downtown Santa Rosa to Sonoma Plaza 22 35 40
Downtown Santa Rosa to Healdsburg 16 20 30
Healdsburg to Geyserville 8 15 15
Downtown Santa Rosa to Guerneville 19 35 40
Sono ma County Wineries

A Full-Immersion Weekend of Pinot Noir

Nearly 100 small-production artisanal Pinot Noir producers will join hundreds of serious Pinot Noir
fanatics at the 2009 Pinot on the River Festival, held October 22-25 at various venues in Sonoma County’s
Russian River Valley.
Pinot On The River is a full-immersion weekend of Pinot Noir, featuring a full program of in-depth tast-
ings and seminars, vineyard tours and sumptuous food. Sit with the winemakers and other Pinot-loving
consumers as we focus on highly-allocated, limited production West Coast Pinot Noirs. From Friday’s
kickoff dinner to a Saturday of intimate Pinot seminars and tastings all the way through Sunday’s “Pinot
Noir Grand Tasting,” if you love Pinot Noir, it’s a weekend you must not miss.
Tickets are on sale now for both the full weekend and for the Sunday tasting only. For more informa-
tion, visit the website at www.pinotfestival.com, call (707) 922-1096 or email info@pinotfestival.com.
ALEXANDER VALLEY
DRY CREEK VALLEY
& RUSSIAN RIVER
W I N E R I E S
Artisano – Inaugural Celebraton of Locally

Handcrafted, Small-Production Wine, Food & Art
November 14 Event Held in Geyserville Will Benefit • Dance to the fabulous live music of the Steve Pile Band.
Slow Food Sonoma County, North’s School Garden Project The event will benefit Slow Food Sonoma County, North by
Artisano, a celebration of small-production, locally handcrafted helping to fund the chapter’s School Garden Project. The goal is for
wine, food and art, will take place from noon to p.m. on November each elementary school in Cloverdale, Geyserville, Healdsburg,
14 on the lawn area of the Geyserville Inn with beautiful panoramic Windsor and Santa Rosa to create and maintain a school garden,
vineyard and mountain views. The event provides unique access to: with support and resources from Slow Food. More information
• Sample and discover more than 20 local, small-production, up- about Slow Food Sonoma County, North and the School Garden
and-coming, ultra-premium wineries. Most of these wines are not Project may be found at www.slowfoodsonomacounty.org.
widely available to the general public such as MacPhail, Garden Community partners to Artisano include Relish Culinary Adven-
Creek, Foursight, Montemaggiore, Verge, Duxoup and Kelley & tures, Schott Zwiesel/Fortessa, Sonoma County Meat Buying Club,
Young. Dry Creek Rancheria and The Special Event.
• Savor small plates from restaurants like Dry Creek Kitchen, Zazu, Admission to Artisano is $75 per person in advance and $90 per
Diavola, Manzanita and Rosso Pizzeria & Wine Bar featuring person the day of the event, if available. For more detailed informa-
locally raised meats provided by the Sonoma County Meat Buying tion on the event and to purchase tickets, go to www.artisano.org or
Club. contact Mark Tharrington at (707) 894-8500 or by email at
Enjoy chef demonstrations and book signings with Gerald Hirigoyen mark@artisano.org.
of Piperade, Jeff Mall of Zin and Josh Silvers of Syrah
• Sample artisan cheeses from local artisan cheese producers like
Cow Girl Creamery, Bellwether Farms and Redwood Hill Farm;
and other gourmet artisan food producers like Sonoma Foie Gras,
Black Pig Meat Company, Sonoma Chocolatiers, Sensuous Farms
and Jimtown Store.
• Browse and purchase paintings, ceramics, fused glass, sculptures
and other original works of art from several of the region’s premier
artists such as Clay Vajgrt, Linda Schroeter and Michael Coy.
• Participate in a live and silent auction including rare, hard-to-find
lots of artisan wines and incredible destination vacation trips.
G E YS E RV I L L E
SANTA ROSA
Tasting Room of the Week:
St. Francis Winery winery-owned vineyards throughout the yourself.

by Nan Reiley
county give us an enormous ability to blend You can choose from three different wine
You’re in Sonoma County. You’d like to complex, delicious wines.” And that is what tasting experiences: they are the Classic (four
have at least one wine-tasting experience that you will taste at the winery – excellent exam- Sonoma County wines), the Artisan (wines
shows you definitively why the county’s ples of Sonoma County’s best. available only at the tasting room) and the
wines are the best examples of California- St. Francis Winery is a beautiful, mission- ZinFanatic (fabulous Zinfandels). Don’t miss
grown classic wines. Simple. Go to St. style stucco and red-tiled-roof edifice, the 2007 Sonoma County Chardonnay and
Francis Winery in Kenwood, on Hwy. 12 at surrounded by estate vineyards, the low hills the 2005 Wild Oak Zinfandel.
the northern end of Sonoma Valley. of Sonoma Valley with picturesque (and You don’t need to worry about lunch,
The winery is the creation of San Fran- climbable) Hood Mountain to the east. It has either. St. Francis has a unique wine and food
cisco businessman Joe Martin, who spent an arched stone bridge leading to the main pairing experience for you to enjoy either
eight years growing and selling wine grapes building, featuring a tower with a bell that outdoors or inside the elegant dining room
in Sonoma County prior to founding the rings on the hour. You’ll pass flowering trees adjacent to the tasting room. Executive Chef
winery in 1979. He was so convinced of the and shrubs on your way in, and see a David Bush presents a delightful selection of
superior quality of the grapes that he charming larger-than-life statue of St. Francis artfully crafted small bites, perfectly paired
decided to make them into wine under his in the courtyard. A blue-tiled waterfall pool
with four premium artisan wines. Food and
own label, St. Francis Winery, named after and fountain add to the soothing serenity of
wine pairings are served between 11 a.m. and
St. Francis of Assisi (partly in recognition of the ambience.
4 p.m. Reservations are not required, but on
the belief that the Franciscan order was the The tasting room has a floor of large tile
a weekend, it’s worthwhile to call ahead to
first to bring European grape cultivation to squares, stucco walls and a vaulted roof.
reserve your table. Sunshine, a soft breeze,
the new world). From the beginning, the French doors open on to a wide patio with
winery’s mission has always been to show- tables, chairs and market umbrellas looking soul-refreshing views and great food and
case the high quality of Sonoma County over a vast green lawn and on out to the vine- wine. What’s not to like?
grapes. yards. However, perhaps the most noticeable The St. Francis tasting room is open from
Today, winery President Christopher Silva, feature of the tasting room is the staff. They 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. The winery is located
who is, appropriately enough, a fifth-genera- are not just reciting the virtues of the wine by at 100 Pythian Road, just a few yards off Hwy
tion resident of Sonoma County, says that rote. They actually pay attention to you, they 12, between Kenwood and Santa Rosa. For
“we have evolved into blending different know the wines and their origins, and they more information on wines and special events
grape varieties to create a better flavor profile are genuinely interested in making sure that at the winery, call 1-888-675-WINE or visit
and style consistency. Our 600 acres of you get what you want and that you enjoy the web site at www.stfrancis.com.
D O W N T O W N
HEALDSBURG
UPCOMING EVENTS See page 16 or visit www.healdsburg.com for more event information
OCTOBER 23-25 – Pinot on the River - Russian River Valley – A weekend of Pinot Noirf in-
depth tastings and seminars, vineyard tours and food, www.pinotontheriver.com, email info@pinotontheriver.com
OCTOBER 23 – Seasons After Hours – Ferrari Carano's Seasons of the Vineyard Tasting Bar & Boutique,
PreVail Mountain Cabernet Sauvignons vertical wine tasting, $20. Call today for reservations 707-431-2222
OCTOBER 24 – Seasons After Hours – Ferrari Carano's Seasons of the Vineyard Tasting Bar & Boutique,
Soulful Blues & Adult Contemporary Music by Steven & Bonnis Seydler, free, RSVP 707-431-2222
OCTOBER 24, 31 – Ranger Guided Bird Walks – Lake Sonoma, 9am, call 707-431-4535
OCTOBER 24 – Promenade et Pique-nique Series (Stroll and Picnic) – Copain Wines,
country stroll, French picnic lunch and Rhone wines, $35, 10:30am-1:30pm, www.copainwines.com, 707-836-8822
OCTOBER 24 – One Year Anniversary Party, at Downtown Wines – Live music, food, free
tastings: including five Rockpile wines, www.downtownwinecellars.com or call 707-473-0337
OCTOBER 30 & 31 – Raven Players Fall Monster Bash – 15+ acts of song, dance, unusual
performances and scary festivities for all ages, $15, $5 kids, www.raventheater.org or call 707-433-6335 ex. 11
OCTOBER 31 – Healdsburg Farmers' Market The Pumpkin Festival! – Pumpkin car races,
pumpkin carving and scarecrow contest, 9am-Noon, www.healdsburgfarmersmarket.org or call 707-431-1956
NOVEMBER 1 – Dia de los Muertos – Special Guest Steve Sando at Jimtown Store. Sugar skull decorating
contest, food, fun, and festivities, 3-5pm, $10 adults/ $5 kids; www.jimtown.com, RSVP at 707-433-1212
SONOMA VALLEY | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
SONOMA
VA L L E Y
W I N E R I E S
WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | SONOMA VALLEY
Charles Schwab Cup Championship Serves

Up 4th Annual Wine & Food Pairing Festival
When the Champions Tour’s top players return to California’s drawing a diverse range of participants from boutique wineries to
wine country this fall, they won’t be the only professionals show- large vineyards to top-rated local restaurants. Many Wine Country
casing their talents at Sonoma Golf Club. favorites will be on site this year including Tra Vigne, John Ash &
For the fourth straight year, tournament organizers will blend the Co., Santé at the Fairmont, El Dorado Kitchen, The Red Grape,
exquisite taste and charm of wine country with the tremendous Ristorante Allegria, Cuvée, Stark’s Steakhouse, Costeaux French
talent and entertainment of some of golf’s most accomplished players Bakery, ZuZu, Mondo, Roessler Cellars, Nicholson Ranch, Chalk
by hosting the Wine & Food Pairing Festival held in conjunction Hill, Buoncristiani, Ledson Winery & Vineyards, Landmark Vine-
with the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the Champions Tour’s yards, Gundlach Bundschu, Valley of the Moon, VJB Vineyards &
final event of the season featuring the top-30 players of the season Cellars, Charles Creek Vineyard, Tin Barn Vineyards, Deerfield
competing for the prestigious Charles Schwab Cup. Ranch Winery, BR Cohn Winery, Greg Norman Estates, Frank
Dozens of the region’s finest vintners and renowned chefs will be Family Vineyards, Black Coyote Chateau, Paradise Ridge, J. Moss
on hand to offer tastings of their premier varietals and delectable Wines, Don Sebastiani & Sons, Sharp Cellars, Robledo Family
treats to festival attendees Friday, October 30 through Sunday, Winery, Sojourn Cellars, Cline Cellars, Jacuzzi Family Vineyards,
November 1 from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Staged on the clubhouse lawn Schug among others. This year’s event will also feature a cigar lounge
with views of the 18th hole and neighboring vineyards, patrons will hosted by Davidoff Cigars.
receive admission to both the festival and tournament with the “Whether you’re a wine neophyte or a true connoisseur, this
purchase of a ticket package. event offers something for everyone,” said Leon Gilmore, Executive
The Wine & Food Pairing Festival continues to flourish each year, Director, Charles Schwab Cup Championship. “It’s a great opportu-
nity to experience the beauty and flavors of Wine Country in the fall
while watching the Champions Tour’s top players of the season
compete for their share of $4.6 million in prizes and the coveted
Charles Schwab Cup.”
The Champions Tour’s Road to the Charles Schwab Cup is a year-
long points race that has been staged at the exclusive Sonoma Golf
Club for the past six years. During that time, because of the support
of Charles Schwab & Co, PricewaterhouseCoopers, additional
corporate sponsors and thousands of fans, the tournament has
returned over $2 million to Sonoma County non-profit organiza-
tions and has had a significant positive impact on the county’s
economy.
Ticket packages are as follows: Daily Clubhouse Wine & Food
Pairing Festival – $55 in advance, $60 at gate. Clubhouse Wine &
Food Pairing Festival Weekender, Friday-Sunday, $160 in advance,
$175 at gate. All tickets include access to the tournament, clubhouse
and food and wine festival. Tickets can be purchased by calling 1-800-
868-7563 or online at www.charlesschwabcupchampionship.com.
KENWOOD &
GLEN ELLEN
W I N E R I E S
Will Chubb Photography

GLORIA FERRER
CAVES & VINEYARDS
by Frances Rivetti such as the recently launched and slightly glass.
less-dry sparkling wine, Va de Vi Ultra A convenient spot of one-stop, boutique
Boost your California sparkling wine Cuvée with its intriguing dash of Muscat wine-gift shopping awaits. Sampling
knowledge this holiday season in time to immersed in a stellar 89% Pinot Noir and includes estate wines such as the $35
treat friends and family to the finest of Gloria 8% Chardonnay blend. ($3/taste, $9/glass) stylish 2005 José S. Ferrer
Ferrer’s extraordinary elixirs, served along- Chic and cheerful, Va de Vi (retailing at Pinot Noir, a coiffed, sensual and elegant
side tantalizing party appetizers and festive just $22 or $5 by the glass) breathes a fresh, limited bottling vintage ideal for the more
dinner pairings. new approach into the best of California’s discerning, wine aficionado’s gourmet turkey
’Tis the season for sparkling bubbles, sparkling winemaking methods, presenting dinner!
though a visit to Gloria Ferrer’s welcoming a superb alternative to serving Chardonnay Planning on serving seafood for New
tasting room offers an enlightening experi- with appetizers and fruit-based desserts. Year’s? How about tasting a glass of Gloria
ence that extends to the wonders of the For those who prefer the more tradi- Ferrer’s elegant, yet affordable $15 ($2/taste,
Spanish/ Catalan winery’s wide range of tional, French-style Méthode Champenoise $6/glass) 2008 blood-orange and wild straw-
readily available, equally delicious Estate embodied into premium California berry flavored Carneros Pinot Noir Rosé for a
Pinot Noir, Syrah, Merlot and Chardonnay. sparkling wines, Gloria Ferrer’s prestigious classy pick for a big New Year’s party?
Unlike many high-traffic tasting rooms in vintage reserve Royal Cuvée ($35 or $8 by For those who appreciate a crisp, golden
the region, guests at Gloria Ferrer Caves & the glass) is aged six years on the yeast for a pineapple flavor in a French oak barrel-
Vineyards are encouraged to embrace this spectacular finish and a fine pairing with agedChardonnay without the buttery over-
particular tasting room visit as a destination small plates of roasted almonds and olives. tones, a delightful, estate made $18 ($2/taste,
spot in which to sit and pause a while to Exotic to taste in its sparkling status as $6/glass) 2007 Carneros Chardonnay would
savor the secrets and delights of not just a king of the vineyard, a glass of Gloria Ferrer’s make an ideal accompaniment to calamari,
tiny tipple, but a long, languorous glass of 1998 Carneros Cuvée invites the tasting halibut, pork loin and of course, those deca-
sparkling or the estate’s fine, still wine. room visitor to discover the unmistakable dent holiday desserts.
Mornings and afternoons are indeed advantages of structuring a traditional Cali- Open seven days a week except on major
golden at Gloria Ferrer, where comfortable fornia sparkling wine that takes ten years to holidays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Gloria
outdoor seating on the tasting room terrace make with 55% Pinot Noir and 45% Ferrer Caves and Vineyards’ Tasting Room is
overlooks the sweeping vistas of the glorious Chardonnay. This exceptional Carneros located at 23555 Carneros Highway (121),
Carneros region. Cuvée will blow the cage of far more pricey Sonoma. Call (707) 996-7256 or check on
Friendly and knowledgeable staff advise European Champagnes this holiday season at line at www.gloriaferrer.com for tours and
on current trends for irresistible pairings $50 a bottle and $10 by the tasting room seminars and Spanish-style special events.
Enoteca
WINE TASTING, SALES
Sonoma & HOME ACCESSORIES New Exhibit at Charles Creek

– 12 Wineries –
One Great Place Vineyard Tasting Room & Gallery
35 East Napa Street, Sonoma A new exhibition of brilliant and
(707) 935-1200
colorful new works by local Artist Ann
www.sonoma-enoteca.com
Hollister is now hanging at the Charles
Creek Vineyard Tasting Room and
Gallery in downtown Sonoma. The
show will run from through December
3, 2009.
Ann Hollister’s work is a fusion of
styles: calligraphy, watercolor painting
and the influence on her life of living in the Hawaiian Islands. The
acrylic paintings are a new addition to her work. Volcanic eruptions
and bamboo forests invite the viewer to visually and mentally enter
the paintings and enjoy the secrets to be found. In the abstract work
boldness, yet attention to detail, add intrigue to each one.
Hollister taught calligraphy in San Francisco and Oakland, Cali-
SONOMA fornia and Kealakekua and Honolulu, Hawaii. She partnered with
PLAZA Terry Englehart in the Pengraphics Studio of Calligraphy and Graphic
Design in Oakland for six years. Her work has been shown in Cali-
fornia, Hawaii, and Germany. She now lives in Sonoma with her feline
assistant, Isabelle.
Specializing in high quality Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvi-
gnon with a bit of Pinot Grigio, Sangiovese, Syrah and Grenache from
great vineyard sources in the Sonoma and Napa Counties, Charles
Creek Vineyard produces wines that are food friendly, fruit driven,
and easily paired with the courses of a meal. The winery tasting room
is conveniently situated in a charming 1890s era storefront on the
historic Sonoma Plaza. In addition wine tasting and sales, the tasting
room also provides space to show the work of local artists.
The Charles Creek Vineyard Tasting Room and Gallery, open seven
days a week from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., is located at 483 First St. West in
downtown Sonoma. For more information, call (707) 935-3848 or
email alan@charlescreek.com.
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WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | MENDOCINO/LAKE COUNTIES
Mendocino County Celebrates Fabulous Funghi

Local Bounty Showcased On Tasting Menus and Celebrated Mendocino Hotel’s Navarro Winemaker Dinner – Mendocino Village
at Unique Events During Mushroom Festival this November Saturday, November 7th, 6pm
Each fall in Northern California’s Mendocino County, something Participants will enjoy fabulous local wines from Navarro Vine-
magical happens when the rains begin to fall – delicious, delectable yards, along with a multi-course meal featuring local gourmet mush-
mushrooms appear. From October through January, more than 3,000 rooms prepared by Joe Brown, Executive Chef at Mendocino Hotel.
mushroom varieties will pop up, and of these, more than 500 are Educational mushroom display and lecture by local fungi expert Eric
edible and 20 are readily identifiable – including the rare candy cap Schramm. Hors d’oeuvres at 6 p.m. followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Cost
mushroom, with its intense maple-syrup flavor, that grows only along is $95 per person. To make a reservation, call 1-800-548-0513. Check
the northern coast of California. www.mendocinohotel.com to see the actual menu.
The highlight of mushroom season is Mendocino County’s annual
Albion River Inn’s Mushroom Cooking Class – Albion
Mushroom Festival (this year from Friday, November 6th through
Tuesday, November 10, 11:30am – 3:30pm
Sunday, November 15th), with everything from mushroom dinners,
Experience the creative culinary style of Executive Chef Stephen
wine- and beer-pairing workshops, musical performances, exhibits
Smith as he demonstrates delectable wild and cultivated mushroom
and guided mushroom foraging walks scheduled.
recipes for this five-course, mushroom-inspired cooking class. Local
Ryane Snow, a member of the Mycological Society and a well-
wild mushroom expert Don Kowalski will join Chef Smith to give a
known local leader of mushroom identification walks, states, “We have
demonstration on how to identify our coast’s wild mushroom harvest.
so many incredible varieties of mushrooms that are grown in Mendo-
Each participant receives a full set of class recipes with step-by-step
cino County, and everyone in the community gets involved in show-
casing this great local bounty. And as more people discover the health instructions. $80 per person, limited to 20 people. Call 1-800-479-
benefits of mushrooms, as well as how versatile and delicious they are 7944 or visit www.albionriverinn.com/events to make a reservation.
to cook with, the interest in our festival is growing.” MacCallum House Inn’s Wild Mushroom Winemaker Dinner
During mushroom season, Snow and others offer identification Mendocino Village – Thursday, November 12th, 6:30-9pm
walks, and in addition to the precious candy cap, mushroom hunters Don't miss our 10th Annual Wild Mushroom Winemaker Dinner
can score chanterelles, porcinis, morels and hedgehogs –and the less with Executive Chef Alan Kantor, mushroom expert Eric Schramm
adventurous can sample these same mushroom varieties on special and winemaker Greg Graziano. Make advance reservations for one of
mushroom tasting menus throughout the county. the most popular events of the festival. $100 per person, not
Create your own mushroom adventure by attending any (or all!) including tax and gratuity. Cocktail hour begins at 6:30 p.m. followed
of the following: by dinner at 7 p.m. To make reservations call (707) 937-0289. Check
Skunk Train’s Wine & Mushroom Adventure – Willits www.maccallumhouse.com to see the detailed menu.
Saturday, November 7th, 2009, 11am-4:30pm Little River Inn’s Mushroom and Belgian Beer Dinner
All Aboard the Skunk Train! Enjoy Mendocino County wines Little River – Friday, November 13th, 6:30-9pm
poured by local wineries, mushroom appetizers and entertainment Little River Inn Executive Chef, Marc Dym, and Russian River
while you travel through towering trees and watch the wildlife along Brewing Company Brew Master, Vinnie Cilurzo, create a perfectly
the Noyo River. Disembark at Camp Mendocino (the halfway point) paired five-course menu. Each dish features a different local mush-
and enjoy more mushroom goodies whipped up by a famous local room and Belgian-style ale. Chef Marc will share his culinary secrets
chef. Proceeds benefit the Howard Hospital Foundation, the first while Brew Master Vinnie takes you through the world of Belgian
“green” rural hospital in the country! For more information/tickets, go brews. $85 per person. Visit www.littleriverinn.com or call 1-888-
to www.howardfoundation.org or www.skunktrain.com. INN-LOVE to make a reservation.
St. Anthony's Annual Wine & Mushroom Event – Mendocino Village
Saturday, November 14th, 1-5pm
The event at St. Anthony’s Church offers guests a full afternoon of
delicious tastes. Nine wineries will pour their best vintages, eight
restaurants will whip up their own mushroom soup recipe for tasting
and judging, and homemade mushroom appetizers will be passed.
Mushroom expert Eric Schramm will be on hand with examples of
mushroom varieties, and lots of enticements will fill the silent auction
tables. $25 per person which includes a commemorative wine glass.
Proceeds benefit the coastal community. For more information go to
www.stanthonysofmendocino.com.
For more information, call 1-866-782-9636 (866-STAY-MENDO),
or visit www.gomendo.com. For specific information about events
surrounding festival, visit www.gomendo.com/events.
LIVERMORE | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
Wente Vineyards Announces October Events

The beauty of the fall season awaits in Livermore Valley Wine grown wines in the presence of a mixed media art exhibition. The
Country, making this a spectacular time to visit Wente Vineyards work of Edmee Keele and Marge Huffman will be on display this
for sustainably farmed, estate grown wines, locavore dining and month.
championship golfing. This month, fifth generation winemaker Please read below for details and a full list of events, including
Karl Wente will host a bi-annual winemaker dinner on Thursday, events at Wente Vineyards’ sister wineries Murrieta’s Well and
October 29th featuring gourmet four-course dining with wine Tamás Estates. Visit www.wentevineyards.com for more informa-
pairings. Karl invites guests to hear the stories behind Wente Vine- tion about October events, and to stay up to date with special
yards wines, and how he pairs them with cuisine from Executive ongoing offers at The Restaurant and The Course at Wente Vine-
Chef Arthur Wall. yards.
Also this month, visitors to the Wente Vineyards Estate Tasting • Wente Vineyards Winemaker’s Dinner
Room will have the opportunity to taste sustainably farmed, estate Thursday, October 29th- 6:30 to 9 p.m.
$89 Club Wente Members, $109 Public, plus tax
The Event Center at Wente Vineyards
5050 Arroyo Rd., Livermore Valley, CA 94550
To purchase tickets call (925) 456-2405
Wine Cave Tasting Experience
Come experience the historic Wente Vineyards caves for a sit-
down wine tasting experience. Lasting about an hour, guests will
be served a special selection of small-lot wines available only at
the winery and artisan cheese pairings. The Wine Cave Tasting
Experience is offered for $30 to guests on Saturdays and Sundays
at 1 and 3 p.m. Reservations are required; call (925) 456-2405.
Wente Vineyards is located at 5050 Arroyo Road in Livermore
Valley, CA.

WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | LODI
THE FIRST SIP

Lodi Wine Weekend
Lodi Wine Country vintners are inviting wine enthusiasts to enjoy
the fruits of their labor at “The First Sip – Celebrating Lodi’s New
Vintage” on Saturday and Sunday, November 14 and 15.
Attendees will enjoy mingling with the winemakers as they unveil
the new 2009 wines with barrel sampling, blending seminars, cellar
tours, live entertainment, a host of educational activities and tempting
culinary delights.
More than 40 Lodi wineries will open their doors for this fall wine
festival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Visit the website
for detailed information on the activities of each winery.
LODI
Tickets are $35 in advance or $45 at the door. Guests will receive
a commemorative tasting glass, event map and admission to all partic-
AREA
ipating wineries. Tickets can be purchased at the Lodi Wine & Visitor
WINERIES
Center, (209) 365-0621, www.firstsiplodi.com or www.lodiwine.com.
Tickets can also be purchased at each participating winery the day of
the event. There is no charge for designated drivers. All tickets are
non-refundable.
The Lodi wine region produces more than 60 grape varieties, from
the traditional Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay to exciting new
ones such as Vermentino and Tempranillo.
The appellation has experienced exponential growth since the
early 1990s, with over 75 wineries now bringing international atten-
tion to the local industry.
DISCOVER LODI!
“Discover Lodi!” the 4,000- square-foot facility is located on
property owned by Wine and Roses Country Inn at the north-
west corner of Turner and Lower Sacramento roads in Lodi.
The eye-catching design by Lesovsky-Donaldson Archi-
tects of Stockton has the look of an old winery and features
an impressive three-story stone tower visible from all
approaches to the property. It contains the winegrape
commission offices, state of the art wine and viticulture
educational displays, a conference room, and a “cellar room”
for entertaining and special events, such as wine dinners.
Wine-related memorabilia, books and apparel are available for
sale. Offices for the Lodi Conference and Visitor Bureau are also
on site. The Discover Lodi! center provides the opportunity to
highlight the many outstanding tourist attractions in the Lodi
area.
Monterey Bay Area
MONTEREY • CARMEL • CARMEL VALLEY • HOLLISTER • SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS • SALINAS • SANTA CLARA • LOS GATOS
Travelling from Monterey

TRAVEL TIME
TO MILES (Average) (Peak)
Sonoma County 170 3 hrs 3-1/2 hrs
Santa Cruz 42 45 min 1-1/4 hrs
San Francisco 113 2 hrs 2-1/2 hrs
Paso Robles 116 2 hrs 2-1/4 hrs
Santa Barbara 238 4 hrs 4-1/2 hrs
Travelling from Santa Cruz

TRAVEL TIME
TO MILES (Average) (Peak)
Monterey 42 45 min 1-1/4 hrs
San Francisco 73 1-1/4 hrs 1-3/4 hrs
Paso Robles 136 2-1/4 hrs 2-3/4 hrs

◆ Limited hours, call first
WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | MONTEREY/CENTRAL COAST
Rockin’ October at The Summit Area Wineries

by Laura Ness
With harvest still in high gear well into mid-October, you’ll find
tons of fermenting fruit to tempt your olfactory lobes at the crush-
pads of your local wineries. Harvest officially began for Poetic
Cellars on Friday, September 4, with a small bit of Pinot Noir from
a vineyard on Rider Ridge (near Vine Hill Winery). Burrell School
picked six tons of Estate Pinot on Tuesday, September 8, along with
Loma Prieta, who managed a spectacular two tons of Estate Pinot, a
harvest high for this tiny, high-altitude vineyard. Muns Vineyard
harvested five tons of Pinot on Wednesday, September 9, which was
headed over to Savannah-Chanelle. Subsequent pickings are
destined for Soquel Vineyards and Silver Mountain, where Tony
Craig’s Sonnet brand will also be crushed. This year’s Pinot looks
plump and tastes delicious, and in the Summit area, fires, thankfully,
were not a factor.
I’m frequently asked if wildfires affect wine grapes. The answer is, Old vine zin from Leona’s vineyard in San Martin
unfortunately, yes, and not in a good way. Grapes are most suscep-
tible to smoke taint from about six days after veraison until harvest,
so this is the worst time to be exposed. Vineyards in the Bonny Doon October Happenings
area were definitely exposed during the Lockheed Fire, and the • October 24, 6 to 9 p.m.: Big Basin Vineyards winemaker dinner at
extent won’t be known until harvest – and beyond. What can be Vino Locale in Palo Alto.
done? Washing the grapes won’t help at all: the vines actually take • October 24, noon to 5 p.m.: Generosa Fall Open House. The
up the smokey components through leaf transpiration and deposit fabled “Tuscan Wedding”
them in the grape skins. This means reds are far more adversely returns! Call (408) 489-3441
affected than whites, although you might think otherwise. Why? We for details.
ferment reds on the skins, whereas we usually press whites off • October 31st: Burrell School
immediately and get them into stainless or wood for fermentation. hosts the first wine club “cellar
What can you do for severely smoke-tainted wines? Besides session” for November club
prayer, which should never be counted out, the most effective treat- wines.
ments are nanofiltration with special membranes and reverse • October 31, noon til 5pm:
osmosis, conducted by specialty service providers. Despite their Poetic Cellars, Harvest
high cost, even the best processes can strip only the wet ashtray Halloween
components from the taste: the smokey aromas persist. After some
time in the barrel, these nasty characteristics can be further ampli-
fied. Alas, this is one cigar that just won’t quit. Cue up Pink Floyd…
MONTEREY/CENTRAL COAST | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
Big Basin Vineyards Holds First-Ever Winemaker

Dinner at Vino Locale Restaurant in Palo Alto
Saturday, October 24th, 6-9pm wines.
Big Basin Vineyards of Boulder Creek, CA, will hold an exclusive For those unable to visit the estate winery during their limited invi-
five-course winemaker dinner at Vino Locale in Palo Alto on Saturday, tation-only events, Vino Locale provides convenient access to Bradley
October 24th, beginning at 6 p.m. Featuring the current releases of Brown’s lineup of exceptional wines during normal business hours.
winemaker/proprietor Bradley Brown of Big Basin Vineyards, paired Current releases are available for tasting and purchase. Big Basin Vine-
with a creative menu by Chef Randy Robinson, proprietor, Vino yards current release wines are available for tastings Tuesday thru
Locale, the evening promises to be one of culinary adventure Sunday at Vino Locale, located at 431 Kipling St, Palo Alto;
combined with wine education. Menu items include Muscovy Duck www.vinolocale.com or (650) 328-0450.
with Fennel and Rosemary Spiced Quinoa, Afghan Lamb Kabobs, To contact Big Basin Vineyards, visit: www.bigbasinvineyards.com
Greek Bison Burgers and Dark Chocolate Mousse. Cost is $60 per or call 831-621-8028.
person, all inclusive.
UPCOMING BIG BASIN EVENTS
November 21:
Passport Day in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Saturday, Big Basin
Vineyards will be pouring at Restaurant James Randall in Los Gatos
from 2 until 5 p.m. Passport holders taste at no charge. Food and wine
pairing available for $10 per person.
Prix Fixe Passport Wine Dinner with Big Basin Wines at Restau-
rant James Randall. Three courses with three outstanding wines for
$65 per person. Dinners begin at 5:30 p.m. til closing.
Saturday, December 12, noon to 5pm: “Magnum Merriment” at
the Winery on Memory Lane in Boulder Creek. Come get your
Christmas tree at one of these beautiful local tree farms (Crest Ranch
on Empire Grade is highly recommended), and do some holiday
shopping for yourself and those on your gift list. Several Big Basin
wines are available in magnums for extra special corporate or family
giving. There will be food and wine pairing for $10 per person for
non-members. No charge for club members. The public is cordially
invited.
Big Basin Vineyards is named for the nearby Big Basin Redwoods
State Park, about two miles from the winery. The estate vineyards is
planted to Rhône varieties, and is renowned for blockbuster Syrahs.
Beginning with the 2006 vintage, Bradley started producing single
vineyard Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noirs and he continues to add
other new varietals to the expanding roster of fine, limited production
Big Sur Food & Wine Festival, November 6-7

As California’s wine industry takes part in harvest (and all indications to do something for our neighbors and friends here in Big Sur. We’ve
are for a pretty good year), the Big Sur Food and Wine Festival is getting had a hard year and a half here on the Coast - the massive fire last year
a lot of attention for the creative way they’re handling their event. slowed us down, and then various road closures, the slumping
With no advertising, it’s all been word of mouth propelling this two- economy and other elements made me realize that we need to draw a
day celebration of friends and neighbors coming together to raise funds bit more attention to this area and also infuse some money into our
for the community as a whole. From restaurant staff talking the nonprofits, as well as the businesses. Plus I hope to spur recognition of
weekend up, and a few flyers posted around Carmel, Monterey and of
local agricultural/viticultural elements.”
course, Big Sur, within two weeks of opening the tickets sales, two of the
“Wherever feasibly possible, we aim to have wines and our food
weekend’s events have already sold out. “It sort of feels like the Stones,
products from as close to Big Sur as possible. We are blessed to have
selling out within moments,” says Toby Rowland-Jones, president of the
festival, “Within just a couple of days of the Nepenthe dinner featuring incredible wineries and vineyards, as well as historically rich farming
Gary Pisoni and Gary Franscioni of ROAR, going online, it had sold out. practices throughout this Central Coast. We also have some of the state’s
And our rather unique Hiking With Stemware is also sold out. It’s not finest chefs right here in Big Sur and in Carmel. When people think of
as if we crashed PayPal, but we’re delighted with this kind of response Big Sur, they think of majestic cliffs and the powerful serenity of the
on our first year.” area. It’s rarely considered as a culinary destination. We aim the change
This inaugural festival to celebrate the culinary aspects of Big Sur this perception, as we have truly remarkable food here in Big Sur.”
takes place November 6th and 7th at most resorts and restaurants, as Local wineries and producers are thrilled to participate in the event,
well as some private homes, in the heart of Big Sur. From panel tastings Rowland-Jones says. “In talking to the local winemakers about this, they
to a Grand Public Tasting, Big Sur will be alive with wine and food are extremely happy to support our community and be here. They’ll be
energy. Winemaker dinners will feature many local wines from the happy to be done with their harvest and crush, and be ready to play!”
Central Coast such as the vaunted Pisoni, Tantara, Ridge, Calera, Miura, The event is sponsored by Mercedes-Benz of Monterey, J & L Wines,
Graff, Au Bon Climat and many others. The centerpiece of the weekend Ventana Inn and Spa, Monterey County Magazine and Joie de Vivre
will be Dinner With Friends – A Benefit For Big Sur at the Ventana Inn
Hotels
and Spa, and will feature Big Sur chefs and guest chefs such as Cal
The Big Sur Food and Wine Festival aims to promote Big Sur as a
Stamenov, Bernardus, of Carmel Valley, and Mark Ayers of the Highlands
Inn. Paul Draper of Ridge Vineyards will be pouring at this gala event, culinary destination, and raise funds for the Big Sur community as a
with Chappellet, Talbott, Bernardus and others. whole.
The concept of friendship is a powerful thread running through the The Big Sur Food and Wine Festival will take place at various resorts
entire festival, and every single winemaker or chef is indeed a friend of and restaurants throughout Big Sur, located 25 miles south of Carmel,
someone on the committee. “So many large-scale events of this nature on Friday and Saturday, November 6th and 7th, 2009. For more infor-
bring in people they barely know, based upon name recognition or mation, visit www.bigsurfoodandwine.org or call (831) 667-0800 or
fame. Our goal is to promote and play with those who know us and email info@bigsurfoodandwine.org.
whom we have worked with in the past, It also helps that they are
outstanding talents in their field!” Says Rowland-Jones, who has helped
organize a number of major food and wine events, such as the Masters
of Food and Wine, the Central Coast Wine Classic and the Santa Fe
Wine and Chile Fiesta over a period of twenty years.
In the spirit of friendship, Justin Winery has made a fabulous dona-
tion (over and above the wines they are presenting that weekend) of The
Apprentice – Paso Robles for the auction. This will pit two couples
against each other to make great wine that will be judged by the Justin
staff. The losing couple is Fired!, but they at least get to walk away with
a magnum of the Justin Isosceles, and the winners get a case of their
blend they have created, all this after spending a night at the famed Just
Inn, replete with dinner, breakfast, tastings and a blending seminar. This
is just one of the amazing auction items that have been offered to the
event.
Is a wine festival in this economic downturn a feasible undertaking?
“Absolutely, it is,” says Rowland-Jones. “Several people advised strongly
against it, but I am a Leo – determined and even stubborn, and I also
had a number of people excited about the concept. Plus, I really wanted
MONTEREY/CENTRAL COAST | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
Santa Cruz Mountains Wineries

are Scoring Big in Competition
The summer months have been good to the wineries of the Testarossa Winery has
Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers Association. From June been awarded high scores
through August several awards have been received by member recently for their 2007
wineries. Sanford & Benedict Vineyard
Storrs Winery was awarded the Best Red Wine of the Show Chardonnay; 94 points by
at the San Francisco International Wine competition, held Wine Enthusiast and 93
June 18, 19, & 20th. Their 2007 Central Coast Grenache was points by Connoisseurs’
selected from over 4,200 wines submitted from 21 countries. Guide. Their 2007 Sanford &
Quite an honor! Benedict Vineyard Pinot Noir
The California State Fair is the oldest commercial wine received 93 points by Wine
competition in the United States. This year Bargetto Winery’s Enthusiast and 90 points by
2006 Merlot Reserve won Best-Merlot-in-California, Best-of- Wine Spectator.
Class in the Greater Bay Appellations, a Gold Medal and 95 Wine Spectator is also
points awards. The “Best of Class” award represents the enthusiastic about Mount
fourth consecutive vintage of Bargetto Merlot Reserve to Eden Vineyard’s 2007 Edna
receive a gold medal award or higher. Valley Wolff Vineyard
Chardonnay. They gave the
“ripe and floral, full-bodied”
wine 91 points. Wine Enthu-
Not to Scale siast awarded the Cumbre of
Vine Hill 2006 Hicks Family
Vineyard Pinot Noir from the
Santa Cruz Mountains, 94
points. In their description
they comment that this wine
“shows the dramatic way that
this mountainous region
south of San Francisco can
ripen Pinot Noir to such
perfection.”
There is still gold to be
discovered in the Santa Cruz
Mountains.
CARMEL
VA L L E Y
Oya Salon, Ventana Vineyards Host Wine & Cheese Event

The third Thursday of each month, Ventana Vineyards Manager you would like more information on the event or to make an
Barbara Pluth will personally be at Oya offering tastes of Ventana appointment, call (831) 656-0570.
wine, a gourmet cheese platter and answer any wine-related ques-
Ventana Vineyards
tions attendees have. The event will be from 4 to 7 p.m. and anyone
You’ll find Ventana’s inviting tasting room in Monterey upstairs in
attending receives a 20% discount on wine purchases. The offer is
a unique stone building next to Tarpey’s Roadhouse, smack-dab on
valid for 30 days from attendance of the event only valid for people
the Monterey-Salinas Highway. Even if you already knew that
who attended.
Ventana was the most award-winning vineyard in America, you can’t
Every Oya customer that signs up for a Ventana Wine Club
help but admire the massive collection of medals and ribbons as you
membership the evening of the event will receive an etched Riedel
walk in the door. Visit the tasting room at 2999 Monterey-Salinas
Wine Tasting Glass. For more information on Oya and Ventana wine
Highway in Monterey or at the winery, 38740 Los Coches Road in
tastings, contact Brian Bode at (831) 656-0570 or for more informa-
Soledad. For more information, call (831) 372-7415 or visit the
tion on Ventana Vineyards contact Barbara Pluth at (831) 372-7415
website at www.ventanawines.com.
x213.
Oya Salon, with its impressive design and its creative style Oya is
the largest and most evocative salon on the Central Coast. Owner
Brian Bode recently announced that the Salon added a brow bar and
nail lounge for its clients. The brow bar offers perfect brow sculpting
as well as make-up services for events and make-up lessons. The nail
lounge offers chip free manicures using Bio Sculpture Gel technology.
The brow bar and nail lounge are open Tuesday through Saturday
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Brow and nail appointments can be made
through the main Oya reception desk at (831) 656-0570.
Oya is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. If
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WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | WINERY LISTINGS
NAPA VALLEY Bounty Hunter Rare Wine Co. – 975 First St, Napa; 707 226-3976 Sun-Thu 11-10, Fr-Sa 11-Midnight
Bourassa – 190 Camino Oruga, Napa 707 254-4922; 800-499-2366 Open by appointment only
A Dozen Vintners – 3000 Highway 29 North, St. Helena; 707 967-0666 Open daily 10-5
Boyd Family – 4042 Big Ranch Road, Napa; 707 254-7353 Open by appointment only
ACACIA VINEYARD – 2750 Las Amigas Road, Napa Bremer Family Winery –975 Deer Park Road, St. Helena; 707 963-5411 Daily 10-5 by appointment
Explore Wine Country less traveled and experience the beauty of Acacia.
Situated on a country lane with spectacular views of San Pablo Bay, Brown Estate – 3233 Sage Canyon Road, St. Helena; 707 963-2453 Limited, by appointment only, closed Sundays
Acacia is dedicated to producing award-winning, vineyard designate Pinot Noir
and Chardonnay from some of the oldest vines in Carneros. Buehler – 820 Greenfield Road, St. Helena; 707 963-2155 Open by appointment only
Open by appointment only, Mon-Sat 10am-4pm and Sun noon-4pm Burgess Cellars – 1108 Deer Park Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-4766 Open by appointment only
707-226-9991 (ext.2) or 887-226-1700 (toll free) Cafaro Cellars – 2591 Pinot Way, St. Helena; 707 963-7181 Open by appointment only
Acacia Vineyard – 2750 Las Amigas Road, Napa; 707 226-9991 Open by appointment only Cain – 3800 Langtry Road, St. Helena; 707 963-1616 Open by appointment only
Aetna Springs Cellars – 7227 Pope Valley Road, St. Helena; 707 965-2675 Open by appointment only Cakebread Cellars – 8300 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 707 963-5222 Open by appointment only
Ahnfeldt Wines – Uncorked at Oxbow Tasting Room, 605 First St. Napa; 707 927-5864 Daily 10-6, Tuesdays 11-8 Calafia Cellars – 629 Fulton Lane, St. Helena; 707 963-0114 Open by appointment only
Allora Vineyards – 3244 Ehlers Lane, St. Helena; 707 963-6071 Open by appointment only Caldwell – 169 Kruzer Lane, Napa; 707 255-1294 Tours/tasting by appointment only at 10:30, 1:30 or 4:30
Alpha Omega – 1155 Mee Lane @ Highway 29, Rutherford; 707 963-9999 Daily 10-6 Cali 351 – 400 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-9581 Thu-Mon 10-5
Amizetta – 1099 Greenfield Road, St. Helena; 707 963-1460 Open by appointment only « CALISTOGA CELLARS – 1371 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga; 707 942-7422 Su, Mo, We, Th, 12-5pm Fri-Sa 12-6pm
Amuse Bouche Winery – 2930 St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 707 967-8814 Open by appointment only Gifts, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Educational Programs, Food Pairings Closed Tu
Anderson’s Conn Valley Vnyds – 680 Rossi Road, St. Helena; 707 963-8600 Open by appointment only « CALISTOGA WINE STOP – 1458 Lincoln Ave, #2 Calistoga; 707 942-5556 Daily 10-6
« ANDRETTII WIN E RY – 4162 Big Ranch Road, Napa; 888 460-8463 Open daily 10-5 Cardinale – 7600 St. Helena Hwy, Oakville; 707 944-2643 Open daily 10:30-5
Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours (Private Tours for 10 or more), Educational Programs Cartlidge & Brown – 205 Jim Oswald Way, Ste. B, American Canyon; 707 552-5199 x222 Open Mon-Sat10-5
« ARGE R- M AR TUCC I – 1455 Inglewood Ave, St. Helena; 707 963-4334 Open daily 10-5 « CASA NUESTRA WINERY – 3451 Silverado Trail No, St. Helena; 707 963-5783 Open Mon-Sat 10-5
Wine Tasting, Gift Items, Picnic Area, Arts Exhibit, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Food Pairing Gifts, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours & appointments
Ariel Vineyards – 1312 Town Center, Napa; 707 257-9731 Mon-Sat 9-5, Sun 10-3
« CASTELLO DI AMOROSA – 4045 North St. Helena Hwy (Hwy 39), Calistoga; 707 942-8200 Open daily 9:30-6
Arns – 601 Muno Road, St. Helena; 707 963-3429 Open by appointment only Gifts, Children & Pets OK; call ahead for: Winery & Cave Tours, reservation recommended
« ARTESA – 1345 Henry Road, Napa; 707 224-1668 Open daily 10-4:30 Caymus Vineyards – 8700 Conn Creek Rd, Rutherford; 707 967-3010 Open daily by appointment
Gift Items, Children OK; Call for Winery Tours at 11 & 2, Vineyard Tours, Food Pairings Ceja Vineyards Tasting Room – 1248 1st St, Napa; 707 226-6445 Open daily 12-6, Th-Sat 12-10
Atalon – 3299 Bennett Lane, Calistoga; 1-800-224-4090 Open daily 11-5 Chappellet Vineyard – 1581 Sage Canyon Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-7136 Open by appointment only
August Briggs – 333 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-4912 Open daily, 10:30-4:30 Charbay Winery & Distillery– 4001 Spring Mtn Rd; St. Helena; 707 963-9327 Open daily 10-4
Back Room Wines – 1000 Main Street, Napa; 707 226-1378 Sun-Wed 10-6, Thu-Sat 10 to 9 « CHARLES KRUG WINERY – 2800 Main St. Hwy 29, St. Helena; 707 967-2229 Open daily 10:30-5
« BALDACCI – 6236 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 944-9261 Open daily 10-4 Chase Family Cellars – 2252 Sulphur Springs Road, St. Helena; 707 963-1284 Open by appointment only
Gift Items, Children & Pets OK Chateau Boswell – 3468 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-5472 Open by appointment only
Ballentine Vineyards – 2820 St. Helena Hwy N, St. Helena; 707 963-7919 Open daily 10-5 Chateau Montelena – 1429 Tubbs Ln, Calistoga; 707 942-5105 Open daily 9:30-4
Barlow Vineyards – 4411 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-8742 Open by appointment only Chimney Rock Winery – 5350 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 257-2641 Open daily 10-5
Barnett Vineyards – 4070 Spring Mountain, St. Helena; 707 963-7075 Open by appointment only Clare Luce Abbey – 2893 St. Helena Highway, St. Helena; 707 963-7431 Open by appointment only
Beaulieu Vineyards – 1960 Hwy 29, Rutherford; 707 967-5233 Open daily 10-5 Cliff Lede Vineyards – 1473 Younvtille Cross Rd, Yountville; 707 944-8642 Open daily 10-4
Behrens & Hitchcock – 4078 Spring Mountain Road, St. Helena; 707 963-1774 Open by appointment only
« CLOS DU VAL WINERY – 5330 Silverado Trail, Napa; 800 993-9463 Open daily 10-5
Bell Wine Cellars – 6200 Washington St, Yountville; 707 944-1673 Open daily 10-4 Gift Items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; call ahead for: Wine Tours, Vineyard Tours, Food Pairings
« BENESSERE WINERY – 1010 Big Tree Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-5853 Open daily 10-5 Clos Pegase – 1060 Dunaweal Ln, Calistoga; 707 942-4981 Open daily 10:30-4:30
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Food Pairings Conn Creek Winery – 8711 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-9100 Open Sat 10-4, Sun-Fri 11-4
« BENNETT LANE – 3340 Hwy 128, Calistoga; 877 MAX-NAPA Open daily 10-5:30 Constant – 2121 Diamond Mountain Rd, Calistoga; 707 942-0707 Open by appointment only
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Corison Winery – 987 St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 707 963-0826 Open daily 10-5 by appointment
Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Vineyard Tours, Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Cornerstone Cellars – 6505 Washington St., Building C, Yountville; 707 948-6512 Open by appointment only
Beringer Vineyards – 2000 Main St, St. Helena; 707 967-4412 Open daily 10-5 Oct-Apr, May-Sep 10-6
Cosentino Winery – 7415 St. Helena Hwy, Yountville; 707 944-1220 Open daily 10-5:30
Black Cat Vineyard – 1075 Shadybrook Ln, Napa; 707 321-0866 Open by appointment only Crane Family Winery – 1051 Borrette Lane, Napa; 707 259-0175 Open by appointment only
« BLACK STALLION – 4089 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 253-1400 Open daily 10-5 Cuvaison Estate Wines – 4500 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-2468 Open daily 10-5
Gifts, Children & Pets OK, Cheese Pairings; Cuvaison Estate Wines – 1221 Duhig Road, Carneros (between Napa & Sonoma); 707 942-2455 Open daily 10-5
Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Educational Programs, Food Pairings Darioush Winery – 4240 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 257-2345 Open daily 10:30-5
Boeschen – 3242 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-3674 Open by appointment only David Arthur – 1521 Sage Canyon Road, St. Helena; 707 963-5190 Open by appointment only
Bouchaine Vineyards – 1075 Buchli Station Rd, Napa; 707 252-9065 Open daily 10:30-4 David Fulton – 825 Fulton Lane, St. Helena; 707 967-0719 Open by appointment only
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WINERY LISTINGS | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK « Especially recommended by Wine Country This Week
Del Dotto Caves – 1055 Atlas Peak Rd, Napa; 707 963-2134 Open by appointment only Godspeed Vineyards – 3655 Mount Veeder Rd; 707 254-7766 Open daily by appointment
Del Dotto Vineyards – 1445 St. Helena Highway, St. Helena; 707 963-2134 Open by appointment only Golden State Vintners – 401 St. Helena Highway South, St. Helena; 707 963-2335 Daily 10-5
Delectus Winery – 908 C Enterprise Way, Napa; 707 255-1252 Open Mon-Fri by appointment Goosecross Cellars – 1119 State Lane, Yountville; 707 944-1986 Open daily 10-4
di Rosa Preserve – 5200 Carneros Hwy 121, Napa; 707 226-5991 Open Tu-Fr 9:30-3
Graeser Winery – 255 Petrified Forest Rd, Calistoga; 707 942-4437 Open by appointment only 10-5
Diamond Oaks – 1595 Oakville Grade, Oakville; 707 948-3000 Open daily 10-4:30
« GRGICH HILLS – 1829 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 707 963-2784 Open daily 9:30-4:30
Diamond Terrace – 1391 Diamond Mountain Road, Calistoga; 707 942-1189 Open by appointment only
Gift Items, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours By Appt. at 11 & 2, Food Pairings
« DOMAINE CARNEROS – 1240 Duhig Rd, Napa; 707 257-0101 Open daily 10-6 Groth – 750 Oakville Crossroad, Oakville; 707 944-0290 Open by appointment only
Gifts, Children OK, Winery Tours, Vineyard Tours; Call ahead for groups of eight or more
Guilliams – 3851 Spring Mountain Road, St. Helena; 707 963-9059 Open by appointment only
Domaine Chandon – 1 California Dr, Yountville; 707 944-2280 Open daily 10-6
Gustavo Thrace – 1021 McKinstry St, Napa; 707 257-6796 Open 11-6 Sun-Wed; 11-8 Thu-Sat
Dominari – 210 Camino Oruga, Napa; 707 226-1600 Open by appointment only
Duckhorn Vineyards – 1000 Lodi Lane, St. Helena; 707 963-7108 Open by appointment, 10-4 « HAGAFEN CELLARS – 4160 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 252-0781 Open daily 10-4
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Wine Tours
« DUTCH HENRY WINERY – 4300 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-5771 Open daily 10-4:30 Hall Rutherford – 56 Auberge Road, Rutherford; 707 967-0700 Open by appointment only
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Cave Tours, Food Pairings
Hall St. Helena – 401 St. Helena Hwy So, St. Helena; 707 967-2620 Open daily 10-5:15
Eagle & Rose – 1844 Pope Canyon Rd, Pope Valley; 707 965-9463 Open daily 9-4
Hans Fahden Vineyards – 4855 Petrified Forest Rd, St. Helena; 707 942-6760 Open by appointment
Ehlers Estate – 3222 Ehlers Lane, St. Helena; 707 963-5972 Open daily 10-4
Hartwell Vineyards – 5795 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 255-4269 Open Wed-Sun 11-4
Elizabeth Spencer – 1165 Rutherford Road, Rutherford; 707 963-6067 Open daily 10-6
Havens Wine Cellars – 2055 Hoffman Lane, Yountville; 707 261-2000 Open daily 10-4:30
Elkhorn Peak Cellars – 200 Polson Rd, Napa; 707 255-0504 Open by appointment only
Elyse – 2100 Hoffman Ln, Napa; 707 944-2900 Open by appointment only 10-5 Heitz Cellars – 436 St. Helena Hwy 29, St. Helena; 707 963-3542 Open daily 11-4:30
Envy Wines – 1170 Tubbs Ln, Calistoga; 707 942-4670 Open daily 10-4:30 Helena View Johnston – 3500 Highway 128, Calistoga; 707 942-4956 Open by appointment only
Hendry – 3104 Redwood Dr, Napa; 707 226-8320 Open by appointment only
Etude Winery – 1250 Cuttings Wharf Rd, Napa; 707 257-5300 Open by appointment only
Hess Collection – 4411 Redwood Rd, Napa; 707 255-1144 Open daily 10-5:30
Failla – 3530 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-0530 Open daily 10-5 Hill Family Estate – 6512 Washington, Yountville; 707 944-9580 Open daily 10-6
Falcor – 2511 Napa Corporate Dr, Ste 115, Napa; 888-402-WINE Open daily 10-5
Honig Vineyards – 850 Rutherford Rd, Rutherford; 707 963-5618 Open daily by appointment 10-4
Far Niente – 1350 Acacia Dr, Oakville; 707 944-2861 Open by appointment only 10-3
Hope & Grace – 6540 Washington St, Yountville; 707 944-2500 Mon-Sat 10-6
Farella-Park – 2222 N. Third Ave, Napa; 707 254-9489 Open daily 10-4
Hopper Creek – 6204 Washington St, Yountville; 707 944-0675 Open daily by appointment only 11-4
Fleury Estate Winery – 950 Galleron Rd, Rutherford; 707 967-8333 Open daily 10-4
J. Kirkwood Winery – 1020 Borrette Lane, Napa Limited tours and tastings by appointment only
« FLORA SPRINGS - THE ROOM – 677 St. Helena Hwy So., St. Helena; 707 967-8032 Open daily 10-5 James Cole – 5014 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 251-9905 Open by appointment only
Children & Pets OK, Picnic Area
James Creek – 2249 James Creek Rd, Pope Valley; 707 965-2646 Open by appointment only
« FLORA SPRINGS WINERY – 1978 Zinfandel Ln, St. Helena; 707 967-6723 Open by appointment only
« JESSUP CELLARS – 6740 Washington St, Yountville; 707 944-8523 Open daily 10-6
Flying Horse – 2825 St. Helena Highway, St. Helena; 707 965-1600 Open by appointment only Art Exhibits; Call ahead for Food Pairings, last tasting at 5:30pm
« FOLIE A DEUX – 7481 St. Helena Hwy, Oakville; 800 535-6400 Open daily 10-6 « JOSEPH PHELPS VINEYARDS – 200 Taplin Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-2745 Mon-Fri 9-5, Sat-Sun 10-4
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Gift Items, Children OK; Tastings & Seminars by appointment By appointment
« FOLIO ENOTECA – 610 First Street #10, Napa; 707 256-3700 Open Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri 11-7 Last tasting Mon-Fri at 3:30pm, Last tasting on Sat-Sun 2:30
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Children Welcome ; Call ahead for Food Pairings Tue 11-8, Sat 8-6, Sun 11-5
« JUDD’S HILL – 2332 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 255-2332 Open daily by appointment 10-4
« FOLIO WINEMAKERS’ STUDIO – 1285 Dealy Lane, Napa; 707 256-2757 Thu-Tue 10-4:30 Gift Items, Picnic Area, Children Welcomed
Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Picnic Area, Children Welcomed; call ahead for: Winery Tours, Educational Programs, Food Pairings Juslyn – 2900 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 265-1804 (Poured at Silenus Vintners) Winery open by appointment only
Fontanella Family – 1721 Patrick Road, Napa; 707 252-1017 Open daily 10-4 Kapcsandy Family Winery – 1001 State Lane, Yountville; 707 265-1804 Open by appointment only
Forman Vineyards – 1501 Big Rock Road, St. Helena; 707 963-3900 Open by appointment only Keever – 26 Vineyard View Dr, Yountville; 707 944-0910 Open by appointment only
Franciscan Vineyards – 1178 Galleron Rd, Rutherford; 707 963-7111 Open daily 10-5 Kelham – 360 Zinfandel Ln; St. Helena; 707 963-2000 Open by appointment only
« FRANK FAMILY VINEYARDS – 1091 Larkmead Lane, Calistoga; 707 942-0859 Open daily 10-5 Kuleto Estate – 2470 Sage Canyon Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-9750 Open by appointment only
Gift Items, Picnic Area Ladera – 150 White Cottage Rd So, Angwin; 707 965-2445 Open by appointment only
Frazier Winery – 70 Rapp Lane, Napa; 707 255-3444 Open by appointment Laird Family Winery – 5055 Solano Ave., Napa; 707 257-0360 Open daily 10-5
Larkmead Vineyards – 1100 Larkmead Ln, Calistoga; 707 942-0167 Open by appointment only 10-4
« FREEMARK ABBEY – 3022 St. Helena Hwy 29 N., St. Helena; 707 963-9694 Open Daily 10-5
Gift Items, Children Welcomed; Call ahead for: Winery Tours Lava Vine – 965 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-9500 Open by appointment only
Frog’s Leap – 8815 Conn Creek Road, Rutherford; 707 963-4704 Open by appointment only Long Meadow Ranch – 1775 Whitehall Ln, St. Helena; 707 963-4555 Open by appointment 10-5
Gargiulo – 575 Oakville Crossroad, Napa; 707 944-2770 Open by appointment only « LOUIS M. MARTINI – 254 St. Helena Hwy So. (Hwy 29 ), St. Helena; 707 968-3361 Open daily 10-6
Girard Winery – (Tasting Room) 6795 Washington, Yountville; 968-9297 Open daily 10-6 Gift Items; Call ahead for: Wine Tours at 11 & 2, Cellar Tours, Food Pairings
Paoletti Vineyards – 4501 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-0689 Open by appointment Fri-Sat 11-5, 11-4 Sun
LUNA VINEYARDS
The first winery on the left heading north on the Silverado Trail. Enjoy the Paradigm – 1277 Dwyer Rd, Oakville; 707 944-1683 Open by appointment
salon-like atmosphere of this beautiful tasting room where you can sample
Luna Vineyards’ highly regarded Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Grigio and Paraduxx – 7257 Silverado Trail, Yountville; 707 945-0890 Open by appointment
other varietals at the magnificent tasting bar. Private tours, along with tastings
in their gorgeous private reserve room, by appointment only.
Patz & Hall – 851 Napa Valley Corporate Way, Ste A, Napa; 707 265-7700 Open Wed-Sun 10-4
Open daily 10-5, 2921 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 255-2474 Peacock Family – 3100 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 967-0770 Open by appointment
Pedemonte Cellars – 1620 S. Whitehall Lane, St. Helena; 707 933-8352 Open by appointment only
Madonna Estate Winery – 5400 Old Sonoma Rd, Napa; 707 255-8864 Open daily 10-5
Peju – 8466 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 707 963-3600 Open daily 10-6
Madrigal Vineyards – 3718 N. St. Helena Hwy, Calistoga; 707 942-6577 Open daily 10-4
Pheonix – Poured at Vintners Collective: 1245 Main St, Napa; 707 255-7150 Open daily 11-6
« MAHONEY VINEYARDS – Taste at Oxbow, 708 First St, Napa; 707 265-9600 Open daily 11-6 Pina Cellars – 8060 Silverado Trail, Rutherford; 707 738-9328 Open daily by appointment 10-4
Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings
Pine Ridge – 5901 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 252-9777 Open daily 10:30-4:30
Mario Perelli-Minetti – 1443 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-8310 Open Thu-Sun 10-5
PlumpJack Winery – 620 Oakville Crossroad, Oakville; 707 945-1220 Open daily 10-4
Markham Vnyds – 2812 St. Helena Hwy 29, St. Helena; 707 963-5292 Open daily 10-5 Pope Valley Winery – 6613 Pope Valley Rd, Napa; 707 965-1246 Open Thurs-Sun 11-5 or by appt
Marston Family Vineyard – 3600 White Sulphur Springs Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-8490 Open by appointment
« PRAGER WINERY & PORT WORKS – 1281 Lewelling, St. Helena; 707 963-PORT (7678) Open daily 10:30-4:30
Mayacamas Vineyards – 1155 Lokoya Rd, Napa; 707 224-4030 Open by appointment only Children & Pets OK
McKenzie-Mueller – 2530 Las Amigas Rd, Napa; 707 252-0186 Open by appointment only Pride Mountain Wines – 4026 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-4949 Open by appointment
Mason Cellars – Tasted at Oxbow, Napa 707 255-0658 Open Thu-Mon 11-5:30 Provenance – 1695 St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 707 968-3633 Open daily 10:30-5:30
« MERRYVALE VINEYARDS – 1000 Main St, St. Helena; 707 963-7777 Open daily 10-6:30 Quintessa – 1601 Silverdo Trail, St. Helena; 707 967-1601 Open by appointment
Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK $45 fee includes a vineyard and winery tour, tasting of two vintages and a small food pairing
Call ahead for: Wine Tours Sat & Sun at 10:30, Educational Programs, Food Pairings Quixote – 6126 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 944-2659 Open by appointment
Mi Sueno– tasted at Vintner’s Collective, 1245 Main St., Napa; 707 258-6358 Open daily 11-6
« RAYMOND VINEYARD – 849 Zinfandel Ln, St. Helena; 707 963-3141 Open daily 10-4
Milat Vineyards – 1091 St. Helena Hwy S, St. Helena; 707 963-0758 Open daily 10-5:30 Gift Items, Children OK; Call ahead for Wine Tours
Miner Family – 7850 Silverado Trail, Oakville; 707 944-9500 Open daily 11-5 Razi Winery – 3108 Silverado Trail; 707 224-4299 Mon-Sat by appointment
MJA – 647 Greenfield Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-3394 Open by appointment only Redmon Family – 1185 Starr Ave, St. Helena; 707 968-9252 Open by appointment
« MONTICELLO VINEYARDS – 4242 Big Ranch Rd, Napa; 707 253-2802 Open daily 10-4:30 Regusci Winery – 5584 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 254-0403 Open daily 10-5
Gift Items, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Wine Tours, Food Pairings Revana Family – 2930 St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 707 967-8814 Open by appointment
Morey Cellars – Napa Call for information; 707 226-2348 Reverie Winery – 1250 Diamond Mtn Rd, Calistoga; 707 942-6800 Open by appointment
Moss Creek Winery – 6015 Steele Rd, Napa; 707 252-1295 Open by appointment
Reynolds Family – 3266 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 258-2558 Open daily 10-4:30
Mount Veeder Winery – Poured at Franciscan: 1178 Galleron, Rutherford; 707 967-3830 Open daily 10-5
Ritchie Creek – 4024 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-4661 Open by appointment
« MUMM NAPA – 8445 Silverado Trail, Rutherford; 800 MUM-NAPA Open daily 10-5 Robert Biale – 4038 Big Ranch Rd, Napa; 707 257-7555 Open by appointment
Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Wine Tours
Robert Craig Wine Cellars – 880 Vallejo St, Napa; 707 252-2250 x1 Open by appointment Mon-Sat
« NAPA CELLARS – 7481 St. Helena Hwy, Oakville; 707 944-2565 Open daily 10-6 Robert Keenan – 3660 Spring Mtn. Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-9177 Open by appointment
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Children OK
Robert Mondavi – 7801 St. Helena Hwy 29, Oakville; 707 968-2001 Open daily 10-5
Napa Valley Farms – 929 Main St, St. Helena; 707 963-8011 Open by appointment
Robert Pepi – 7585 St. Helena Hwy, Oakville; 707 944-2807 Open daily 11-4
Napa Wine Company – 1133 Oakville Cross Rd, Oakville; 707 944-1710 Open daily 10-4:30
Robert Sinskey Vnyds – 6320 Silverado Trail, Yountville; 707 944-9090 Open daily 10-4:30
Neal Family Vineyards – 716 Liparita Rd, Angwin; 707 965-2800 Open by appointment
Robinson Family Vnyds – 5880 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 944-8004 Open by appointment
Newton Vineyards – 2555 Madrona Ave, St. Helena; 707 963-9000 Open by appointment
« ROMBAUER VINEYARD – 3522 Silverado Trail, No, St. Helena; 707 963-5170 Open daily 10-5
Neyers Vineyards– 2153 Sage Canyon Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-8840 Open by appointment
Children OK; Call ahead for Wine Tours at 10:30 & 11:30
Nichelini Winery – 2950 Sage Canyon Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-0717 Weekends 10-5, weekdays by appointment
Round Pond Winery – 886 Rutherford Rd, Rutherford; 1-877-963-9364 Open daily 10-5
Nickel & Nickel – 8164 St. Helena Hwy, Oakville; 707 967-9600 Open Mon-Fri 10-3, Sat-Sun 10-2
Rubicon Estates – 1991 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 707 968-1161 Open daily 10-5
« O’BRIEN ESTATE – 1200 Orchard Ave, Napa; 707 252-8463 Open by appointment Mon-Sat 10-5 Rudd Winery – 500 Oakville Cross Rd, Oakville; 707 944-8577 Open Tues-Sat 10-5
Oakville Ranch Vineyards– 7781 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707-944-9665 Open by appointment Ruston Family – 2798 Spring St, St. Helena; 707 967-8025 Open by appointment
Olabisi – 974 Franklin St, Napa; 707 257-7477 Open Mon-Sun 11-6 Rustridge Ranch – 2910 Lower Chiles Valley Rd, St. Helena; 707 965-9353 Open daily 10-4
OnThEdge – (Vermeli Wines) 1255 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga; 877-668-4334 Daily 10-5
Rutherford Grove – 1673 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 707 963-0544 Open daily 10-4:30
Opus One – 7900 St. Helena Hwy, Oakville; 707 944-9442 Open daily by appointment 10-4
Orin Swift Cellars – 1352 Main St, St. Helena; 707 967-9179 Open by appointment Mon-Fri 1-4 Rutherford Hill – 200 Rutherford Hill Rd, Rutherford; 707 963-1871 Open daily 10-5
Palmaz Vineyards – 4029 Hagen Road, Napa; 707 226-5587 Open daily by appointment 9-5 Rutherford Ranch – 1680 Silverado Trail, Rutherford; 707 963-5251 Open daily 10-4:30
Paloma Vineyard – 4013 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-7504 Open by appointment Saddleback Cellars – 7802 Money Road, Oakville; 707 944-1305 Open daily by appointment 10-4
Saintsbury – 1500 Los Carneros Ave, Napa; 707 252-0592 Open Mon-Fri by appointment Teachworth – 4451 St. Helena Hwy, Calistoga; 707 942-8432 Open by appointment
Terra Valentine – 3787 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 967-8340 Open by appointment
Salvestrin Vineyard – 397 Main Street, St. Helena; 707 963-5105 Open daily 10-4
The Terraces – 1450 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-1707 Open by appointment
Saviez Vineyards – 4060 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-5889 Open by appointment
Tom Eddy – 3870 Hwy 128, Calistoga; 707 942-4267 Open by appointment
Sawyer Cellars – 8350 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 707 963-1980 Open daily 10-4 Trahan Winery – 974 Franklin St, Napa; 707 257-7477 Open daily 11-6
School House Vineyards – 3549 Langtry Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-4240 Open by appointment Trefethen Vineyards – 1160 Oak Knoll Ave, Napa; 707 255-7700 Open daily 10-4:30
Schramsberg – 1400 Schramsberg Rd, Calistoga; 707 942-2414 Open daily 10-4 Tres Sabores – 1620 S. Whitehall Lane, St. Helena; 707 967-8027 Open by appointment
Schweiger Vineyards – 4015 Spring Mt Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-4882 Open by appointment Trespass Vineyard – 1859 Hillview Place, St. Helena; 707 963-0804 Open by appointment
Scott Harvey – Poured at Salinas: 5225 Solano Ave, Napa; 707 968-9575 Open 10-4 « TRINCHERO FAMILY ESTATES – 3070 N. St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 1-800-473-4454 Open daily 10-5
Seavey Vineyard – 1310 Conn Valley Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-8339 Open by appointment Trinitas Cellars – 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa; 707 251-1956 Open daily 11-7
« SEQUOIA GROVE – 8338 St. Helena Hwy 29, Rutherford; 707 944-2945 Open daily 10:30-5 Truchard – 3234 Old Sonoma Rd, Napa; 707 253-7153 Open by appointment
Gift Items, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Wine Tours, Food Pairings Tudal Winery – 1015 Big Tree Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-3947 Open by appointment
Shafer Vineyards – 6154 Silverado Trail, Nap; 707 944-2877 Open by appointment Tulocay – 1426 Coombsville Rd, Napa; 707 255-4064 Open by appointment
Sherwin Family – 4060 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-1154 Open by appointment Turnbull Wine Cellars – 8210 Highway 29, Oakville; 707 963-5839 Open daily 10-4
Signorello Vineyards – 4500 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 255-5990 Fri-Sun 10:30-4:30, Mon-Thu by appointment Twomey Cellars – 1183 Dunaweal Lane, Calistoga; (707) 942-7122 Open Mon-Sat 9-4
Silenus Vintners – 5225 Solano Ave, Napa; 707 299-3930 Open by appointment only V Madrone – 3199 St. Helena Hwy N, St. Helena; 707 963-3573 Open by appointment
Silo’s Jazz & Wine Bar – 530 Main St, Napa; 707 251-5833 Tues 4-7, Wed-Thurs 4-10, Fri-Sat 4-12
« V. SATTUI WINERY – Corner Hwy 29 & White Ln, St. Helena; 707 963-7774 Open daily 9-6
Silver Oak Cellars – 915 Oakville Crossroad, Oakville; 1-800-273-8809 Open Mon-Sun 9-4 Picnic Area, Deli, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK, Cave Tours
Silver Rose Cellars – 400 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-9581 Open daily 10-5 Van Der Heyden – 4057 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 257-0130 Open daily 10-6
Silverado Trail Wine Studio – 3105 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 226-8569 Open by appointment only Verismo Wines – 6795 Washington Street, Yountville; 707 944 WINE (9463) Open daily 10-6
Silverado Vineyards – 6121 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 257-1770 Open daily 10-5 Viader Winery – 1120 Deer Park Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-3816 Open by appointment
Sky Vineyards – 1500 Lokoya Rd, Napa; 707 935-1391 Open by appointment Vincent Arroyo Winery – 2361 Greenwood Ave, Calistoga; 707 942-6995 Open daily 10-4:30
Smith Madrone – 4022 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-2283 Open by appointment Vine Cliff Winery – 7400 Silverado Trail, Yountville; 707 944-1364 Open daily 10:30-4:30
Spelletich Cellars – 425 Gateway Rd W, Napa; 707 363-5757 Open by appointment Vineyard 29 – 2929 St Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 707 963-9292 Open by appointment
Spottswoode – 1902 Madrona Ave, St. Helena; 707 963-0134 Open by appointment Vintners Collective – 1245 Main St, Napa; 707 255-7150 Open daily 11-6
Spring Mountain – 2805 Spring Mtn. Rd, St. Helena; 707 967-4188 Open by appointment Volker Eisele Family – 3080 Lower Chiles Valley Rd, St. Helena; 707 965-9485 Open by appointment only
St. Clement Vineyards – 2867 St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 800 331-8266 Open daily 10-5 Von Strasser – 1510 Diamond Mtn. Rd, Calistoga; 707 942-0930 Open by appointment 10:30-4:30
St. Helena Wine Center – 1321 Main St, St. Helena; 707 963-1313 Open Mon-Sat 10-6, Su 10-5:30 « WATERSTONE – Taste at Oxbow, 708 First St, Napa; 707 265-9600 Open daily 11-6
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings
St. Helena Winery – 100 Pratt Ave, St. Helena; 707 967-9463 Open by appointment
Wermuth Winery – 3942 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-5924 Open daily 11-5
St. Supéry – 8440 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 800 942-0809 Open daily 10-5 White Cottage Ranch – 555 College Ave, Angwin; 707 965-0516 Open by appointment
Staglin Family – 1570 Bella Oaks Ln, Rutherford; 707 944-0477 Open by appointment
« WHITEHALL LANE – 1563 St. Helena Hwy S. (Hwy 29), St. Helena; 707 963-9454 Open daily 10-6
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars – 5766 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 944-2020 Open daily 10-4:30 Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Barrel Tasting Tours
Steltzner Vineyards – 5998 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 252-7272 Open daily 10:30-4:30 Whitford Cellars – 4047 E. Third Ave, Napa; 707 942-0840 Open by appointment only
« STERLING VINEYARDS – 1111 Dunaweal Lane, Calistoga; 707 942-3344 Open daily 10-4:30 William Harrison Vnyrds – 1443 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-8310 Open daily11-5
Self-Guided Winery Tours, Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK
« WILLIAM HILL WINERY – 1761 Atlas Peak Road, Napa; 707 265-3024 Open daily 10-5
Stonehedge Winery – 1004 Clinton St, Napa; 707 256-4444 Open Wed-Sat 11-7
Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Vineyard Tours, Educational Programs
Stony Hill Vineyard – Call ahead for appointment; 707 963-2636; St. Helena Open Mon-Fri 9-5
« WINE GARAGE – 1020 Foothill Blvd (Hwy 29), Calistoga; 707 942-5332 Open Mon-Sat 11-6:30, Sun 11-4:30
Storybook Mountain – 3835 Hwy 128, Calistoga; 707 942-5310 Open by appointment Mon-Sat 10-4
Wineries of Napa Valley – 1285 Napa Town Center, Napa; 707 253-9450 Daily 11-6
Sullivan Vineyard – 1090 Galleron Rd, Rutherford; 707 963-9646 Open daily 11-5 Wing Canyon Vineyard – 3100 Mt. Veeder Rd, Napa; 707 265-8798 Open by appointment only
« SUMMERS/VILLA ANDRIANA – 1171 Tubbs Lane, Calistoga; 707 942-5508 Open daily 10:30-4:30 Witt Estate – 1500 Whitehall Ln, St. Helena; 707 967-8046 Open by appointment
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings Work Vineyard – 3190 Highway 128, Calistoga; 707 942-0251 Open by appointment only
Summit Lake – 2000 Summit Lake Dr, Angwin; 707 965-2488 Open by appointment X Winery & Amius – 1405 2nd Street, Napa; 707 204-9522 Open by appointment only
« SUTTER HOME WINERY – 277 St. Helena Hwy S, St. Helena; 707 963-3104 Open daily 10-5 Yates Family Vineyard – 4723 Redwood Rd, Napa; 707 226-1800 Open by appointment only
Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings Zahtila Vineyards – 2250 Lake County Hwy; Calistoga; 707 942-9251 Daily 10-4:30
Swanson Vineyards – 1271 Manley Ln, Rutherford; 707 967-3500 Open by appointment
« ZD WINES – 8383 Silverado Trail, Rutherford; 707 963-5188 Open daily 10-4:30
« TASTE AT OXBOW – 708 First Street, Napa/ 707 265-9600 Open daily 11-7 Gift items, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Wine Pairings
SONOMA COUNTY Carol Shelton – 3354-B Coffey Ln, Santa Rosa; 707 575-3441 Open by appt. 11-4
A. Rafanelli Winery – 4685 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1385 Open by appointment only THE CAVE WINE BAR & ARTISAN TASTING ROOM
Come join Thomas at The Cave, just off the Sonoma Plaza.
Acorn – 12040 Old Redwood Hwy, Healdsburg; 707 433-6440 Open by appointment only 700+ wines, 25+ by the glass, 100+ 1/2 bottles
Wines from all regions of California plus Oregon, Washington and 9 countries!
Daily varied tastings and an incredible small plate menu is available.
ADLER FELS WINERY TASTING ROOM
Elegant Sonoma County and Napa Valley wines at an unparalleled value. Open daily ’til late
Taste limited-production Adler Fels wines as well as wines under our 524 Broadway, Sonoma; 707 938-7448
other brands (Big Ass, Leaping Lizard, and Coyote Creek).
We have picnic grounds with sweeping views of the
Mayacamas Mountains and we’re dog friendly as well. Cellar Door – 1395 Broadway, Suite E, Sonoma; 707 938-4466 Thur-Mon 11-6,Tue-Wed 4-6
Sonoma Highway, Kenwood • (707) 833-6131 • Open Daily from 11am to 5pm Cellars of Sonoma – 133 Fourth Street, Santa Rosa; 707 578-1826 Sun-Wed 10-5, Thur-Sat 10-8
Chalk Hill – 10300 Chalk Hill Rd, Healdsburg; 800-838-4306 Tours & tasting by appointment only
Adobe Road Winery – 1995 S. McDowell Blvd, Petaluma; 707 939-7967 Open by appointment only
Chandelle Winery – 1395 Broadway at the Cellar Door in Sonoma; 707 938-4466 Thur-Mon 11-6,Tue-Wed 4-6
Adrian Fog – Healdsburg; 707 688-1174 Open by appointment,
« CHARLES CREEK VINEYARD – 483 First St. W., Sonoma; 707 935-3848 Open daily 11-6
« ALDERBROOK WINERY 2306 Magnolia, Healdsburg; 707 433-9154 Open daily 10-5
Chateau Felice – 10603 Chalk Hill Rd, Healdsburg; 707 836-9011 Mon-Thurs 11-3 Sat-Sun 11-4
Gift items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Food Pairings
Chateau St. Jean – 8555 Sonoma Hwy 12, Kenwood; 707 833-4134 Open daily 10-5
Alexander Valley Vineyards – 8644 Hwy 128, Healdsburg; 707 433-7209 Open daily 11-5
Christie Vineyards – 851 Limerick Lane, Healdsburg; 707 431-0662 Open by appointment only
Amista Vineyards– 3320 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-9200 Thur-Mon 11-4:30
« CHRISTOPHER CREEK – 641 Limerick Ln, Healdsburg; 707 433-2001 Open daily 11-5
Amphora Wines – 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-7767 Open daily 11-4:30 Picnic Area
« ANABA WINES – 60 Bonneau Road, Sonoma; 707 996-4188 Open daily 10:30-5:30 Clarbec – 19368 Orange Ave, Sonoma; 707 996-4012 Open by appointment only
Arbios/Praxis – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Open daily 11am-6pm Clary Ranch – 3461 Middle Two Rock Rd, Petaluma; 707 938-7210 Open by appointment only
Archipel – 4611 Thomas Rd, Healdsburg; 800-273-0177 Open by appointment Mon-Sat 10-5 « CLINE CELLARS – 24737 Arnold Drive, Sonoma; 707 940-4030 Open daily 10-6
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours at 11, 1, 3 or Food Pairings
Arista Winery – 7015 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 473-0606 Open daily 11-5
Clos du Bois – 19410 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville; 707 857-3100 Open daily 10-4:30
« ARMIDA WINERY – 2201 Westside Road, Healdsburg; 707 433-2222 Open daily 11-5
Gift items, Children OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings Collier Falls – Poured at Family Wineries – Kenwood: 9380 Sonoma Hwy 12,Kenwood; 888-433-6555 Open daily 10:30-5
Poured at Family Wineries – Dry Creek Valley: 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0100 10:30-4:30
Arrowood Vineyards & Winery – 14347 Sonoma Hwy 12, Glen Ellen; 707 935-2600 Open daily 10-4:30 Copain Wines – 7800 Eastside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 836-8822 Open Thu-Sun 11-5 or by appt.
Gift items, Art Exhibits; Call ahead for Winery Tours at 10:30 & 2:30
Corda – 845 Chileno Valley Rd, Petaluma; 707 781-9310 Open by appointment only
« ARTESA –1345 Henry Road, Napa; 707 224-1668 Open daily 10-5
Gift items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children Welcomed D’Argenzio – 1301 Clevelend Ave, Ste A, Santa Rosa; 707 280-4658 11-5 Summer, 11-4 winter; tours available
Artiste Winery – 435 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg; 707 433-1920 Open daily 11-5:30 Dark Horse – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Open daily 11am-6pm
Atascadero Creek – 3541 Gravenstein Hwy 116 N, Sebastopol; 707 823-3040 Sat-Sun 11-5 Dashe Cellars – Poured at Family Wineries – Dry Creek Valley: 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0100 10:30-4:30
Audelssa Estate – 13647 Arnold Dr, Glen Ellen; 707 933-8514 Open daily 11-5 David Coffaro – 7485 Dry Creek Rd, Geyserville; 707 433-9715 Open 11-4, Tours: Fridays by appt.
Balletto & Dutton-Goldfield – 5700 Occidental Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 568-2455 Open daily 10-4 David Noyes – Poured at Family Wineries – Kenwood: 9380 Sonoma Hwy 12; 888-433-6555 Open daily 10:30-5
Banyon – poured at Downtown Wine, 132 Plaza St, Healdsburg; 707 473-0337 Thur-Mon 11-6, Fri-Sat 11-7 Davis Bynum Winery – 8075 Westside Road, Healdsburg; 707 433-5852 Fri-Mon 11-4
Bartholomew Park – 1000 Vineyard Ln., Sonoma; 707 935-9511 Open daily 11-4:30 Davis Family Vnyds – 52 Front St, Healdsburg; 707 433-3858 Thu-Sun 11-5
Battaglini Wines – 2948 Piner Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 578-4091 Open by appointment only De La Montanya – 999 Foreman Ln., Healdsburg; 707 433-3711 Fri-Sun 11-4:30, Mon-Thu by appt
Bella Vnyds & Wine Caves – 9711 West Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 473-9171 Open daily 11-4:30 De Loach Vineyards – 1791 Olivet Road, Santa Rosa; 707 526-9111 Open daily 10:30-5
« BENZIGER FAMILY WINERY – 1883 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen; 707 935-4046 Open daily 10-5 « DE LORIMIER WINERY (formerly Mosaic)– 2001 Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-2000 Open daily 10:30-5
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Vineyard Tram Tours Gift items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Blackstone Winery – 8450 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 833-1999 Open daily 10-4:30 « DEERFIELD RANCH – 10200 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood; 707 833-5215 Open daily 11-4
Bonneau Family – 23001 Arnold Dr, Sonoma; 800-996-0420 Open Daily 11-6:30 (close at 5 in winter) Art Exhibits, Tours
« BR COHN WINERY – 15000 Sonoma Hwy 12, Glen Ellen; 800-330-4064 Open daily 10-5 Dehlinger – 4101 Vine Hill Rd, Sebastopol; 707 823-2378 Tours & tastings by appointment, Fridays only
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call for: Tours, Educational Programs, Wine Pairings Deux Amis – 1960 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-7945 Open by appointment only
Bradford Mountain – 4035 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-4433 Sat-Sun 11-4 or by appt. Downtown Wine – 132 Plaza St, Healdsburg; 707 473-0337 Thu-Mon 11-6, Fri-Sat 11-7
Branham Estate – Poured at Downtown Wine: 132 Plaza St, Healdsburg; 707 473-0337 Thu-Mon 11-6, Fri-Sat 11-7 « DREYER WINE – Poured at Sonoma-Enoteca, 35 E Napa St, Sonoma; 707 935-1200 Open daily 11-6, Tue 2-6
Buena Vista Winery – 18000 Old Winery Rd, Sonoma; 707 938-1266 Open daily 10-5 Dry Creek Vineyards – 3770 Lambert Bridge Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1000 Open daily 10:30-4:30
Duchamp Estate – 280 Chiquita Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-6665 Open by appointment only
C. Donatiello – 4035 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 800-433-8296 Open daily 11-5
« DUTCHER CROSSING – 8533 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-2700 Open daily 11-5
Camellia Cellars – 57 Front St., Healdsburg; 707 433-1290 Open daily 11-6 Gift items, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours
Dutton Estate – 8757 Green Valley Rd; Sebastopol; 707 829-9463 Daily 10-5 Hawkes Wine – 6734 Hwy. 128, Healdsburg; 707 433-4295 Open daily 10-5, tours by appointment
Dutton-Goldfield & Balletto – 5700 Occidental Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 568-2455 Open daily 10-4 Hawley Wines – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Open daily 11am-6pm
Enkidu Wine – 8910 Sonoma Hwy. 12, Kenwood; 707 833-6100 Daily 11-6 (closed Tuesdays in Winter) Haywood Winery – 18000 Gehricke Rd, Sonoma; 877 996-4299 Open by appointment only
Ensuenos – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Open daily 11am-6pm Highway 12 Winery – 498 First St. E, Sonoma; 707 938-8091 Open daily 10:30-5:30
Eric K. James – 452 First Street E, Sonoma Plaza; 707 732-7560 Friday-Sunday 12-5:30 or by appointment Hobo – Poured at Downtown Wine: 132 Plaza St, Healdsburg; 707 473-0337 Thu-Mon 11-6, Fri-Sat 11-7
« ERIC ROSS – 14300 Arnold Dr, Glen Ellen; 707 939-8525 Thu-Mon 11-5 Holdredge – 51 Front St, Healdsburg; 707 431-1424 Sat-Sun 11-4:30 or by appt
Also poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Homewood Winery – 23120 Burndale Rd, Sonoma; 707 996-6353 Open daily 10-4
Everett Ridge – 435 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1637 Open daily 11-5 Hook and Ladder – 2027 Olivet Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 546-5712 Open daily 10-4:30
F. Teldeschi – 3555 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-6626 Open daily 12-5
« HOP KILN WINERY – 6050 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-6491 Open daily 10-5
Family Wineries of Dry Creek Valley – 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0100 Open daily 10:30-4:30 Gift items, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for: Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Family Wineries – Kenwood – 9380 Sonoma Hwy. 12; 707 833-4444 Mar-Dec 10:30-5, Jan-Feb Closed Tu-We
House Winery – 3100 Gravenstein Hwy. N, Sebastopol; 707 829-1101 Open daily 11:30-9
Favero Vineyards – 3939 Lovall Valley Rd, Sonoma; 707 935-3939 Open by appointment only
« IMAGERY ESTATE – 14355 Hwy 12, Glen Ellen; 707 935-4515 Weekdays 10-4:30, Weekends 10-5
« FERRARI-CARANO – 8761 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-6700 Open daily 10-5 Gift items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call for: Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Wine Pairings
Inman Family – 5793 Skylane Blvd, Ste C, Windsor; 707 395-0689 Fri & Sat 11-4 or by appt.
« FERRARI-CARANO SEASONS OF THE VINEYARD Iron Horse – 9786 Ross Station Rd, Sebastopol; 707 887-1507 Open daily 11-3:30, tours Mon-Fri by appt.
113 Plaza St, Healdsburg; 707 431-2222 Fri-Thu 10-6, Fri-Sat 10-7
J Lynne Wines – Poured at Vine Tastings: 9058 Windsor Rd, Windsor; 707 620-0833 Mon-Fri 12-8pm, late weekends
Field Stone Winery – 10075 Hwy 128, Healdsburg; 707 433-7266 Open daily 10-5
Folk Machine – Poured at Downtown Wine: 132 Plaza St, Healdsburg; 707 473-0337 Thu-Mon 11-6, Fri-Sat 11-7 J RICKARDS WINERY
Sustainable Vines...Exceptional Wines! Stop by J. Rickards Winery
Foppiano Vineyards – 12707 Old Redwood Hwy, Healdsburg; 707 433-7272 Open daily 10-4:30 Tuesdays-Saturdays (11am-4pm) for a complimentary tasting of our wines,
Forchini – 5141 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-8886 Fri-Sun 11-4 which include estate-grown Cabernet, Petite Sirah and Zinfandel.
Take the Canyon Road exit from Hwy 101 at Geyserville. We’re 2.5 miles north
Forth Vnyds – Poured at Family Wineries – Dry Creek Valley: 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0100 10:30-4:30 on Chianti Road. For more information or a tour call 707-758-3441.
Francis Ford Coppola 24505 Chianti Rd Cloverdale, CA
300 Via Archimedes, Geyserville; 707 857-1462 Open daily 10-5
J Vineyard & Winery – 11447 Old Redwood Hwy, Healdsburg; 707 431-3646 Open daily 11-5
Freestone Vineyards – 12747 El Camino Bodega, Freestone; 707 874-1010 Thur-Sun 11-5
« JACUZZI VINEYARDS – 24724 Arnold Drive, Sonoma; 707 931-7575 Open daily 10-5:30
Frick – 23072 Walling Road, Geyserville; 707 857-1980 Sat-Sun 12-4:30 Johnson’s Alexander Valley Wines – 8333 Hwy 128, Healdsburg; 707 433-2319 Open daily 11-5
« FRITZ WINERY – 24691 Dutcher Creek Rd, Cloverdale; 707 894-3389 Open daily 10:30-4:30 Jordan – 1474 Alexander Valley Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-5250 Open by appointment only
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Wine Pairings Joseph Swan – 2916 Laguna Rd, Forestville; 707 573-3747 Sat, Sun & some holidays, 11-4:30
« GALLO FAMILY VNYDS – Tasting Room: 320 Center Street, Healdsburg; 707 433-2458 Open daily 10-6 Kachina – 4551 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg; 707 332-7917 Open daily 11-4 by appt
Gift items, Vineyard Tours
Kamen Estate – 21692 8th Street E, Suite 300, Sonoma; 707 833-1700 Open by appointment only
Gary Farrell Wines – 10701 Westside Rd, Healdsburg;707 473-2909; Open daily 11-4
Kastania Vineyards – 4415 Kastania Rd, Petaluma; 707 763-6348 Sat Sun 11-4
Geyser Peak Winery – At Canyon Rd, 22281 Chianti Rd, Geyserville; 707 857-2500 Open daily 10-5
« KAZ WINERY – 233 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood; 707 833-2536 Fri-Mon 11-5
« GLORIA FERRER CAVES & VNYDS – 23555 Hwy 121, Sonoma; 707 996-7256 Open daily 10-5 Gift items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Vineyards Tours
Gift items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibit; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Gofessel Vineyards– 200838 Burndale Road, Sonoma; 707 225-6801 Open by appointment only « KENDALL-JACKSON – 5007 Fulton Rd, Fulton; 707 571-8100 Open daily 10-5
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Göpfrich – 7564 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1645 Open daily by appointment
Gourmet Au Bay – 913 Hwy 1, Bodega Bay; 707 875-9875 Fri-Sat 11-8, Sun-Thu 11-7 « KENDALL-JACKSON – 337 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg; 707 433-7102 Open daily 10-5
Children & Pets OK
Grange Sonoma – (Tasting room for boutique wineries) Open daily 10-5
23564 Arnold Dr (Hwy 121), Sonoma; 707 933-8980 Kenwood Vineyards – 9592 Sonoma Hwy 12, Kenwood; 707 833-5891 Open daily 10-4:30
Graton Ridge – 3541 Gravenstein Hwy 116 N, Sebastopol; 707 823-3040 Sat-Sun 11-5 Kokomo – 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0200 Open daily 11-4:30
Grey Stack – 4100 Grange Road, Santa Rosa; 707 228-1338 Open by appointment only Korbel Chmpgne Clrs – 13250 River Rd, Guerneville; 707 824-7000 Open daily 9-4:30
Grove Street – 1451 Grove St, 707 433-6734; Healdsburg Open daily 10-4 Kunde – 9825 Sonoma Hwy 12, Kenwood; 707 833-5501 Open daily 10:30-4
Gundlach Bundschu – 2000 Denmark St, 707 938-5277; Sonoma Open daily 11-4:30
La Crema – 235 Healdsburg Ave, Ste 101, Healdsburg; 707 431-9400 Open daily 10:30-5:30
Hanna Winery – 9280 Hwy 128, Healdsburg; 707 431-4310 Open daily 10-4
5353 Occidental Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 575-3371 Open daily 10-4 Lago di Merlo – at Family Wineries – Dry Creek Valley: 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0100 10:30-4:30
Hanzell Vineyards– 18596 Lomita Avenue, Sonoma, CA 95476 Ph: 707.996.3860 Open by appointment only Lake Sonoma Winery – 340 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg; 707 473-2999 Open daily 10-5
Hartford Family Winery – 8075 Martinelli Road, Forestville; 707 887-1756 Open daily 10-4:30 Lambert Bridge – 4085 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-9600 Open daily 10:30-4:30
Harvest Moon Estate – 2192 Olivet Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 573-8711 Open daily 10:30-5 Lancaster Estate – 15001 Chalk Hill Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-8178x209 Open by appointment only
Hauck Cellars – 223 Center St, Healdsbug; 707 473-9065 Open Thu-Mon 11:30-5:30, Fri & Sat til 7pm Landmark – 101 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood; 707 833-0053 Open daily 10:30-4:30
Larson Family – (Cornerstone, tasting room for boutique wineries) Nicholson Ranch – 4200 Napa Rd, Sonoma; 707 938-8822 Open daily 10-6
23564 Arnold Dr, (Hwy 121), Sonoma; 707 933-3010 Open daily 10-5 Novy Family – 980 Airway Ct, Ste C, Santa Rosa; 707 578-3882 Open by appointment Mon-Sat 10-3
Larson Family – 23570 Highway 121, Sonoma; 707 934-4090 Open daily 10-5 Occidental Road Cellars – 707 874-9401 Call for tours & tasting
Laurel Glen – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Open daily 11am-6pm
Optima Winery – 498 Moore Ln, Unit C, Healdsburg; 707 431-8222 Open by appointment only
« LEDSON WINERY – 7335 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 537-3810 Open daily 10-5 Paint Horse – 16510 Arnold Drive, Sonoma; 707 935-0148 Open by appointment only
Tasting Fees, Gift items, Deli, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call for: Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Palmeri – 21001 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville; 707 857-4101 Thu-Sat 11:30-6, Sun-Wed 11:30-5:30
« LIMERICK LANE – 1023 Limerick Ln, Healdsburg; 707 433-9211 Open daily 10-5
Papapietro Perry – 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0422 Open daily 11-4:30
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Children & Pets OK
Little Vineyards Family Winery – 15188 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen; 707 996-2750 Thu-Mon 11-4:30 « PARADISE RIDGE WINERY – 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa; 707 528-Wine Open daily 11-5
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours
« LONGBOARD VINEYARDS – 5 Fitch St, Healdsburg; 707 433-3473 Open daily 11-6 (closed Tue)
Gift items, Children OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings « PARADISE RIDGE – Kenwood Tasting Room, 8860 Sonoma Hwy; 707 282-9020 Open daily 10-5
Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
« LOXTON CELLARS – 11466 Dunbar Rd, Glen Ellen; 707 935-7221 Open daily 11-5
Picnic Area; Call ahead for Vineyard and Winery Tours Parmelee Hill – 8860 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood; 707 282-9020 Open by appointment only
Lynmar Estate – 3909 Frei Rd, Sebastopol; 707 829-3374 Open daily 10-5, call for reservations Passalacqua Vnyds – 3805 Lambert Bridge Rd, Healdsburg; 877-825-5547 Open daily 11-5
MacLeod Family Vnyd – 740 Lawndale Road, Kenwood; 707 833-4312 Open by appointment only Pastori Winery – 23189 Geyserville Ave, Cloverdale; 707 857-3418 Open by appointment only
MacPhail Family – 851 Magnolisa Dr, Healdsburg; 707 433-4780 Open by appointment only Pedroncelli Vineyards – 1220 Canyon Rd, Geyserville; 707 857-3531 Open daily 10-4:30
Macrae Family – at Family Wineries – Kenwood: 9380 Sonoma Hwy 12; 888-433-6555 Open daily 10:30-5 Pellegrini Family– 4055 West Olivet Rd, Santa Rosa; 800-891-0244 Open by appointment Thur-Mon 10-4
MacRostie Winery – 21481 Eighth St E, Suite 25, Sonoma; 707 996-4480 Sat 11-4:30, Mon-Fri by appointment Pendleton Estate – 35100 Hwy 128, Cloverdale; 707 894-3732 Open by appointment only
Manzanita Creek – 1441 A&B Grove St, Healdsburg; 707 433-4052 Open by appointment only Peters Family – 2064 Hwy. 116 No, Suite 102, Sebastopol; 707 829-3111 Open by appointment only
Marimar Estate – 11400 Graton Road, Sebastopol; 707 823-4365 Open daily 11-4 Peterson – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Open daily 11am-6pm
Martin Family – 5610 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-9545 Open by appointment only
Petroni Vineyards – 990 Cavedale Road, Sonoma; 707 935-8311 Open 10-4 by appointment
« MARTIN RAY – 2191 Laguna Road, Santa Rosa; 707 823-2404 Open daily 11-5 Portalupi – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Open daily 11am-6pm
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours
Porter Creek – 8735 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-6321 Open daily 10:30-4:30
Martinelli Vineyards – 3360 River Rd, Fulton; 707 525-0570 Open daily 10-5
Preston Vineyards – 9282 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-3372 Open daily 11-4:30
Matanzas Creek Winery – 6097 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 528-6464 Open daily 10-4:30
Quivira Vineyards – 4900 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-8333 Open daily 11-5
« MATRIX – 3291 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1911 Open daily 11-5
Gift items, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours RH – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Open daily 11am-6pm
Mauritson Family Winery – 2859 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-0804 Open daily 10-5 Ramazzotti Wines – 22910 Walling Rd, Geyserville; 707 857-3428 Open Mon-Sun 11-6
Mayo Family Winery – 13101 Arnold Drive @ Highway 12, Glen Ellen; 707 938-9401 Open daily 10:30-6:30 Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Open daily 11am-6pm
Mayo Family Reserve Room – 9200 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 833-5504 Open daily 10:30-6:30 Ravenswood – 18701 Gehricke Rd, Sonoma; 707 938-1960 Open daily 10-4:30
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Children OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings Raymond Burr – 8339 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-4365 Open daily 11-5
Mayo Family– at The Cellar Door in Sonoma, 1395 Broadway; 707 938-4466 Thur-Mon 11-6, Tue-Wed 4-6 Remick Ridge – tasted at Adler Fels, 9575 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 833-6131 Open daily 11-5
« MAZZOCCO VINEYARDS – 1400 Lytton Springs Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-8159 Open daily 11-5 Richardson Winery – at The Cellar Door in Sonoma, 1395 Broadway; 707 938-4466 Open daily 11-6
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK Ridge Vineyards – 650 Lytton Springs Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-7721 Open daily 11-4
Meeker Vineyards – 21035 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville; 707 431-2148 Open daily 10:30-6 River Road Vnyds – 5220 Ross Rd, Sebastopol; 707 887-8130 Open by appointment only
Merriam Vnyds – 11650 Los Amigos Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-4032 Open daily 10-5 Robert Hunter – at The Cellar Door in Sonoma,1395 Broadway; 707 938-4466 Open daily 11-6
Merry Edwards – 2959 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol; 888-388-9050 Open daily 9:30-4:30, appt recommended Robert Young Estate – 4960 Red Winery Rd, Geyserville; 707 431-4811 Open daily 10-4:30
Michel-Schlumberger – 4155 Wine Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-7427 Open daily 11-5 Robledo Family Winery – 21901 Bonness Rd, Sonoma; 707 939-6903 Open by appointment only
Mietz Cellars – Poured at Family Wineries – Dry Creek Valley: 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0100 10:30-4:30 Roche – 122 West Spain St, Sonoma Open daily 11-6
Mill Creek Vineyards – 1401 Westside Rd; Healdsburg; 707 431-2121 Open daily 10-5
Rochioli – 6192 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-2305 Thu-Mon 11-4, Tue-Wed by appt
Moon Mountain – 1700 Moon Mountain Drive, Sonoma; 707 996-5870 Tue-Sat by appt only; tours 10:30, 2:30
Moshin Vineyards – 10295 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-5499 Open daily 11-4:30 « RODNEY STRONG VINEYARDS – 11455 Old Redwood Hwy, Healdsburg; 707 431-1533
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK Open daily 10-5
Mounts Family – 3901 Wine Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 292-8148 Open by appointment only
Mueller – 6301 Starr Rd, Windsor; 707 837-7399 Open by appointment only Roessler Cellars – 380 First St W, Sonoma; 707 933-4440 Open daily 11-6
Mulas Family – 23900 Ramal Road, Sonoma; 707 938-3134 Limited tours, call ahead Rosenblum Winery – 250 Center Street, Healdsburg; 707 431-1169 Open daily 10-5
Murphy-Goode – 20 Matheson St, Healdsburg; 800 499-7644 Open daily 10:30-5:30 Roshambo – (Cornerstone, tasting room for boutique wineries) Open daily 10-5
Muscardini Cellars – 8910 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 833-0526 Open daily 11-6 23564 Arnold Dr, (Hwy 121), Sonoma; 888-525-9463
Nalle – 2383 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1040 Open Friday by appointment only Route 128 Winery – 21079 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville; 707 696-0004 Thur-Sun 12-6
Rued – 3863 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1569 Open daily 11-4:30 « TOPEL – Tasting Room in Healdsburg, 125 Matheson St; 707 433-4116 Open daily 11-7
Russian Hill Estate – 4525 Slusser Rd, Windsor; 707 575-9428 Open Thu-Mon 10-4 Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call for: Educational Program, Food Pairings
Russian River Vineyards – 5700 Gravenstein Hwy N, Forestville; 707 887-3344 Open daily 11:30-4:30 « TRENTADUE – 19170 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville; 707 433-3104 Open daily 10-5
Sable Ridge Winery – 6320 Jamison Rd; Santa Rosa; 707 542-3138 Open by appointment only Trione Winery – 19550 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville; 707 814-8100 Thur-Sun 10-5
Sapphire Hill – 55 Front Street, Healdsburg; 707 431-1888 Open by appointment or Thurs-Mon 11-4:30 Truett Hurst – 5610 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-9545 Open daily 11-5
Saracina/Atrea – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Open daily 11am-6pm Twomey Cellars – 3000 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 800-505-4850 Mon-Sat 10-5
« SAUSAL WINERY – 7370 Hwy 128, Healdsburg; 707 433-2285 Open daily 10-4 Ty Caton Vineyards – 8910 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 833-0526 Open daily 10-6
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings Unti Vineyards – 4202 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-5590 Open by appointment only
Sbragia Family – 9990 Dry Creek Road, Geyserville; 707 473-2992 Open daily11-5
Valley of the Moon – 777 Madrone Rd, Glen Ellen; 707 996-6941 Open daily 10-4:30
« SCHUG CARNEROS ESTATE – 602 Bonneau Road, Sonoma; 800-966-9365 Open daily 10-5
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children Welcomed, Picnic Area Viansa Winery – 25200 Arnold Dr, Sonoma; 707 935-4700 Open daily 10-5
« SEBASTIANI VINEYARDS – 389 Fourth St. East, Sonoma; 707 938-5532 Open daily 10-5 « VJB VINEYARDS & CELLARS – 9077 Sonoma Hwy 12, Kenwood; 707 833-2300 Open daily 10-5
Complimentary Tours, Gift Items, Picnic Area & Supplies, Children & Pets Welcomed Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Pets Welcomed
Sebastopol Vineyards – Green Valley Rd; Sebastopol; 707 829-9463 Daily 10-5 Wattle Creek Winery – 25510 River Rd, Cloverdale; 707 894-5166 Open by appointment only
Wellington Vineyards – 11600 Dunbar Rd, Glen Ellen; 707 939-0708 Open daily 11-5
Seghesio Winery – 14730 Grove St, Healdsburg; 707 433-3579 Open daily 10–5
Westwood Winery – 11 E. Napa St, Suite 3, Sonoma; 707 935-3246 Thur-Mon 11-5
Selby Winery – 215 Center St, Healdsburg; 707 431-1288 Open daily 11-5:30
White Oak Vineyards – 7505 Hwy 128, Healdsburg; 707 433-84291 Open daily 10-5
Sharp –17560 Norrborn Road, Sonoma; 707 933-0556 Open by appointment only
Williamson – 134 Matheson St, Healdsburg; 707 433-1500 Open daily 11-7
Sheldon – 6761 Sebastopol Ave. (Hwy. 12), Sebastopol; 707 829-8100 Fri 12-5, Sat & Sun 11-4 or by appt
« WILSON – 1960 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg; 707 433-4355 Open daily 11-5
Siduri Wines – 980 Airway Dr, Ste C, Santa Rosa; 707 578-3882 By appointment daily 10-3 Gift Items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Silver Oak Cellars – 24625 Chianti Road, Geyserville; 707 942-7026 Mon-Sat 9-5, tours by appt
Woodenhead – 5700 River Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 887-2703 Open Thu-Sun 10:30-4:30
« SIMI WINERY – 16275 Healsburg Ave, Healdsburg; 707 433-6981 Open daily 10-5
Yoakim Bridge – 7209 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-8511 Fri-Sat 11-4, Sun 1-4, weekdays & tours by appt.
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for Tours at 11 & 2
Zichichi Family – 8626 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-4410 Open daily 11-4:30
SL Cellars – Poured at Family Wineries – Kenwood: 9380 Sonoma Hwy 12; 888-433-6555 Open daily 10:30-5
Sojourn Cellars –141 E. Napa Street, Sonoma; 707 933-9753 Open by appointment only SOUTH BAY
« SONOMA-ENOTECA – 35 E Napa St, Sonoma; 707 935-1200 11-6 Wed-Mon, Tue seasonal Ahlgren Vineyard – 20320 Hwy 9, Boulder Creek; 800 338-6071 Sat 12-4 or by appointment
Sonoma Valley Port Works – 613 2nd St, Pealuma; 707 769-5203 Sat 12-5 Alfaro Family Vnyd & Winery – 420 Hames Road, Corralitos; 831 728-5172 Sat 12-5 or by appointment
Spann –Poured at Family Wineries – Kenwood: 9380 Sonoma Hwy 12; 888-433-6555 Open daily 10:30-5 Aptos Creek – 520 Nisene Meadws Ct, Aptos; 831 684-1680 Open by appointment only
« ST. FRANCIS VINEYARDS – 100 Pythian Rd, Santa Rosa; 888-675-WINE Open daily 10-5 Armida Winery – 103 Stockton Avenue, Capitola; 831 462-1065 Open daily 11-6
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call for Food Pairings, Winery Tours Bargetto Winery – 3535 N. Main St, Soquel; 831 475-2258 ext 14 Open daily 12-5
St. Helena Road Winery – 6995 St. Helena Road; Santa Rosa; 707 538-8674 Open daily 9-5 Beauregard – 10 Pine Flat Road, Bonny Doon; 831 458-WINE Open daily 11-5
Staley – Poured at Family Wineries – Dry Creek Valley: 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0100 10:30-4:30 Black Ridge – 18550 Black Rd, Los Gatos; 408 399-6396 Open 3rd weekend 11-5 & by appointment
Stonestreet – 7111 Highway 128; 707 473-3333; Healdsburg Open daily 10-5 Bonny Doon Vineyard – 328 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz; 888 819-6789 Open daily 12-close
Stryker Sonoma – 5110 Highway 128; Geyserville; 707 433-1944 Open daily 10:30-5 Bruzzone – 433 Sunridge Drive, Scotts Valley; 831 438-3120 Open by appointment only
Stuhlmuller – 4951 West Soda Rock Ln, Healdsburg; 707 431-7745 Open by appointment only « BURRELL SCHOOL – 24060 Summit Rd, Los Gatos; 408 353-6290 Open Thu-Sun 11-5
« SUNCÉ WINERY – 1839 Olivet Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 526-9463 Open daily 10:30-5
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children Welcomed Byington Winery – 21850 Bear Creek Road, Los Gatos; 408 354-1111 Open daily 11-5
Calera – 11300 Cienega Road, Hollister; 831 637-9170 Open daily 11-4:30
Taft Street Winery – 2030 Barlow Lane, Sebastopol; 707 823-2049 Sat-Sun 11-4:30, Mon-Fri 11-4
Casa De Fruta – 6680 Pacheco Pass Hwy, Hollister; 800 543-1702 Open daily 9-6
Talty – 7127 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-8438 Most Saturdays 12-4 or by appt.
Castillo’s Hillside Shire – 2215 Liberta Drive, Morgan Hill; 408 776-8200 Sat 1-7, Sun 12-5
Tandem – Poured at Family Wineries – Kenwood: 9380 Sonoma Hwy 12; 888-433-6555 Open daily 10:30-5 Cava Wine Bar – 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola; 831 476-2282 Wed-Sat 12-12, Sun 12-10, Mon 4-10, Tue 4-12
Terroirs Artisan Wines: Damskey & Co. – Cava Wine Bar – 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola; 831 476-2282 Wed-Sat 12-12, Sun 12-10, Mon 4-10, Tue 4-12
21001 Geyserville Ave, Ste 101, Geyserville; 707 857-4101 Open daily 11:30-5:30; Thu, Fri, Sat til 6
Chaine d’Or – 140 Sunrise Drive, Woodside; 650 851 8977 Open by appointment only
Three Alarm – Poured at Vine Tastings: 9058 Windsor Rd, Windsor; 707 620-0833 Mon-Fri 12-8, later on weekends Clos LaChance – 1 Hummingbird Ln, San Martin; 800 ITS-WINE Open daily 11-5
Thumbprint Cellars – 36 North St, Healdsburg; 707 433-2393 Open daily 11-4 Clos Tita – 4 Kendall Lane, Santa Cruz; 831 439-9235 Open by appointment only
Tin Barn – 21692 Eighth St E. #340, Sonoma; 707 938-5430 Sat-Sun 11-4 « COOPER-GARROD – 22645 Garrod Rd, Saratoga; 408 867-7116 Mon-Fri 12-5 Sat-Sun 11-5
Toad Hollow – 409A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg; 707 431-8667 Open daily 10:30-5:30 Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for: Food Pairings, Tours
Creekview – 12467 Creekview Ct, San Martin; 408 686-0534 By appointment 11-5 or 3rd weekend of the month Roudon -Smith – 2364 Bean Creek Rd, Scotts Valley; 831 438-1244 Sat 11-4:30 or by appointment
David Bruce Winery – 21439 Bear Creek Rd, Los Gatos; 408 354-4214 Mon-Fri 12-5, Sat-Sun 11-5 Santa Cruz Mtn Vnyd – 334A Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz; 831 335-4242 Wed-Sun 12-5:30
DeRose Vineyards – 9970 Cienega Valley Road, Hollister; 831 636-9143 Sat-Sun 11-4 or or by appointment « SARAH’S VINEYARD – 4005 Hecker Pass Hwy, Gilroy; 408 847-1947 Open daily 11-5
Domenico Wines – 1697 Industrial Rd, San Carlos; 650 593-2335 Open daily 12-5 Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours
Enz – 1781 Limekiln Road, Hollister; 831 637-6443 By appointment only Satori Cellars – 2100 Buena Vista Avenue, Gilroy; 408 848-5823 Sat-Sun 12-5
Equinox – 427-C Swift St, Santa Cruz; 831 338-2646; 831 423-3000 Fri-Sun 12-5 Savannah-Chanelle Vnyds – 23600 Congress Springs Rd, Saratoga; 408 741-2934 Open daily 11-5
Fernwood Cellars – 7137 Redwood Retreat, Gilroy; 408 848-0611 Some Sat, call for appointment Silver Mountain – off Old San Jose-Soquel Rd Miller Cutoff; 408 353-2278 Sat12-4 by appointment
Silver Mountain – 402 Ingalls St, Ste 29, Santa Cruz; 831 466-0559 Thu-Sun 12-5
« FLEMING JENKINS VNYDS & WINERY – 45 W. Main St, Los Gatos; 408 358-4949 Tue-Sun 12-6
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Children Welcome Solis – 3920 Hecker Pass Hwy, Gilroy; 408 847-6306 Open daily 12-5
Flint Wine Cellars – 13160 Cienega Road, Hollister; 831 636-8986 Open by appointment only Sones Cellars – 334 B Ingalls St, Santa Cruz; 831 420-1552 Fri-Sun 12-5
Fortino Winery – 4525 Hecker Pass Hwy, Gilroy; 408 842-3305 Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun 11-5 Soquel Vineyards – 8063 Glen Haven, Soquel; 831 462-9045 Sat-Sun 11-4
Guglielmo Winery – 1480 E. Main St, Morgan Hill; 408 779-2145 Open daily 10-5 Storrs Winery – 303 Potrero St. #35, Santa Cruz; 831 458-5030 Open daily 12-5
Hallcrest Vineyards – 379 Felton Empire Rd, Felton; 831 335-4441 Open daily 12-5 Summerayne – Limekiln Road, Hollister; 831 902-5638 Open by appointment only
Heart o’ the Mountain – 5610 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley; 831 345-6133 Open by appointment only Sycamore Creek – 12775 Uvas Road, Morgan Hill; 408 779-4738 Thu-Mon 12-5
Hecker Pass Winery – 4605 Hecker Pass Hwy, Gilroy; 408 842-8755 Open daily 9-5 Testarossa Vineyards – 300-A College Ave, Los Gatos; 408 354-6150 Open daily 11-5
« HUNTER HILL – 7099 Glen Haven Rd, Soquel; 831 465-9294 Sat-Sun 11-4 or by appt Thomas Fogarty Winery – 19501 Skyline Blvd, Woodside; 650 851-6777 Wed-Sun 11-5
J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines – 1000 Lenzen Ave, San Jose; 408 918-2160 Open daily 10-5 Thomas Kruse Winery – 3200 Dryden Ave, Gilroy; 408 842-7016 Tue-Sun 12-5
Jason-Stephens – 11775 Watsonville Rd, Gilroy; 408 846-8463 Open Daily Summer 12-6 , Winter 12-5 Trout Gulch – 328 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz; 888 819-6789 Open daily 12-close
Kirigin Cellars – 11550 Watsonville Rd, Gilroy; 408 847-8827 Open daily 10-5 Vinocruz – Abbott Square on Cooper Street, Santa Cruz; 831 427-0436 Mon-Thu 11-7, Fri-Sat 11-5, Sun 12-6
Kings Mountain – 187 Kings Mountain Road, Woodside; 650 851-7551 Open by appointment only Vine Hill – 2300 Jarvis Road, Santa Cruz; 831 427-0436 Special events & by appointment
La Nebbia – 12341 San Mateo Road, Half Moon Bay; 650 726-9463 Open daily 10-5 Woodside Vineyards – 340 Kings Mountain Rd; Woodside; 650 851-3144 Open by appointment only
Léal Vineyards – 300 Maranatha Drive, Hollister; 831 636-1023 Open daily 11-5 Windy Oaks Estate – 550 Hazel Dell Rd, Corralitos; 831 786-9463 Special events & by appointment
« LOMA PRIETA WINERY – 26985 Loma Prieta Way, Los Gatos; 408 353-2950 Sat-Sun 12-5 or by appt Zayante Vineyards – 420 Old Mount Rd; Felton; 831 335-7992 Special events & by appointment
CARMEL VALLEY
« MARTIN RANCH – 6675 Redwood Retreat Road, Gilroy; 408 842-9197 12-4 third weekend of each month
Bernardus – 5 W. Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley; 800 223-2533 Open daily 11-5
Michael Martella – 17287 Box 103 Skyline Blvd, Woodside; 650 851-6777 Open by appointment only
Boekenoogen – 24 West Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley; 831 659-4215 Open daily 11-5
Monte Verde – 13775 Sycamore Dr, Morgan Hill; 408 776-8938 Open 3rd Sat-Sun or by appointment
Boëté at Valley Hills Tasting Rm– 7156A Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel Valley; 831 625-5040 Mon-Fri 2-5, Sat-Sun 12-5
Morgan Hill Cellars – 1645 San Pe dro Ave, Morgan Hill; 408 779-7389 Tue-Sun 10-5
Chateau Julien Wine Estate – 8940 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel; 831 624-2600 Mon-Fri 8-5 Sat-Sun 11-5
Mountain Winery – 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga; 408 741-2822 Fri-Sun 12-5
Muccigrosso – 21450 Bear Creek Rd, Los Gatos; 408 354-0821 Open by appointment only Chateau Sinnet – 13746 Center Street, Carmel Valley; 831 659-2244 Summer 12-6 daily, Winter 12-5
Muccigrosso – 21450 Bear Creek Rd, Los Gatos; 408 354-0821 Open by appointment only Cima Collina – San Carlos, between Ocean & 7th, Carmel; 831 620-0645 Thur-Mon 11- 6
Muns Vineyard – Los Gatos; 408 515-2663 Open by appointment only Galante Vineyards – between Ocean & 7th, Dolores; Carmel; 831 624-3800 Sun-Fri 2-6, Sat 12-6
Naumann Vnyds – 16505 Montebello Rd, Cupertino; 408 867-7871 Special events & by appointment Georis Winery – 4 Pilot Road, Carmel Valley; 831 659-1050 Summer daily 11-6, Winter 11-5
Nicholson Vnyds – 2800 Pleasant Valley Rd, Aptos; 831 724-7071 Special events & by appointment Heller Estate Organic Vineyards – 69 W. Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley; 800-625-8466 Open daily 11-6
Organic Wine Works – 379 Felton Empire Rd, Felton; 800-OWW-WINE Open daily 12-5 Joullian Vineyards – 2 Village Drive Suite A, Carmel Valley; 866 659-8101 Open daily 11-5
Osocalis – 5579 Old San Jose Rd, Soquel; 831 477-1718 Open by appointment only Joyce Vineyards – 12 Del Fino Place, Carmel Valley; 831-659-0312 Fri-Sun 11-5
Page Mill Winery – 13686 Page Mill Road, Los Altos HIlls; 650 948-0958 Fri-Sun 12-5:30 Otter Cove Wines – 9 Del Fino Place, Carmel Valley; 831 320-3050 Wed-Sun 11-5
Pietra Santa – 10034 Cienega Road, Hollister; 831 636-1991 Wed-Sun 11-5 or by appointment only Parsonage Village Vineyard – 19 East Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley; 831 659-7322 Open daily 11-5:30
Pelican Ranch – 402 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz; 831 426-6911 Fri-Sun 12-5 Rancho Cellars – 26340 Carmel Rancho Blvd, Carmel; 831 625-5646 Mon-Sat 11-5
Picchetti Winery – 13100 Montebello Rd, Cupertino; 408 741-1310 Open daily 11-5 Talbott Vineyards – 53 West Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel Valley; 831 659-3500 Open daily 11-5
Pinder – 165 Cristich Lane, Campbell; 877-684-2601 Sat 11-4, Sun by appointment Taste Morgan – 204 Crossroads Blvd, Carmel; 831 626-3700 Open daily 11-6
Pleasant Valley – 600 Pleasant Valley Rd, Aptos; 831 728-2826 Summer Apr-Oct, Sat 12-4, Winter by appointment MONTEREY WINERIES
« POETIC CELLARS – 5000 Rodeo Gulch Road, Soquel; 831 462-3478 Sat-Sun 12-5 or by appt A Taste of Monterey Wine Visitors Cntr – 700 Cannery Row, Suite Kk, Monterey; 831 646-5446 Open daily 10-6
Rapazzini Winery – 4350 S. Monterey Hwy, Gilroy; 408 842-5649 Open daily 10-5 Bargetto Winery – 700 Cannery Row Suite G, Monterey; 831 373-4053 Open daily 11-6
Regale Winery – 24040 Summit Road, Los Gatos; 408 353-2500 Sat-Sun 12-5:30 or by appointment Baywood Cellars – 381 Cannery Row Suite C, Monterey; 831 645-9035 Mon-Sat 1-6, Sun 1-5
Ridge Vineyards – 17100 Montebello Road, Cupertino; 408 867-3233 Summer Sat-Sun 11-5, Winter Sat-Sun 11-4 Figge Cellars – 3348 Paul Davis Drive Suite 101, Marina; 831 384-4149 Mon-Fri by appointment only
River Run – 65 Rogge Lane, Watsonville; 831 726-3112 Open by appointment only Scheid Vineyards Wine Lounge - 751 Cannery Row, Monterey; 831-6569463 Open daily 11-7
« VENTANA VINEYARDS – 2999 Monterey-Salinas Hwy, Monterey; 831 372-7415 Open daily 11-5 Lazy Creek Vineyards – 4741 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-3623 Open Fr-Mo 11-4:30
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Le Vin Winery – 33151 Hwy. 128, Yorkville; 707 894-2304 Open by appointment only
Wine from the Heart Tasting Rm – 241 Alvarado St, Monterey; 831 641-9463 Open daily , call for hours
SALINAS VALLEY Lolonis Vineyards – 1905 Rd D, Redwood Valley; 707 485-7544 Open by appointment
A Taste of Monterey – 127 Main Street, Salinas; 831 751-1980 Mon-Fri 11-5, Fri-Sat 11-6, Sun 11-4 Londer Vineyards – 14051 Highway 128, Boonville; 707 895-3900 Thu-Mon 11-5
Blackstone Winery – 850 South Alta St, Gonzales; 831 675-5341 Summer 10:30-4:30, Winter 11-4 Manoir Girard Cellars – 12601 Ell River Rd; Potter Valley; 707 391 WINE (9463) Open by appointment only
Boekenoogen – Santa Lucia Highlands, Salinas; 831 675-3549 Open by appointment only
Maple Creek Winery – 20799 Hwy 128; Yorkville; 707 895-3001 Open daily 10:30-5
Chalone Vineyards – Stonewall Canyon Rd (Hwy 146), Soledad; 831 678-1717 Sat-Sun 11:30-5, weekdays by appt
McDowell Valley – 13380 S. Hwy 101, Hopland 707 744-8911 Mon-Fri 11-5, Sat-Sun 10-5
« HAHN ESTATES/SMITH & HOOK – 37700 Foothill Road, Soledad; 831 678-4555 Mon-Fri 11-4
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call for Winery Tours Sat-Sun 11-5 McFadden Vineyard – 13275 S. Hwy 101 Suite #5, Hopland; 707 744-8463 Open daily 10-5
Manzoni Estate – 30981 River Road, Soledad; 831 675-3398 Sat-Sun 11-5 McNab Ridge Winery – 13441 S. Hwy 101; Hopland; 707 744-1986 Open daily 10-5
Marilyn Remark – 645 River Road, Salinas; 831 455-9310 Sat-Sun, Holidays 11-5
Meyer Family Cellars – 19750 Hwy 128, Yorkville; 707 895-2341 Open daily 10-5
Paraiso Vineyards – 38060 Paraiso Springs Road, Soledad; 831 678-0300 Sat-Sun 11-5, Mon-Fri 11-4
Pessagno Winery – 1645 River Road, Salinas; 831 675-9463 Fri-Sun 11-5 Milano Family Winery – 14594 S. Hwy 101, Hopland; 800-564-2582 Open daily10-5
Scheid Vineyards – 1972 Hobson Avenue, Greenfield; 831 386-0316 Open daily 11-5 Monte Lago Winery – Clear Lake, 510-599.LAGO Open by appointment only
« VENTANA VINEYARDS – 38740 Los Coches Road, Soledad; 831 678-2900 Weekends & Most Holidays 11-5 Navarro Vineyards – 5601 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-3686 Summer 10-6, Winter 10-5
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Nelson Family – 550 Nelson Ranch Road; Ukiah Open daily 10-5
Wrath Wines – 35801 Foothill Road, Soledad; 831 678-2212 Thu-Mon 11-4:30
Oster – 13501 Tomki Road, Redwood Valley; 707 485-5257 Open by appointment
LAKE/MENDOCINO COUNTIES Pacific Star – 33000 North Highway 1, Fort Bragg; 707 964-1155 Open daily 11-5
Barra of Mendocino – 7051 N. State Street, Redwood Valley; 707 485-0322 Open daily 10-5 Parducci Wine Cellars – 501 Parducci Rd, Ukiah; 707 463-5357 Open daily 10-5
Phillips Hill Estates – 8627 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-2209 Open daily 11-5
Brassfield Estate– 10915 High Valley Rd, Clearlake Oaks; 707 998-1895 Win Mon-Fri 10-5, Sat-Sun by appt: Sum 10-5
Philo Ridge – Call for an appoinment on weekends, 707 489-2303
Breggo Cellars – 11001 Highway 128, Boonville; 707 895-9589 Open daily 11-5 Ployez Winery – 11171 Highway 29, Lower Lake; 707 994-2106 Open daily 11-5
Brutocao Cellars – 7000 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-2152 Summer 10-6, Winter 10-5 Roederer Estate – 4501 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-2288 Open daily 11-5
Brutocao Cellars – 13500 Hwy 101, Hopland; 707 744-1664 Open daily 10-6 Rosa D’Oro – 3915 Main Street, Kelseyville; 707 279-0483 Sum Sun-Tues 11-5, Wed-Sat 10:30-6:30; Win closed Mon-Tue
Ceago Vinegarden – 5115 E. Hwy 20, Nice; 707 274-1462 Open daily 10-5 « SCHARFFENBERGER CELLARS – 8501 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-2957 Open daily 11-5
Chiarito Vineyards – 2651 Mill Creek Rd, Ukiah; 707.462.7146 Open by appointment only
Claudia Springs – 1810 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-3993 Summer: Fri-Mon 11-5; Winter Fri-Sun 11-5 Shannon Ridge – 12599 E. Hwy 20, Clear Lake Oaks; 707 998-9656 Fri-Mon 12-5
Cougar’s Leap – 9730 Soda Bay Road #8, Kelseyville; 707 279-0651 Call ahead Silversmith Vineyards – 3700 A Rd J, Redwood Valley; 707 485-1196 Sat-Sun 11-5 or by appointment
Duncan Peak Vineyards – 14500 Mtn. House Road, Hopland; 707 744-1129 Open by appointment only Standish Wine Co. – 5101 Hwy 128, Philo707 895-9213 Wed-Mon 10-6
Esterlina – 1200 Holmes Ranch Road, Philo; 707 895-2920 Open by appointment only Steele Wines – Hwy 29 at Thomas Dr; Kelseyville; 707 279-9475 Mon-Sat 12-5
Fetzer Vineyards – Hwy 175, Hopland; 707 744-1250 Open daily 9-5 Toulouse Vineyards – 8001 Hwy 128, 707 895-2828; Philo Open daily 11-5
Foursight Wines – 14475 Highway 128, Boonville; 707 898-2889 Fri-Mon 10-4:30 Tulip Hill Winery – 4900 Bartlett Springs Rd, Nice; 707 274-9373 Open daily 10-6
Weibel Vnyds – 13300 Buckman Dr., Hopland; 707 744-2200 Open by appointment only
Frey – 14000 Tomki Rd, Redwood Valley; 707 485-5177 Mon-Frid 10-5, by appointment
Whaler Vineyards – 6200 E Side Rd, Ukiah; 707 462-6355 Open by appointment only
Goldeneye Winery – 9200 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-3202 Open daily 11-4
Wildhurst Vineyards – 3855 Main St, Kelseyville; 800 595-WINE Open daily 10-5
Graziano Family of Wines – 13251 S.Hwy 101; Suite 3, Hopland; 707 744-8466 Open daily 10-5
Yorkville Cellars – 25701 Hwy 128, Yorkville; 707 894-9177 Win 11-5, Sum 11-6
Greenwood Ridge Vineyards – 5501 Hwy 128; Philo, 707 895-2002 Summer 10-6, Winter 10-5
Handley Cellars – 3151 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-2190 Summer 10-6, Winter 10-5 « ZINA HYDE CUNNINGHAM – 14077 Hwy 128, Boonville; 707 895-9462 Open Daily 10-5
Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Horne – 2200 Hwy 29, Middletown; 707 987-1069 Open weekends 10-6, weekdays by appt.
YOLO COUNTY
Husch Vineyards – 4400 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-3216 Open daily 10-5
Berryessa Gap – 27260 Hwy 128, Winters; 530 795-3201 Mon-Sat 12-4
Jepson Vineyards, Ltd. – 10400 S. Hwy 101, Ukiah; 707 468-8936 Open daily 10-5 Bogle Vineyards – 37783 County Rd, Clarksburg; 916 744-1139 Sat-Sun 11-5, Mon-Fri 10-5
Jeriko Estate – 12141 Hewlitt Sturtevant Rd, Hopland; 707 744-1140 Sum 10-5, Win 11-4 Capay Valley Vineyards – 1 Ranch Rd, Brooks; 530 796-4110 Open 12-5 by appointment
Langtry Estate – 21000 Butts Canyon Rd, Middletown; 707 987-2385 Open daily 11-5 Carvalho Family Wines – 35265 Willow Ave, Clarksburg; 916 744-1625 Wed-Sun 11-5
Heringer Estates – 35265 Willow Ave, Clarksburg; 916 744-1227 Thu-Sun 11-5 LIVERMORE VALLEY
Bent Creek Winery – 5455 Greenville Rd, Livermore; 925 455-6320 Fri-Sun 12-4:30
Big White House – 6800 Greenville Rd, Livermore; 925 449-1976 Sat-Sun 12-4:30
Bodegas Aguirre – 8580 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 606-0554 Sat-Sun 12-4
Cedar Mountain – 7000 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 373-6636 Mon-Fri 11-3, Sat-Sun 12-4
Charles R Vnyds – 8195 Crane Ridge Rd, Livermore; 925 454-3040 Fri-Sun 12-4:30
Chouinard Vnyds – 33853 Palomares Rd, Castro Vly; 510 582-9900 Sat-Sun 12-5 (and most holidays)
Concannon – 4590 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 456-2505 Open daily 11-4:30
Crooked Vine – 4948 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 371-8156 Mon-Sat 11:30-4:30, Sun 11-4:30
Old Sugar Mill – 35265 Willow Ave, Clarksburg; 916 744-165 Wed-Sun 11-5
Cuda Ridge Wines – 5385 East Ave, Livermore; 510-304-0914 Fri-Sun 12-4:30 & by appointment
Deer Ridge Vineyards – 1828 Wetmore Rd, Livermore; 866 561-0838 Fri-Sun 11-5
Eagle Ridge Vineyard – 10017 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 443-3375 Sat-Sun 12-4:30
el Sol – 8626 Lupine Way, Livermore; 925 606-1827 Fri-Sun 12-5
Elliston Vineyards – 463 Kilkare, Sunol; 925 862-2377 Sat-Sun 12-5
Fenestra Winery – 83 Vallecitos Rd (Hwy 84), Livermore; 925 447-5246 Fri-Sun 12-5
« GARRÉ VINEYARD & WINERY – 7986 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 371-8200 Fri 12-4:30, Sat-Sun 11:30-5
R.H. Phillips – 26836 Country Rd 12A, Esparto; 530 662-3215 Wed-Sun 11-5 Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Restaurant, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings
Hidden Creek – 21 So. Livermore Ave, Ste 101, Livermore (at Blacksmith Square); 925-989-1163 Thu-Sun 12-5
John Christopher – 25 So. Livermore Ave, Ste 103, Livermore; 925-456-WINE Thu-Sun 12-6
La Rochelle – 5443 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 243-6442 Open daily 12-4
Les Chenes – 5562 Victoria Lane, Livermore; 925 373-1662 Weekends 12-4:30
Little Valley Winery– 739 Main St, Pleasanton Wed 4-9, Fri-Sat 12-6, Sun 12-5
Longevity Wines – 35 Rickenbacker Circle South, Livermore; 888 325-WINE Sat-Sun 12-5
Marr Cellars – poured at Tesla Vintners, 5143 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 606-WINE Tue-Sun 11-5
McGrail Vineyards – 5600 Greenville Rd, Livermore; 925 373-6214 Fri-Sun 12-4:30 & by appointment
Satiety Vineyards – 40101 County Rd 25A, Woodland; 530 661-0680 Mon-Fri 7-6, Sat-Sun 11-6 Miramont Estate – poured at Tesla Vintners, 5143 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 606-WINE Tue-Sun 11-5
Mitchell Katz Winery – 1188 Vineyard Ave; Pleasanton; 925 931-0744 Thu-Sun 12-5, Fri 12-6
Murietta’s Well – 3005 Mines Rd; Livermore; 925 456-2390 May-Oct Open daily 11-4:30, Nov-Apr Wed-Sun 11-4:30
Red Feather – 5700 Greenville Rd, Livermore; 925 449-1871 Sun-Fri 11-6, Sat 11-8
Retzlaff Vineyards – 1356 S. Livermore Ave, Livermore; 925 447-8941 Tue-Fri 12-2, Sat-Sun 12-4:30
Rios Lovell Estate Winery – 6500 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 443-0434 Wed-Fri 11-3, Sat-Sun 11-5
Rodrigue Molyneaux – 3053 Marina Ave, Livermore; 925 447-4280 Sat-Sun 12:30-5
Ruby Hill Winery – 400 Vineyard Ave, Pleasanton; 925 931-WINE Wed-Sun 11-5:30
Steven Kent – 5443 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 243-6440 Open daily 12-4:30
Solomon Wine Co. – 35265 Willow Ave, Clarksburg; 916 744 1131 Fri 1-5, Sat-Sun 11-5
Stony Ridge Winery – 4948 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 449-0458 Thu-Sun 11-4:30
Tamas Estate – 5489 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 456-2380 Open daily 12-4:30
Tenuta Vineyards – 633 Kalthoff Common, Livermore; 925 960-1006 Fri-Sun 12-5
Tesla Vintners – 5143 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 606-WINE Tue-Sun 11-5
The Singing Winemaker – poured at Tesla Vintners, 5143 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 606-WINE Tue-Sun 11-5
Thomas Coyne Winery – 51 E. Vallecitos Rd (Hwy 84), Livermore; 925 373-6541 Sat-Sun 12-5
Wente Vineyards Estate Winery – 5565 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 456-2300 Open daily 11-4:30
Todd Taylor Wines – 35265 Willow Ave, Clarksburg; 916 744-1120 Fri-Sun 11-5 Wente Vineyards Visitors Center – 5050 Arroyo Rd, Livermore; 925 456-2405 Open daily 11-6:30
Westover Vineyards – 34329 Palomares Rd, Castro Valley; 925 537-3932 Sat-Sun 12-5 LODI/WOODBRIDGE
Abundance Vnyds/Mencarini Family Winery –1150 W. Turner Rd, Lodi; 209 334-0274 Open daily 11-6
Akin Estates – 18911 N. Lower Sacramento Rd, Woodbridge; 209 333-8115 Wed. Thu 5-9, Fri-Sat 5-10, Sun 2-6
Berghold – 17343 N. Cherry Rd, Lodi; 209 333-9291 Thu-Sun 11-5
Boitano Family – Vino Piazza, 12470 Locke Rd, Lockeford; 209 286-1595 Fri-Sun 12-5
Bokisch Vineyards – tasted at Clements Ridge, 23225 E. State Hwy 88, Clements; 209 334-4338 Fri-Sun 11-5
Borra Wines – 1301 E. Armstrong Rd, Lodi; 209 368-2446 Open daily 12-5
cellardoor – 21 N. School Street, Lodi; 209 339-4394 Fri 1-11, Sat 1-9, Sun 12-5
Chocoholics Divine Desserts – 18819 E. Hwy 88, Clements; 209 759-3320 Mon-Fri 11-5, Sat-Sun 10-6
Clements Ridge – 23225 E. State Hwy 88, Clements; 209 759-3850 Fri-Sun 11-5
Cosentino Winery – 3750 E. Woodbridge Rd, Woodbridge; 209 333-8014 Open daily 10-5:30
d‘Art Wines – 13299 N. Curry Avenue, Lodi; 209 334-9946 Fri-Sun 12-5
Dancing Fox Winery & Bakery – 203 S. School Street, Lodi; 209 366-2634 Tue-Wed 11-6, Thu-Sat 11-9, Sun 10-3
Delicato Family – 12001 S. Highway 99, Manteca; 209 824-3500 Open daily 9-5:30
Gnekow Family Winery– 17347 E. Gawne Rd, Collegeville; 209 463-0697 Open daily 11-5
Grady Family – tasted at Woodbridge Uncorked, Woodbridge; 209365-7575 Wed-Thu 5-9, Fri-Sat 5-10, Sun 2-6
Grand Amis – 115 North School Street Suite 5, Lodi; 209 369-6805 Fri-Sun 1-5
Harmony Wynelands – 9291 E. Harney Ln, Lodi; 209 369-4184 Mon-Sun 11-5:30, Sat 11-5, Sun 12:30-5
Harney Lane Winery – 9010 E. Harney Lane, Lodi; 209 365-1900 Thu-Sun 12-5
Heritage Oak Winery – 10112 E. Woodbridge Road, Acampo; 209 986-2763 Mon-Fri 2-5, Sat-Sun 12-5
Housley’s Century Oak – 22211 Lower Sacramento, Acampo; 209 334-3482 Open daily 12-4
Jessie’s Grove Winery – 1973 W. Turner Road, Lodi, 209 368-0880 Wed-Mon 12-5
LangeTwins Winery – 1525 E. Jahant Road, Acampo; 209 334-9780 Open by appointment only
Lobo Loco Wines – 18911 N. Lower Sacramento Rd, Woodbridge; 916 687-4767 Wed-Thu 5-9, Fri-Sat 5-10, Sun 2-6
Lodi Wine & Visitor Center – 21831 N, Lodi. Highway 99; Lodi; 209 369-9463 Open daily 10-5
White Crane Winery – 5405 Greenville Rd, Livermore; 925 455-8085 Thu-Mon 12-4:30
The Lucas Winery – 18196 N. Davis Rd, Lodi; 209 368-2006 Thu-Sun 12-4:30
M2 Wines – 1376 East Turner Road Suite D, Lodi; 209 339-1071 Fri-Sun 11-5
Macchia – 7099 E. Peltier Road, Acampo; 209 333-2600 Thu-Mon 11-5
McConnell Estates – 10686 W. Stockton Blvd, Elk Grove; 916 685-5368 Sat-Sun11-5
McCormack Williamson – 3125 E. Orange Street, Acampo; 209 368-1473 Fri-Sun 11-5
Michael David Vineyards – 4580 W. Highway 12, Lodi; 209 368-7384 Open daily 10-5
Miramont Estate – 24837 E. Milton Rd, Linden; 209 887-3860 Open by appointment only
Mokelumne Oaks – 12470 Locke Rd, Lockeford; 209 339-1108 Thu-Sun 12-5
Oak Ridge Winery – 6100 E. Highway 12 (Victor Road), Lodi; 209 369-4758 Sun-Thu 10-5, Fri-Sat 10-6
Old Lockeford Winery – 12470 Locke Rd, Lockeford; 209 727-9770 Fri-Mon 11-5
Omega Cellars– 13731 N. Highway 88, Lodi; 209 367-1910 Sat-Sun 12-5
Palomares Vineyards – 34329 Palomares Road, Castro Valley Sat-Sun 12-5
Pasos Vineyards – 12470 Locke Rd, Lockeford; 209 727-3153 Thu-Sun 11-5, Fri-Sat 11-6
Peirano Estate – 21831 N. Highway 99, Acampo; 209 369-9463 Sat-Sun 11-5
Ripken Vineyards – 2472 West Sargent Road, Lodi; 209 367-WINE Sat-Sun 12-4
Spenker Winery – 17303 N. De Vries Rd, Lodi; 209 367-0467 Sat & Sun 12-4, Jan-Apr by appt only
St. Amant Winery – 1 Winemaster Way, Lodi; 209 367-0646 Open by appointment only
St. Jorge Winery – 22769 N. Bender Road, Acampo; 209 365-0202 Fri-Sun 11-5
Stama – 12470 Locke Rd, Lockeford; 209 727-3314 Mon, Wed, Thu 11-5, Fri, Sat, Sun 11-6
The Coliseum – Vino Piazza, 12470 Locke Rd, Lockeford; 209 747-7733 Wed, Thu, Sun 11-5, Fri 11-7, Sat 11-6
VanRuiten – 340 W. Highway 12, Lodi; 209 334-5722 Open daily 11-5
Vino Con Brio – 7889 E. Harney Ln, Lodi; 888-410-VINO Thu-Mon 12-5
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