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SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 – ISSUE 36 – VOLUME 28
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WINERY
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TABLE OF CONTENTS | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
ON THE COVER
William Hill Estate Winery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
WINE COUNTRY NEWS
Wine Country Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-19
Wineology by Len Napolitano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
PERFECT PAIRS Flora Springs 2006 Trilogy Paired with
Rutherford Short Ribs Braised in Red Wine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
William Hill Estate Winery
WINEMAKER
PROFILE
Alex Holman,
J. Rickards Winery
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PERFECT
PA I R S
TA S T I N G R O O M
O F T H E W E E K 28
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WINE COUNTRY GETAWAYS
Overnight Accommodations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
NAPA VALLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-47
St. Helena Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Calistoga . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39
Yountville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Downtown Napa Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Napa Valley Fine Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Napa Valley Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-45
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ON THE
COVER
SPECIAL COUPONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Flora Springs 2006
Trilogy Paired with
Rutherford Short Ribs
Braised in Red Wine
SONOMA COUNTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48-63
Sonoma County Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-51
Russian River Area Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Santa Rosa Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Geyserville Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Healdsburg Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Sonoma Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58-63
Sonoma Valley Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Glen Ellen Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Sonoma Plaza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62
MENDOCINO & LAKE COUNTIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-65
Lake & Mendocino Counties Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
LIVERMORE VALLEY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66-67
Livermore Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
LODI/WOODBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lodi/Woodbridge Area Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
SIERRAS/FOOTHILLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Sierra Foothills Wineries Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
NORTHERN CENTRAL COAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-76
Monterey Bay/Santa Cruz Mountains Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Carmel Valley Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Salinas Valley Wineries Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Fleming Jenkins Vineyards & Winery
WINERY LISTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76-86
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WINE COUNTRY NEWS | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
MacMurray Ranch to Host 30th Annual
Showcase: Taste of Sonoma, September 5
Sonoma’s Largest Wine and Food Event – Part of the 2nd Annual
Sonoma Wine Country Weekend, Presented by Visa Signature –
Features Tastings, Demonstrations, Tours and Seminars Showcasing
More Than 200 Artisan Wineries, Growers, Chefs and Food Purveyors
Sonoma Wine Country Weekend Executive Producer Maureen
Cottingham has released event details for the 30th Annual Showcase:
Taste of Sonoma, taking place Saturday, September 5th from 11 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at Sonoma’s famed MacMurray Ranch vineyards in Healdsburg. Showcase: Taste of Sonoma is part of the three-day Sonoma
Wine Country Weekend that culminates Sunday September 6th with
the 17th Annual Sonoma Valley Harvest Wine Auction, presented by
Trilogy Glass & Packaging at Cline Cellars in Sonoma. One of the
country’s premier food and wine events, Sonoma Wine Country
Weekend celebrates Sonoma’s artisan food and wine community while
raising much needed funds for local charities.
Named one of the “Ten Best Wine and Food Events in the United
States” by Celebrated Living magazine, Showcase: Taste of Sonoma is
a coveted ticket. General Admission is $150 per person. Visa Signature cardholders receive a special price of $95 per person, as well as
other event perks when they use their card to purchase tickets. Grand
Reserve tickets are $195 per person. For tickets or to see the full list
of Sonoma Wine Country Weekend events, visit the website at
www.SonomaWineCountryWeekend.com.
Showcase: Taste of Sonoma Highlights:
• NEW THIS YEAR! - Grand Reserve Showcase: Grand Reserve
ticket holders receive additional privileges throughout the event and
access to exclusive venues featuring rare wines, gracious hospitality
and special behind-the-scenes benefits, including:
Club Reserve, a luxury “taste-around” where winemakers and
owners of Sonoma’s iconic wineries – including Pride Mountain Vineyards, Tandem Winery, Lambert Bridge Winery, Lancaster Estate,
Kamen Estate Wines, Skipstone, Amapola Creek Vineyards & Winery,
Stonestreet Winery, Paul Hobbs Winery, Rodney Strong Vineyards and
Vérité Winery - will sample their limited production, reserve and
private wines from large format bottles.
MacMurray Lounge, Kate MacMurray, together with members of
the Gallo family, will host Grand Reserve ticket holders in the private
and beautifully appointed estate garden located behind late actor Fred
MacMurray’s historic home. Guests are invited to unwind and
recharge with special reserve wines, seasonal wine country cuisine and
lively conversation.
• SOLD OUT! - Wine Talks in the Wine Barn: A series of informative
wine seminars, discussions and focused tastings with renowned
Sonoma County winemakers.
• Sonoma County Appellation Grand Food and Wine Tasting: An
immersion experience, with more than 150 wineries pouring thousands of wines, and over 60 local chefs whipping up divine pairings.
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This is a rare opportunity to go one on one with artisan producers
representing the four distinct appellations of one of the most diverse
and bountiful growing regions in the world.
• Sonoma’s Sommelier Stars Wine and Food Tasting Tours:
Sonoma’s own celebrity sommelier Christopher Sawyer has assembled an all-star team of nationally acclaimed sommeliers who will be
on-hand to provide 30-minute guided tours through the Grand
Tasting Tents. With their knowledgeable guidance, guests will
discover hidden gems, try new varieties, and enjoy expert insights
on expanding their wine appreciation and knowledge. Registration
taken the day of the event.
• The Gloria Ferrer Bubble Lounge: Located at the entrance to Showcase: Taste of Sonoma, the Gloria Ferrer Bubble Lounge offers visitors a chance to toast the day with a bit of bubbly paired with small
bites, presented by Cindy Friedman, Gloria Ferrer Caves and Vineyards Certified Wine Educator.
• The Crushpad: A unique “grape to glass” tasting and demonstration
presented by local grape growers and winemakers. Guests will
sample freshly picked grapes, juice from a basket press demonstrating and finally a taste of the finished bottled wine from the highlighted vineyard. Presented by the Sonoma County Winegrape
Commission.
• The Gourmet Kitchen: Steel Chef Competition and Cooking
Demonstrations: Sonoma County’s most celebrated chefs face off in
a fast paced, fun and educational competition for the coveted title of
Sonoma County’s Chef of Steel. The audience will learn to flip, dip,
chop and whip like the pros in the demonstration kitchen, where
throughout the day Sonoma’s top chefs will share the tricks of the
trade, including new recipes, techniques and innovative ways to
flavor food.
• Sonoma County Marketplace: Explore the bounty of one of the
world’s most fertile food sheds brought to market by small, local
family farms. Guests can browse, sample and purchase high-quality,
artisanal ingredients used by local chefs and explore the new
sustainable and organic area, to learn how to incorporate “green”
foods and products into the home pantry.
• Silent Auction: Benefitting the Redwood Empire Food Bank, the
Showcase: Taste of Sonoma Silent Auction and Big Bottle Bid offers
bidders a chance to take home prized bottlings from local winery
cellars, one-of-a-kind etched bottles, and other terrific trips and
packages.
• A Self-Guided Walk-Around Retrospective: “Legacy of the Land:
150 Years on a Russian River Valley Ranch”: Experience the living
history of MacMurray Ranch through a never-before-seen exhibition
from the MacMurray family archives detailing ranch life from the
late 19th Century to today. The exhibit is displayed in the oldest
See Sonoma Wine Country Weekend, page 56
WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | WINE COUNTRY NEWS
Wine Garage – Here Comes the Jug!
by Michelle J. Baker
W
ine Garage founder Todd Miller drilled a couple of holes in
the wall at his bustling Calistoga wine shop nearly two years
ago in anxious anticipation of having his own winery’s juice
flowing from one side of the wall to happy customers waiting on the
other side.
Well, it took a while, but the Wine Garage winery is finally open
for business. From those holes in the wall now hang a couple of fabricated stainless steel nozzles, and out of them flow two righteous and
delicious blends, B1 (a Bordeaux-style blend of Cabernet Sauvignon,
Carmenere, Merlot and Petit Verdot) and R1 (a Rhone-style blend of
Syrah, Zinfandel, Grenache, Mourvedre and Petite Sirah). “My biggest
problem,” says Miller, “is that customers can’t decide which to buy
because they love them both so much.”
And with good reason. Miller bought the
individual lots of finished wine that make up
each blend from some of his personal winemaking friends. The wine came from grapes
from several of Napa’s most prestigious vineyards. He’s sworn to secrecy on the vineyard
sources so the Wine Garage blends don’t
compete against the same wines priced at two,
three or even four times what Miller sells it for
– just $29.99 for a half-gallon jug, filled to
order.
When Todd and Joy Miller moved to Napa
Valley in 2001, they were surprised to find that
they could hardly find any wines for less than $45 a bottle. Then they
went to a dinner party at a winemaker’s home, and were shocked to
discover that many winemakers couldn’t afford to drink the wines
they made. That’s when the Millers decided to open the first wine shop
in Napa Valley that only carried wines under $25 a bottle.
So in 2003, Todd Miller swapped his corporate necktie for jeans
and boots and started scouring Northern California for great, undiscovered wines to offer at the new wine shop, the Wine Garage in Calistoga. Miller drove the roads less traveled, meeting with winemakers,
walking in their vineyards, and tasting their grapes, barrel samples
and finished wines. The winemakers, tickled to have a real, live wine
buyer at their winery, shared stories with Miller over a glass of wine
at the dinner table.
The Wine Garage carries a wide selection of bargains from Sonoma
and Napa, and gems from as far afield as Paso Robles, Lodi, the Sierra
Foothills and Mendocino County. The store still doesn’t carry any
wines priced over $25, and Miller doesn’t buy a wine for the store
unless he loves it. What’s best is the Wine Garage staff takes the guesswork out of wine shopping: tell the staff what you’re looking for and
they will steer you to the perfect bottle.
The Wine Garage is now a licensed winery, and in addition to the
blends on tap, they produce a line of their own Wine Garage wines
from grapes they crush. For reds they offer a
Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir, Napa Valley Zinfandel
and Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon; there are
also two whites, Joy Ride (named for Todd’s wife
and business partner, Joy), a lively blend of
Albarino, Sauvignon Blanc, Viognier and Muscat,
and a 2008 Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc.
The Wine Garage’s wine club is one of the best
deals around. Club members can choose to
receive six bottles of red wine (or three red and
three white) six times per year for $100 per shipment, plus shipping. The Wine Garage also offers
an “Intense Red” selection of massively concentrated and extracted
wines, also six bottles six times per year for $125 per shipment, plus
shipping.
The Wine Garage, located at 1020 Foothill Boulevard (Highway
29) in Calistoga, is open from 11 a.m. till 6:30 p.m. Monday thru
Saturday and 11 a.m. till 4:30 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call
(707) 942-5332, visit the website at www.winegarage.net or send an
email to team@winegarage.net.
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
NAPA VALLEY
ONGOING
Fumé Bistro & Bar Happy Hour
Napa, Spirit & snack specials, wine & beer, 4-6pm
707-257-1999, www.fumebistro.com
ONGOING WEEKENDS EXCEPT 4TH WEEKEND
Wine Component Tasting Seminar
at Merryvale Vineyards
St. Helena, 10:30am-12:30pm, $20, free/club members
707-963-7777, www.merryvale.com
EVERY 4TH WEEKEND
Wine & Food Pairing Seminar
at Merryvale Vineyards
10:30am-12:30pm, $20, free/club members, St. Helena
ONGOING THURSDAYS & FRIDAYS
Wine & Food Pairings
Peju Province Winery, Rutherford, 11am, Wine & Cheese Pairing
1pm: Wine & Tapas Pairing, www.peju.com, 800-446-7358
ONGOING
Private Tours
Goosecross Cellars, Yountville, $25, RSVP 707-944-1986, www.goosecross.com
ONGOING
Epicurean Explorations
Goosecross Cellars, Yountville, Minimum 6 people, $95/3-course lunch
$135/5-course lunch, RSVP 707-944-1986, www.goosecross.com
FIRST FRIDAY THROUGH OCTOBER
Cheers! St. Helena
Downtown St. Helena, Taste wine & enjoy live music while strolling! 6-9pm
$5/taste, $35/nightly pass, www.cheerssthelena.com
ONGOING WEEKENDS
Reserve Room at Markham Vineyards
Enjoy reserve and library wines by candlelight in an historic stone cellar
$15pp, 11am-4pm, www.markhamvineyards.com, 707-963-5292
ONGOING
Napa Valley Wine Train
Napa, 800-427-4124, www.winetrain.com
ONGOING
Napa Valley Opera House
1030 Main Street, Napa, 707-226-7372, www.nvoh.org
• Sept 7: Dr. John & The Neville Brothers
• Oct 3: Gala 2009 featuring Pink Martini
ONGOING
Live at the Lincoln Theater
Yountville, 707-944-1300, www.lincolntheater.com
• Sept 9: Glenn Miller Orchestra
• Sept 12: Buckwheat Zydeco
• Sept 18: Jay and The Americans
• Oct 10: The Pink Floyd Laser Extravaganza
• Oct 18: Jack & The Beanstalk
ONGOING
Wine Tasting at Back Room Wines
Napa, 5-9pm, 707-226-1378, www.backroomwines.com
• Aug 28: Back Room Blow Out XXXIII
ONGOING
di Rosa Preserve Art & Nature
Napa, 707-226-5991, www.dirosapreserve.org
• Ongoing thru Sep 19: Mike Henderson
• Oct 17: Art: It’s Alive, 8th Annual Benefit Art Auction
• Oct 31-Jan 30: Altered States, The Collection in Context
ONGOING
Friday Night Pulse Tastings
Acme Fine Wines, St. Helena, 5-7pm, free
888-963-0440, www.acmefinewines.com
ONGOING
Buon Amici Members & Guests
Benessere Vineyards, St. Helena,10am-4:30pm
707-963-5853, www.benesserevineyards.com
• Members Only New Release Tastings
• Barrel Tastings by appointment
• Vertical Tastings by appointment
• Wine & Cheese Pairing by appointment
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ONGOING
Jefferson House Reserve Room Tasting
at Monticello Vineyards
Napa, Reserve Wine Seminar, Corley Family Napa Valley $25
RSVP 707-253-2802 x18, www.CorleyFamilyNapaValley.com
ONGOING
Tastings at Silverado Vineyards
Napa, 707-259-6611, 800-997-1770x611, www.silveradovineyards.com
• Saddleblock Vineyard Tasting, $75
• Library Tasting, $75
• Daily Tasting Room Flights, Estate/$10, Premier/$20
• Public Tours & Tasting, 10:30am & 2:30pm, $15
• Private Tour and or Tasting, 15-25 guests, $20/tour, $25/tour & tasting
ONGOING FRIDAYS-MONDAYS
Cooking Demonstrations at The DeBaun Theatre
St. Helena, Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, $12.50
707-967-2320, wsgr@culinary.edu, www.ciachef.edu
ONGOING
Appellation Tastings
at Elizabeth Spencer Tasting Room
Rutherford, 10:45am & 4pm by appointment, $40
707-963-6067, www.elizabethspencerwines.com
ONGOING
Tour & Taste In Hall Wines’ Ghost Winery
St. Helena, Four barrel samples & four current releases, $20
707-967-2620, www.hallwines.com
ONGOING
Vineyard & Winery Tours
at Raymond Vineyards
St. Helena, 11am (by appt), $15, Group tours available (by appt)
800-525-2659x620, www.raymondvineyards.com
ONGOING
Cabernet Flight Tasting at A Dozen Vintners
St. Helena, Taste & compare award-winning Cabernets, $5
707-967-0666, www.adozenvintners.com
ONGOING
Visitor Programs at Robert Mondavi Winery
For details, 888-RMONDAVI x2000, www.robertmondavi.com
• The To Kalon Tour & Tasting
• A Guided Tasting
• Pleasure in the Glass
• The Taste of Wine
• The “Harvest of Joy”Tour & Lunch
• Celebrating California Wine & Food
• The Essence Tour & Tasting
• Artisan Cheese & Wine – A Perfect Match
ONGOING
Wine Tasting Experiences
at Benessere Vineyards
St. Helena,707-963-5853x105, www.benesserevineyards.com, by appt
• Personalized Wine Flights, daily, $10
• Vineyards Walking Tour & Tasting, M-W, 10:30am, $15
• Fudge Pairing Experience, Sun, 10:30am, $15
• Barrel Tasting, RSVP, Tues, Sat-Sun, 11am, $20
• Barrel Tasting & Current Release, Tues, Sat-Sun, 11am, $25
• Barrel Tasting & Vertical, Tues, Sat-Sun, 11am, $25
• Group Tasting, Sat-Sun, 1:30pm, $15
ONGOING
Ansel Adams – John Muir Trail Exhibit
Mumm Winery, Rutherford, 10am-5pm daily
800-MUM-NAPA, www.mummnapa.com
ONGOING
Tours & Tastings at Andretti Winery
Napa , 877-386-5070x222, www.andrettiwinery.com
• Individual Tastings, $12
• Private Winery Tour & Tasting, $15/tour, $20/tour & tasting
• Food & Wine Pairing
• Vineyard Tour
• Blending Class
• Wine Sensory Seminar
ONGOING THURSDAYS - SUNDAYS
Library & Barrel Sample Tastings
at Seqoia Grove Winery
8338 St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena, 707-944-2945, www.sequoiagrove.com
• 11am: Library & Barrel Sample Tasting in the underground cellar, $20
• 12:30: Food and Wine Pairing Tasting to include Barrel Sample, $40
• 3pm: Library & Barrel Sample Tasting in the underground cellar, $20
ONGOING
Progressive Tasting at Sterling Vineyards
Calistoga, Taste limited release wines at the winery
800-726-6136, www.sterlingvineyards.com
ONGOING
Reserve Tour & Tasting at Sterling Vineyards
Calistoga, 11am, Private tasting in the Reserve Room after the tour, $45
800-726-6136, www.sterlingvineyards.com
ONGOING
VIP Tasting & Artisan Barrel Factory Tour
Bourassa Vineyards, Napa, Mon-Fri by appointment, $15 mid-week special
Mention this listing, 800-499-2366, www.bourassavineyards.com
ONGOING
Tours & Tasting at ZD Wines
Rutherford, RSVP 800-487-7757, www.zdwines.com
• Traditional Tasting, $10, daily 10am-4pm
• Premier Tasting, $15, daily 10am-4pm
• Private Group Tasting, $20, by appt
• Cellar Tour & Tasting, $25, 1pm weekends & holidays, M-F by appt
• Vineyard View Tasting, $40, Sat-Sun 11am, M-F by appt
• Abacus Tasting, $600 for 4-6 people, by appt
• Wine Train, $180
ONGOING
Tastings at the Popcorn Bar
at Flora Springs Winery
St. Helena,10am-5pm, 707-967-8032, www.florasprings.com
• It’s all About You Tasting, $15
• Everybody’s Talking Tasting, $25
ONGOING THURSDAY - SATURDAY
Temptastings in the Temptation Cave
St. Helena,11am & 2pm, $25, $15/member
RSVP 707-967-8032, www.florasprings.com
ONGOING
Wine Tasting Options
Bell Wine Cellars, Yountville, 10:30am-4pm, 707-944-1673, www.bellwine.com
• Current Release Tasting, $15
• Reserve Tasting with cheese pairing, $25
• Clonal Tasting with cheese pairing, $75
• Blending Seminar, $75, 4-10 people
• Clone 6 Library Tasting, $250
• Sonnette Library Tasting, $75
• Large Group Tastings, $20, 11+ people
• Grape to Glass Tour, $45, weekends, spring-fall
ONGOING
Tasting at Grgich Hills Estate
Rutherford, 9:30am-4:30pm, Tours at 11am & 2pm, $10,
Wine library tasting/$30, Barrel tasting on most Fridays 2-4pm
707-963-2784, www.grgich.com
ONGOING
Tastings & Tours at Artesa Winery
Napa, RSVP, 877-224-8309, www.artesawinery.com
• Vino con Queso, Wine & Cheese Experience, $40
• Daily Guided Tours
• Vines & Wines, A Vineyard Tour, $40
ONGOING
Tours & Tasting at Black Stallion Winery
Napa, 10am-5pm, 707-253-1400, www.blackstallionwinery.com
• Regular tasting, $10
• Reserve tasting, $35, Sat-Sun
Artisan cheese additional $7.50/person
ONGOING
Educational Tours & Wine Tasting
at Castello di Amorosa
Calistoga, 707-967-6272, RSVP, www.castellodiamorosa.com
• Regular tour & tasting, $25-$40
• Reserve tour & tasting, $35-$50
• Tasting only, $10-$25
• Young adult tours, $15-$20
• Napa Valley Neighbor Program
• Private VIP tours
WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | CALENDAR OF EVENTS
THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH
Bacchus That Rascal
Clos Pegase, Calistoga, free, 2pm, Multi-media presentation “History of Wine“
707-942-4981, www.clospegase.com
SEPTEMBER 5
Andretti’s Lobster & Seafood Fest
Napa, In honor of the Italian Riviera, seafood & wine. 6-9pm
$90/members, $100, 888-460-8463, www.andrettiwinery.com
LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH
Winemaker Dinners at Fumé Bistro
Napa, Local favorite wineries are spotlighted in a four-course dinner. $60
RSVP 707-257-1999, www.fumebistro.com
SEPTEMBER 6
2006 Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
Release Event at Peju Winery
Rutherford, 12-3pm, $30, $20/members
800-446-7358,www.peju.com,
EVERY SATURDAY
ZD Wines: Wine & Cheese Seminar
Rutherford, Includes visit to Wine Library & Cellar, 11am, $40
800-487-7757 x107, 707-963-5188, www.zdwines.com
EVERY SUNDAY
Sensory Component Tasting at ZD Wines
Rutherford, 11am by appointment only, $20, 707-963-5188, www.zdwines.com
EVERY SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Wine & Artisanal Cheese Pairings
at Havens Wine Cellars
Napa, 10am-4:30pm, 707-261-2000, www.havenswine.com
EVERY SATURDAY
Chocolate & Red Wine Saturdays
at Bennett Lane Winery
Calistoga, 10am-5pm, www.bennettlane.com, 707-942-6684
ONGOING
Friday Night Winemaker Events
Napa, 5-7pm, JV Wine & Spirits, $2, 877-469-9463, www.jvwine.com
ONGOING SATURDAYS
Napa Riverwalk with Historian George Webber
2 hour tour with tales & lore of old town Napa, 10am, $20, 707-251-8500
ONGOING THROUGH DECEMBER 31
Classic Rock Photography Exhibit
Markham Vineyards, St. Helena, 707-963-5292, www.markhamvineyards.com
ONGOING THROUGH AUGUST
Thursday Night Summer Concert Series
Pioneer Park, Calistoga, 6-8pm, www.calistogavisitors.com
ONGOING THROUGH AUGUST 31
A Collection of Works by Dana Lyon at
Folio Winemakers’ Studio
Napa, 707-256-2757, www.foliowinestudio.com
TUESDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER
Weekly Art Shows
Clubhouse, River Pointe Resort, Napa, 5:30-8:30pm, 707-252-4200x152
ONGOING THROUGH OCTOBER 4
Portals to the Past Exhibition
Napa Valley Museum, Yountville, Includes photo of Mike Grgich
www.grgich.com
AUGUST 28-29
Big Barn Sale at Andretti Winery
Napa, 10am-5pm, 877-386-5070, www.andrettiwinery.com
AUGUST 28-30
The Napa Fresh Aire Festival
888-285-5893x4, www.napafreshairefest.com
The Westin Verasa Hotel, Napa
AUGUST 29
Sterling Silver Screen Series:
American Graffiti
Sterling Vineyards, Calistoga 7pm, 707-942-3322, www.sterlingvineyards.com
AUGUST 29
2009 Harvest STOMP
Napa Valley Grapegrowers at Gamble Ranch, Oakville, 6-10pm
707-944-8311, www.napagrowers.org
SEPTEMBER 12
Annual Cellar Sale
at Louis M. Martini Winery
St. Helena, 800-321-WINE, www.louismartini.com
SEPTEMBER 12
Sterling Silver Screen Series: Apollo 13
Sterling Vineyards, Calistoga, 7pm, 707-942-3322, www.sterlingvineyards.com
SEPTEMBER 12
Merryvale Vineyards
“Oakville” Barrel Tasting
St. Helena, 1-4pm, Barrel samples, appetizers & live music, $25, free/members
SEPTEMBER 12
33rd Annual Napa Wine & Crafts Fair
First Street, Downtown Napa, Handcrafted arts, holiday gifts, wine, food & music!
Napa Downtown Association, free, 707-257-0322, www.napadowntown.com
SEPTEMBER 12
Cooking Class: The Art of Sustainable Cuisine
Cedar Gables Inn, Napa, Chef Ben Dubois, 4-8:30pm, $95
707-224-7969, www.cedargablesinn.com
SEPTEMBER 12-16
American Harvest Workshop
Cakebread Cellars, Rutherford, 707-545-3280
SEPTEMBER 13
September Soirée
Silverado Brewing Co, St. Helena, Champagne reception, dinner & silent auction.
5pm, $100 Benefits Community Resources for Children
707-253-0376x101, www.crcnapa.org
SEPTEMBER 17
Brix Unpaved: One Night in Bangkok at Brix Restaurant
Yountville, Aromas, tastes & sounds of the international street food scene
6-9:30pm, 707-944-2749, www.brix.com
SEPTEMBER 18
Johnny’s Lobster Feed Atop The Room
St. Helena, 6-8pm, 707-967-6723, www.florasprings.com
SEPTEMBER 19
Napa Valley Symphony League
10th Annual Home & Garden Tour
Napa Valley, 9:30am-4:30pm, $45, 707-255-3372
www.napavalleysymphony.org
SEPTEMBER 19
2nd Annual Napa Valley Aloha Festival
Manaleo Hawaiian Cultural Foundation, Napa Valley Expo Fairgrounds, Napa
707-966-4017, www.manaleochf.org, free
SEPTEMBER 19
Tasting on the Lawn
Charles Krug Winery, St. Helena, 2-5pm, $30/adv, $35
www.charleskrug.com, 888-747-5784
AUGUST 29
16th Annual Hands Across the Valley
Trinchero Family Estates, St. Helena, 6-11pm, $125, 707-226-6136
SEPTEMBER 19
Merryvale Vineyards
Harvest Dinner Celebration
St. Helena, 7pm, Join the winemaker in a dinner catered by Tra Vigne, $125
RSVP 707-968-3429, www.merryvale.com
AUGUST 30
Tastemaker Dinner at étoile Restaurant
Domaine Chandon, Yountville, 6:30pm, 707-944-2280, www.chandon.com
SEPTEMBER 19-20, 26-27
Napa Open Studios
Arts Council Napa Valley,www.nvopenstudios.com
SEPTEMBER 5
1st Saturday Stroll
Downtown Calistoga, Live music & wine tasting, 1-7pm
www.calistogavisitors.com
SEPTEMBER 24-27
23rd Wine Country Film Festival
Napa Valley Expo, Napa River Inn, Cuvee Napa, International cinema from
around the globe. www.winecountryfilmfest.com
SEPTEMBER 26
7th Annual Support Our Canine Heroes
Wine Gala & Auction
The Historic Carriage House, Charles Krug Winery, St. Helena, 4:30-10pm
800-295-4050x4045, RSVP, $350
SEPTEMBER 27
Tastemaker Dinner at étoile Restaurant
Domaine Chandon, Yountville, 6:30pm, 707-944-2280, www.chandon.com
SONOMA COUNTY
ONGOING SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS
Wine & Food Sampling at Hop Kiln
Russian River Valley, Visit the historic tasting room to enjoy delicious wine &
sample over 80 food items in their gourmet marketplace, 10am-5pm
707-433-6491, www.hopkilnwinery.com
EVERY FIRST THURSDAY THROUGH OCTOBER
Downtown Sebastopol Art Walk
Downtown Sebastopol, 6-8pm, 707-874-9462,
ONGOING
Vineyard Walk & Photography Workshop
at B.R. Cohn Winery
Glen Ellen, 10am-1pm, $45, $35/members
707-931-7924x123, www.brcohn.com
ONGOING
Exclusive Wine & Cheese Tasting
at B.R. Cohn Winery
Glen Ellen, 11am & 3pm, $25, $20/members
707-931-7924x123, www.brcohn.com
ONGOING
Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
Santa Rosa, 707-546-3600, wellsfargocenterarts.org
• Aug 29: Chris Isaak
• Sept 19: ACT Sweet Charity
• Sept 1: Sheryl Crow
• Sept 20: The Beach Boys
• Sept 11: Marco Antonio Solis
• Sept 25: SF Comedy Competition
• Sept 15: Mariachi Divas
ONGOING
Spreckels Performing Arts Center
Rohnert Park, 707-588-3400, www.spreckelsonline.com
• Sept 12: ComedySportz
• Oct 4: Film Series, Casablanca
• Oct 10: Joni Morris sings Legendary Ladies in Country Music
• Oct 11: Film Series, It Happened One Night
• Oct 18: Film Series, The Maltese Falcon
ONGOING
Live Entertainment at River Rock Casino
Geyserville , 707-857-2777, www.riverrockcasino.com
ONGOING SUNDAYS
Domaine Carneros Sparkling Brunch
at the Fairmont Mission Inn & Spa
Sonoma, 9am-1pm, 707-938-9000, www.fairmont.com.sonoma
ONGOING
The Center for Performing Arts
707-664-2353, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park
www.sonoma.eduperformingarts/perf/
ONGOING
Sunday Brunches by the Sea
Timber Cove Inn, Timber Cove, 10am-2pm
707-847-3231, 800-987-8319, www.timbercoveinn.com
ONGOING
Winemaker Tasting at Wine Spectrum
Santa Rosa, 6-8pm, $10, 707-525-8466, www.winespectrum.com
ONGOING
Terroir & History Tour at Chateau St. Jean
Kenwood, A visit to Chateau St. Jean lifts all of your senses.
Complimentary, 11am-2pm, 707-833-4134, www.chateaustjean.com
ONGOING
Escape to Wine Country Concert Series
Landmark Vineyards, Kenwood, Bocce ball, wine, picnic & horse-drawn wagon
• Aug 29: John Simon & Vocalist Cat Austin
• Sept 5: Blues Performer, Mark McDonald
• Sept 19: Folk Artist, Adam Traum
• Sept 26: Jazz Keyboardist, John Simon
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ONGOING
Cooking in the Vineyard – Classes & Seminars at Rodney Strong Vineyards
Healdsburg, 707-544-3059, www.rodneystrong.com
ONGOING
Guided Winery Tours at Gloria Ferrer
Sonoma, 11am, 1 & 3pm, $10, 707-996-7256, www.gloriaferrer.com
ONGOING
Wine & Food Pairing at Kendall-Jackson
Fulton, Special reserve food & wine tasting, 10am-4pm, $25
707-571-7500, www.kj.com
ONGOING
Tastings at the Vine & Barrel
Petaluma, 3-5pm, 707-765-1112 www.vineandbarrel.com
• Sept 5: The Great Wines of Spain
• Oct 3: Syrah & Rhone Varietal Tasting
ONGOING FRIDAYS
Saddles Restaurant at MacArthur Place Hotel & Spa
Sonoma, An outdoor Garden Party BBQ on the Veranda Garden, 4:30-7:30pm
Live Music, Grilled Appetizers, Drink Specials. www.macarthurplace.com
ONGOING FRIDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER 30
Summer Jazz Series at the Ledson Hotel
Sonoma, 6-10pm, 707-996-9779, www.ledsonhotel.com
ONGOING THROUGH SEPTEMBER 25
Downtown Friday Nights
Shops open on the Sonoma square until 8pm, www.sonomavalley.com
ONGOING THURSDAY-SATURDAY
Michel-Schlumberger Winery Green Tour
Healdsburg, 10:30am, $25, 800-447-3060, www.michelschlumberger.com
ONGOING THURSDAYS
Summer Nights on the Green
Live Concerts & Farmers’ Market
Windsor Town Green, Windsor, free, market 5-8pm, concert 6-8pm
707-838-1260, www.townofwindsor.com
• Aug 27: Beatles Flashback
ONGOING FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS
‘Come Crush With Us’ at Icaria Creek Winery
Winemaker Jeff Smith leads a tasting of bottled & barreled wines
RSVP 707-486-9623, www.icariawinery.com
ONGOING
Live From the Middle Reach
Summer Music Series
C. Donatiello Winery, Healdsburg, 1-4pm, tasting 11am-5pm, free
707-431-4442, www.cdonatiello.com
• Aug 30: Buddy Sounds & Company
• Sept 6: Chris O’Brien
• Sept 13: Byson Van Cleve – Troubaduo
• Sept 20: The Hellhounds
• Sept 27: Dani Paige Band
THIRD THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
Twilight Tours & Tapas
Audellsa Estate Winery, Glen Ellen, $35, 5:30pm
707-933-8514, www.audellsa.com
FRIDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER
Music in the Courtyard
Michel-Schlumberger, Healdsburg, 5:30-8:30pm, $5
707-433-7427, www.michelschlumberger.com
ONGOING WEEKENDS
Wine & Chocolate Pairings at Fritz Winery
Cloverdale, 10:30am-4:30pm, $5 tasting fee covers the pairing
707-894-3389, www.fritzwinery.com
ONGOING SATURDAYS
Pizza Café at the Simi Winery
Healdsburg, 11am-4pm, 707-473-3236 www.simiwinery.com
ONGOING MONDAY-SATURDAY
Robert Young Estate Winery Vineyard Tours
& Tasting in a Remodeled Grape Gondola
Geyserville, 11:30am, $10, box lunch provided for $20
707-431-4811, www.ryew.com
EVERY WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY
Santa Rosa Original Farmers’ Market
Santa Rosa Veteran’s Building parking lot, 707-522-8629, 8:30am-noon
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
Sonoma Valley Farmers’ Market
Depot Park, Sonoma, 9am-noon, 707-538-7023
ONGOING FRIDAYS-MONDAYS
Hanna Winery Reserve Tasting Gallery
Alexander Valley, Taste limited-production reserve Bismark Mountain wines
paired with local artisanal cheese selections from The Cheese Shop in
Healdsburg, $10pp, 707-431-4310, www.hannawinery.com
EVERY FRIDAY
Complimentary Wine Tasting
at the Flamingo Hotel
Santa Rosa, in the Terrace Grille featuring Sonoma County wines, 5:30-7pm
707-545-8530, 800-848-8300, www.flamingoresort.com
ONGOING
19th Annual Summer Concert Series
at Rodney Strong Vineyards
Healdsburg, 866-779-4637, www.rodneystrong.com
www.omegaevents.com/rodneystrong
• Sept 7: Daryl Hall & John Oates – Up Close & Personal Tour
ONGOING
Wine Experiences at Chateau St. Jean
Kenwood, Ten person minimum, 2 hours, $50, by appointment
707-833-4134x5258, www.chateaustjean.com
• Cinq Cépages Blending Seminar, Eight person minimum, 2 hours, $75
• Cinq Cépages Component Tasting, Eight person minimum, 1.5 hours, $25
• Private VIP Wine Tasting, 10:30am, 1 & 3pm, $25, 1 hour
• Box Lunch Prgram with Tour
ONGOING
Tours, Tastings & Seminars
at St. Francis Winery
Santa Rosa, Ten person minimum, Call for more information & reservations
888-675-WINE(9463)x255, www.stfranciswinery.com
• Winery Tour &Tasting, 1.5 hours, $25
• Vineyards Tour & Tasting, 1 hour, $20
• Blending Seminar, 1.5 hour, $65
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EVERY OTHER WEDNESDAY
The Art of Winemaking Workshop
Petroni Vineyards, Sonoma, 10:30am-12pm
707-9358-8311, www.petronivineyards.com
ONGOING TUESDAYS
Tuesdays in the Plaza Concerts & Farmers’ Market
Healdsburg Plaza, Healdsburg, Market: 4-6:30pm
707-431-1956, www.healdsburgfarmersmarket.org
WEDNESDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER 7
Ravenswood After Hours
Ravenswood Winery, Sonoma, 5:30-7pm, $20
707-933-2332, www.ravenswood-wine.com
ONGOING WEDNESDAYS
Petaluma Evening Farmers’ Market
2nd Street between B & D Streets, Petaluma, 4:30-8pm
707-762-0344, www.petalumafarmersmarket.com
ONGOING THROUGH OCTOBER 31
Tuesday Night Farmers’ Market
Sonoma Plaza, Sonoma, 5:30-8:30pm, 707-538-7023
ONGOING FRIDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER
Celebrate Late
at Sebastiani Vineyards & Winery
Sonoma, 7-9pm, 707-933-3204, www.sebastiani.com
AUGUST 27
How to Match Wine with Music, You Ask?
Healdsburg, Ferrari-Carano’s Seasons of the Vineyard Tasting Bar & Boutique
Seasons After Hours series. Renowned pianist and vocalist, Frederick
Nighthawk, playfully leads you on a medley of how to pair wine with music
while sipping on the wines of Ferrari-Carano and Lazy Creek Vineyards.
5:30-6:30pm, $15, RSVP recommended, walk-ins welcome. 707-431-2222
AUGUST 27, SEPTEMBER 10, 24
Wine Tasting FUNdamentals
Gloria Ferrer Winery, Sonoma, 10:30am-12pm, $25
707-996-7356 , www.gloriaferrer.com
AUGUST 28, SEPTEMBER 11, 25
Finally Friday at Wilson Winery
Healdsburg, 707-433-4355, www.wilsonwinery.com
AUGUST 28
What to Do While Visiting Wine Country?
Seasons After Hours series. Two local experts share their secret spots that will
make your wine country vacation memorable. You’ll be mapping your weekend
plans while enjoying four tastings of Ferrari-Carano wines. 5:30-6:30pm, $15
RSVP recommended, walk-ins welcome. 707-431-2222
AUGUST 29
Lotions & Potions
Quarryhill Botanical Garden, Glen Ellen, 10am-12pm, $25, $20/members
707-996-3166, www.quarryhillbg.org
AUGUST 29
Pinot on the Patio at Fritz Winery
Cloverdale, Pinot Noir paired with whole roasted pig & more! Free/members
$25/guests & non-members, 4-7pm, RSVP 707-894-3389, Julie@fritzwinery.com
AUGUST 29
Matchmaker
Seasons After Hours series. Learn the art of matching wines with the perfect
food. Participants will taste four wines deliciously paired with seasonal small
bites. The perfect match … aperitif before your dinner! 5:30-6:30pm, $15
RSVP recommended, walk-ins welcome. 707-431-2222
AUGUST 29
Petaluma Wine, Jazz & Blues Festival
Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds, Petaluma, 12-7pm, $40w/wine, $30
707-769-9650, www.petalumawinejazzandbluesfestival.org
AUGUST 29
Promenade et Pique-nique Series (Stroll & Picnic)
Copain Wines, Healdsburg, Walking tour & French inspired picnic with Rhone
style wines. $35, 10:30am-1:30pm, 707-836-8822, www.copainwines.com
AUGUST 29
Wine Club Harvest Party
Wilson Winery, Healdsburg, 707-433-4355, www.wilsonwinery.com
AUGUST 29-30
Bodega Seafood, Art & Wine Festival
Watts Ranch, Bodega, 707-824-8717, www.winecountryfestivals.com
AUGUST 29 – SEPTEMBER 1
Labor Day Open House at Chateau St. Jean Winery
Kenwood, 10am-5pm, 707-573-0658, www.chateaustjean.com
SEPTEMBER 4
First Friday
Santa Rosa, Various locations on Fourth Street of food, art & music. 4-8pm
www.firstfridaysonfourth.com
SEPTEMBER 4
Full Moon Walk
Glen Ellen, Quarryhill Botanical Garden, 7:30-10pm, $25, $20/members
SEPTEMBER 4-6
2nd Annual Sonoma Wine Country Weekend
Various events & locations throughout Sonoma County
www.SonomaWineCountryWeekend.com
• Sept 4: Winemaker Lunches & Dinners, various wineries
• Sept 5: Showcase, Taste of Sonoma, Mac Murray Ranch, Healdsburg
• Sept 6: Sonoma Valley Harvest Wine Auction, Cline Cellars, Sonoma
SEPTEMBER 5
Wine Club Harvest Party
Mazzocco Winery, Healdsburg, 707-431-8159, www.mazzocco.com
SEPTEMBER 5 – NOVEMBER 29
Juried Biennial Exhibition
Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, 707-939-7862, www.svma.org
SEPTEMBER 6
The Trad Jass Jammers Day
Live Dixieland Jazz Concert & Dance, Last Day Saloon, Santa Rosa, 1-5:30pm
707-328-0939, 707-538-7954, www.tradjass.org
SEPTEMBER 7
Summit ET Bracket Drag Races
8am-6pm, Infineon Raceway, Sonoma
www.infineonraceway.com, 800-870-RACE
SEPTEMBER 10, 24, OCTOBER 8, 22
SEPTEMBER 10
Garden Tour with Seasonal Lunch
McEvoy Ranch, Petaluma, 10am-12pm, $85
707-778-2307, www.mcevoyranch.com
SEPTEMBER 12
Heirloom Tomato Festival
at the Kendall-Jackson Winery
Santa Rosa, Live music, food, wine & more. 11am-4pm, $75
800-769-3649, www.kj.com
SEPTEMBER 19
Zintopia
Discover Harvest in Dry Creek Valley
Lake Sonoma Recreation Area, Wine tasting, food, live music, grape stomp &
artisan market. 2-7pm, $75, 707-433-3031, www.wdcv.com
SEPTEMBER 11-13
Harvest Wine Country Weekend
at Ferrari-Carano Winery
Healdsburg, 707-433-6700, www.fcwinery.com
SEPTEMBER 12
Harvest Winery Dinner at St Francis Winery
Santa Rosa, 7pm, $130, $104/members
888-675-WINEx255, www.stfranciswinery.com
SEPTEMBER 19
New Release Party at the Mazzocco Winery
Healdsburg, 707-431-8159, www.mazzocco.com
SEPTEMBER 11, 25
SEPTEMBER 12
Release Party at the Wilson Winery
SEPTEMBER 18
Songwriters in Sonoma
Larson Family Winery tasting room at CornerStone, Arnold Drive /Highway 121
Featuring Steve Seskin and Dana Cooper, Doors open at 6pm, show begins 7pm
$15 in advance/$20 at the door. Food and wine for purchase, RSVP 707-934-4090
SEPTEMBER 12
Harvest BBQ at the Alderbrook Winery
Healdsburg 10am-2pm, 800-405-5987x2, www.alderbrook.com
SEPTEMBER 18
Dinner with the Winemaker Series:
at The Bay View Restaurant
Inn at the Tides, Bodega Bay, Featuring Robert Mondavi Winery $79
800-541-7788, www.innatthetides.com
SEPTEMBER 12
Orchard Tour
McEvoy Ranch, Petaluma, 10am-12pm, $30
707-778-2307, www.mcevoyranch.com
SEPTEMBER 18, 25
Fête de la Vendange Chez Copain
(Harvest Celebration Lunch Series)
Copain Wines, Healdsburg, 11am-2pm, $65
707-836-8822, www.copainwines.com
SEPTEMBER 19
10th Annual Sonoma County Book Festival
Old Courthouse Square, Santa Rosa, 10am-4pm
www.socobookfest.org, 707-527-5412
SEPTEMBER 20-27
23rd Wine Country Film Festival
Deerfield Ranch Winery & Sonoma Cinemas, International cinema from around
the globe. www.winecountryfilmfest.com
SEPTEMBER 21-23
Sonoma County Grape Camp:
The Ultimate Wine & Food Adventure
Various events in Sonoma County, 707-522-5860, www.sonomawinegrape.org
SEPTEMBER 24, OCTOBER 8, 22
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SEPTEMBER 25
SEPTEMBER 25
Dinner with the Winemaker Series:
at The Bay View Restaurant
Featuring Kosta Browne & Trecini Cellars, Inn at the Tides, Bodega Bay, $79
800-541-7788, www.innatthetides.com
SEPTEMBER 25-27
Simi Fall Forage
Healdsburg, 707-473-3213, www.simiwinery.com
• Sept 25: Evening Kick-Off Celebration, 4-7pm, $25
• Sept 26: Forage Workshop & Lunch, 10am-1pm, $75
• Sept 26: Fall forage Feast, 6:30-9:30pm, $125
SEPTEMBER 26
Taste of Petaluma
Putnam Plaza, Petaluma, Food, wine, beer, art & more. 11:30am-4pm
www.tasteofpetaluma.org
SEPTEMBER 26
Promenade et Pique-nique Series (Stroll & Picnic)
Copain Wines, Healdsburg, Walking tour & French inspired picnic with Rhone
style wines, 10:30am-1:30pm, $35, 707-836-8822, www.copainwines.com
SEPTEMBER 26
Sonoma County Harvest Fair
Awards Night Gala
Sonoma County Fairgrounds, Santa Rosa, Unlimited food & wine tasting of
winning wines! 7-9:30pm,$65, 707-545-4203, www.HarvestFair.org
SEPTEMBER 26
Chinese Medicinal Herb Walk
Quarryhill Botanical Garden, Glen Ellen, 10am-12pm, $25, $20/members
SEPTEMBER 26
Corvettes at the Castle at Ledson Winery
Kenwood, 11am-4pm, 707-833-2330, www.ledsonwinery.com
SEPTEMBER 27
Blessing of the Animals at St Francis Winery
Santa Rosa, 3-5pm, free, 888-675-WINEx255, www.stfranciswinery.com
SEPTEMBER 27
Porches at the Palace at Ledson Winery
Kenwood, 11am-4pm, 707-833-2330, www.ledsonwinery.com
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LAKE/MENDOCINO
EVERY SECOND SATURDAY
Food & Wine Pairings
McNab Ridge Tasting Room, Hopland, 707-744-1986, www.mcnabridge.com
EVERY SECOND SUNDAY
Buford & Brown Yappy Hour
The Vintage Marketplace, Hopland, Wine tasting with your dog. 1-3pm
707-744-8781
ONGOING
Classic Concerts by the Lake
Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa, Kelseyville
800-660-LAKE, www.konoctiharbor.com
• Aug 28: Toby Keith w/Jack Ingram
• Sept 11: Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Sept 18: Gary Allan
• Sept 26: Cheech & Chong
• Sept 27: Brad Paisley, Dierks Bentley & Jimmy Wayne
ONGOING
Skunk Train
866-457-5865, Fort Bragg, www.skunktrain.com
The Circle
Mendocino Theatre Company, Mendocino
707-937-4477, www.mendocinotheatre.org
AUGUST 29
Yorkville Highlands Wine Festival
Yorkville Highlands Growers & Vintners Association, 2-7pm, $60, $35/members
707-894-9177, www.yorkvillehighlands.org
SEPTEMBER 3
Specialty Tasting & Tidbits
Focused on Wine, Kelseyville, 5:30-7:30pm,$10/adv, $12, 707-279-2112
OCTOBER 17-18
Annual Goblin Jamboree Fundraiser
Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito, 10am-4pm
415-339-3900, www.BayKidsMuseum.org/goblin09
SAN FRANCISCO
SEPTEMBER 3-6
Lake County Fair
Lake County Fairgrounds, Lakeport, Live entertainment, exhibits, carnival,
livestock & more! 707-263-6181, www.lakecountyfair.com
ONGOING
Wednesday Sunset Sessions
Americano Restaurant at Hotel Vitale, 5-8pm
415-278-3777, www.americanorestaurant.com
SEPTEMBER 4-6
X.S. Weekend & Takin’ It to the Streets Road Rally
Konocti Harbor Resort & Spa, Kelseyville
800-660-LAKE, www.konoctiharbor.com
ONGOING
Film Night in the Park
8pm, $6, $3/kids, 415-453-4333, www.filmnight.org
• Sept 19: The Dark Knight, Dolores Park
SEPTEMBER 5
Concert in the Vineyard
Moore Family Winery, Kelseyville, 6pm
707-738-0507, www.moorefamilywinery.com
AUGUST 28-30
Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, www.sfoutsidelands.com
SEPTEMBER 15
Spring Mountain Wine Dinner
Campton Place, San Francisco, Brian Bostwick from Spring Mountain, $160
415-955-5574, Richard.Dean@tajhotels.com
SEPTEMBER 7
Blue Wing Labor Day Blues Concert
Blue Wing Saloon & Café, Tallman Hotel, Upper Lake
707-275-2244, www.tallmanhotel.com
SEPTEMBER 29
New Zealand Wine Dinner, Tasting & Seminar
Campton Place, San Francisco, Bob & Julie Bath, Robert Bath Imports, $160
415-955-5574, Richard.Dean@tajhotels.com
SEPTEMBER 12
Old Time Bluegrass Festival
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park, Lower Lake,10am-6:30pm, $20, $15/adv
707-994-0958, www.andersonmarsh.org
MONTEREY BAY AREA
SEPTEMBER 18
Winemaker Dinner with Tulip Hill Winery
Blue Wing Saloon, Upper Lake, Lake County Wine Alliance, $60
866-279-WINE, www.winealliance.org
ONGOING
Sunset Cultural Center-Carmel
Carmel, 831-620-2048, www.sunsetcenter.com
• Sept 12: Auction for the Arts
• Sept 25: Carmel Author & Ideas Festival
SEPTEMBER 18
Winemaker Dinner with Steele Wines
Steele Wines, Kelseyville, Lake County Wine Alliance, $60
ONGOING
Live at Golden State Theatre
Monterey, 831-372-3800, www.goldenstatetheatre.com
• Aug 29: Brian Regan Live in Concert
• Sept 12: Paula Poundstone
SEPTEMBER 19
10th Annual Lake County Wine Auction
National Guard Armory, Lakeport, Lake County Wine Alliance, 5pm, $100
ONGOING
Live Music at KRML Radio
The Eastwood Building, Carmel, 831-624-6432, www.krmlradio.com
SEPTEMBER 19
Tulip Hill Winery Food & Wine Pairing
Tulip Hill Winery, Nice, 1-5pm, $5, 707-274-9373, www.tuliphillwinery.com
ONGOING WEDNESDAYS THROUGH OCTOBER
Winemaker Wednesdays
Shadowbrook Restaurant, Capitola, Santa Cruz Mountains Winegrowers
Association, 5pm, 831-685-VINE (8463), www.scmwa.com
SEPTEMBER 25-27
30th Annual Clear Lake Splash-In
Natural High School, Lakeport, 877-828-2286, www.clearlakesplashin.com
SEPTEMBER 25-26
17th Annual Kelseyville Pear Festival
Main Street, Kelseyville, www.kelseyvillepearfestival.com
ONGOING
Thursday Night Music Series
Bargetto Winery, Soquel, Enjoy music, food & Bargetto wine! 6-8pm
831-475-2258x11, www.bargetto.com
SEPTEMBER 26
Harvest Education
Six Sigma Winery, Ranch & Vineyard, Lower Lake, $25
RSVP 707-994-2086, www.sixsigmaranch.com
ONGOING THIRD THURSDAYS
Sweet Thursdays at Cannery Row
Monterey, Family fun, music, fine dining & great discounts, 4-8pm
831-649-6690
ONGOING TUESDAYS
Farmers’ Market at the Barnyard
Carmel, Organic fruit, vegetables & flowers, 11am-3pm, 831-624-8886
NORTH CENTRAL COAST
MARIN COUNTY
ONGOING THIRD THURSDAYS
Monterey Museum of Art
Monterey, Evening of music, wine and hors d'oeuvres, 5-7pm, 831-372-5477
ONGOING
Film Night in the Park
8pm, $6, $3/kids, 415-453-4333, www.filmnight.org
• Aug 28: Cool Runnings, San Geronimo
• Aug 29: Dumbo, Mill Valley
• Sept 4: TBA, San Anselmo
• Sept 5: Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, San Anselmo
• Sept 6: Rear Window, San Anselmo
• Sept 12: Rushmore, Fairfax
EVERY THIRD WEEKEND OF THE MONTH
Open for Tasting
Martin Ranch Winery, Gilroy, 11am-4pm, $10/refundable w/purchase
free/club members, 408-842-9197, www.martinranchwinery.com
EVERY TUESDAY
Focus on Monterey County Wines
Cepage Wine Bar, Rancho Cellars, Carmel, 3-8pm
831-625-5646, www.ranchocellars.com
AUGUST 28
Bink Wine Dinner
The Mendocino Hotel, Mendocino, 6pm, $60
800-548-0513, www.mendocinohotel.com
ONGOING THROUGH SEPT 13 EXCEPT TUESDAYS
The Box Show: Positively Magnetic
Gallery Route One, Point Reyes Station, 11am-5pm, 415-868-0931
AUGUST 28-30
5th Annual Pure Mendocino Celebration
Various locations in Mendocino, 800-449-6483, www.puremendocino.org
SEPTEMBER 12
4th Annual Great American Blues & Barbeque Festival
Downtown 4th Street, San Rafael, 415-383-3470, www.teamproevent.com
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SEPTEMBER 19-20
53rd Annual Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival
Old Mill Park, Mill Valley, 415-381-8090, www.mvfaf.org
ONGOING
World of Wine 2009 at Chateau Julien Wine EState
Carmel Valley, 831-624-2600, www.chateaujulien.com
• Sept 2: Washington State
FRIDAYS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4
Bands on the Beach
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Santa Cruz
831-423-5590, www.beachboardwalk.com
Bye Bye Birdie
Western Stage, Salinas, 831-375-2111, www.westernstage.com
SOUTH BAY
ALAMEDA COUNTY
ONGOING
Concerts at Montalvo Arts Center
Saratoga, 408-961-5858, www.montalvoarts.org
SEPTEMBER 16
Educational Seminar:
The Big Crush – First-hand look at harvest
Rosenblum Cellars, Alameda, 6:30-8:30pm, $35/members
510-995-4100, $40, www.rosenblumcellars.com
AUGUST 30
22nd Annual Jewish Food Festival
Congregation Beth Israel, Carmel Valley, 10:30am-4:30pm, free
831-624-2015, www.carmelbethisrael.org
ONGOING
Summer Concert Series
The Mountain Winery, Saratoga
408-741-2817, www.MountainWinery.com
• Aug 26: Heroes of Woodstock featuring Jefferson Starship, Ten Years After,
Canned Heat, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Grateful Dead’s Tom
Constanten & Country Joe McDonald
• Aug 27: Susan Tedeschi & Jackie Greene
• Aug 31: Foreigner
• Sept 2-3: Sheryl Crow
• Sept 4-5: Daryl Hall & John Oates
• Sept 10-11: Gipsy Kings
• Sept 12: The Doobie Brothers
• Sept 13: Bon Taj Roulet – Bonnie Raitt
& Taj Mahal – Alone & Together
• Sept 15: Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Sept 18: Creedence Clearwater Revisited
• Sept 20: Etta James & The Roots Band
with special guest The Robert Cray Band
• Sept 23: The Temptations & The Four Tops
• Sept 24: Wynonna
• Sept 25: Tower of Power& Average White Band
• Sept 26: Tony Bennett
• Sept 27: Cheech & Chong with guest: Shelby
SEPTEMBER 5
Heirloom Tomato Lunch & Presentation
Bernardus Lodge, Carmel Valley, 11am-2pm, $85
831-658-3550, www.bernardus.com
WEDNESDAYS THROUGH AUGUST 26
Jazz on the Plazz
Town Plaza, Los Gatos, 6:30-8:30pm, free
408-354-1155, www.jazzontheplazz.com
EVERY FRIDAY
Wine Dinners at Café Garré
Vineyard Nights & Live Music on the Patio Enjoy gourmet seasonal wine-paired
cuisine with locally grown & produced ingredients. 6-9pm
925-371-8200, www.garrewinery.com
SEPTEMBER 5-6
Great Train Robberies
Roaring Camp Railroad, Felton, 831-335-4484, www.roaringcamp.com
AUGUST 28-30
Home Garden & Design Show
650-593-3462, www.worldclassshows.com
Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose
ONGOING WEEKENDS
Wine Cave Tasting Experience
Wente Vineyards, Livermore, 1 & 3pm, $20
RSVP 925-456-2405, www.wentevineyards.com/caves
AUGUST 28
J. Lohr Chardonnay Symposium
San Jose, 7pm, $25, RSVP 408-918-2176, www.jlohr.com
ONGOING
La Luna Fridays
Murrieta’s Well Winery, Livermore, 6-9pm, $55, $45/members
RSVP 925-456-2395, www.murrietaswell.com
• Sept 4: Paul Snagg, Steel Drums
Jazz at the Plaza
Carmel Plaza, Carmel, 5-7pm, Live jazz, wine, cheese sampling!
831-624-0138, www.carmelplaza.com
ONGOING TUESDAY - SATURDAY
Oya Salon and Ventana Vineyards
Wine and Cheese Event
Monterey, at the Oya Salon, beginning at 2pm. Oya patrons can sample
Ventana Vineyards award winning wines. The wines will be personally selected
by Ventana Vineyards Manager Barbara Pluth, and change monthly
831-372-7415 X213,Ventana & 831-656-0570, Oya Salon for details
AUGUST 25
Merlove Screening at Clos LaChance
San Martin, Merlots from Jason Stephens, Solis Winery, Burrell School, Castillo’s
Hillside Shire Winery, Guglielmo Winery, Martin Ranch Winery, Clos LaChance,
Winery & Fernwood Cellars. Merlot tasting 7pm, movie 8pm, free
408-686-1050, www.clos.com
SEPTEMBER 12
First Annual Carmel Auction for the Arts
Sunset Center, Carmel, 4:30pm, 831-620-2048, www.sunsetcenter.org
SEPTEMBER 12
12th Annual Master Gardeners Tour:
Garden Sanctuaries of the Monterey Peninsula
Visit 12 locations in the Monterey area, 10am-4pm
www.montereybaymastergardeners.org
SEPTEMBER 13
Harvesting Hope Wine Tasting & Gala Event
La Playa Hotel, Carmel-by-the-Sea,Benefit for Salinas Circle for Children
3-8pm, 831-424-SCFC, www.salinascircle.com
SEPTEMBER 17
11th Annual Golf ‘n’Jazz Tournament
At the Links at Spanish Bay, Pebble Beach, www.montereyjazzfestival.org/golf
SEPTEMBER 18-20
52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival
831-373-3366, www.montereyjazzfestival.org
SEPTEMBER 19
Gourmet Grazing on the Green
Aptos Park, Wineries include Burrell School, Poetic Cellars & Vine Hill
Benefits Santa Cruz Cancer Group, 12-5pm 831-246-2665, jabrill@cruzio.com
SEPTEMBER 19
5th Annual Harvest Party
at Sarah’s Vineyard
Gilroy, Food stations & live music! 6-8pm
877-44-PINOT, www.sarahs-vineyard.com
SEPTEMBER 25 – OCTOBER 11
The Baker’s Wife
Western Stage, Salinas, 831-375-2111, www.westernstage.com
AUGUST 29
J. Lohr Summer Dinner #4
San Jose, 5-course gourmet wine paired meal created by Chef David Page, 7pm
$95, 408-918-2176, www.jlohr.com
AUGUST 29-30
29th Annual Italian American Family Festa
Willow Glen, San Jose, 11am-9pm, 408-293-7122, www.iahfsj.org
SEPTEMBER 11
Poetic Cellars Pours at Vino Locale
Palo Alto, Meet winemaker Katy Lovell. 650-328-0450
SEPTEMBER 12
Dancing with the Cars
Club Auto Sport, San Jose, Benefits Valley Medical Center Foundation
www.vmcfoundation.org
SEPTEMBER 12-13
38th Annual Mountain View
Art & Wine Festival
Castro Street, Mountain View, 10am-6pm, Multicultural music, art, wine, food
& more! 650-968-8378, www.miramarevents.com, free
SEPTEMBER 13
Corks for Kids Wine Tasting Fundraiser
Thomas Fogarty Winery, Woodside, Benefits Healthy Kids Program, $150
Wines from Burrell School, Poetic Cellars, King’s Mountain, Loma Prieta &
Generosa, food by Le Papillon. 408-874-1912, www.healthykidsfund.org
SAN MATEO COUNTY
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
SEPTEMBER 12
16th Hats Off America Red T-Shirt 10K Run/5K Run or
Walk
Sycamore Valley Park, Danville, www.hatsoffamerica.us
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
ONGOING
Sierra Railroad
Oakdale,209-848-2100, www.sierrarailroad.com
• Aug 26: Wednesday Sunset Special
• Aug 28: Murder Mystery Dinner
• Sept 8: Tuesday Lunch Special, Rail & Raft
• Sept 19: Sunset Dinner
• Sept 24: Wednesday Lunch Special
• Sept 25: Murder Mystery Dinner
• Sept 29: Tuesday Lunch Special
LIVERMORE
ONGOING
The Concerts at Wente Vineyards
Wente Vineyards, Livermore, 925-456-2424, www.ticketmaster.com
www.wentevineyards.com
• Aug 27: Chris Isaak • Aug 31: Sheryl Crow • Sept 21: James Taylor
ONGOING FRIDAYS
Concerts in the Park
Lions Wayside Park, Pleasanton, 7-8:30pm,
925-484-2199, www.pleasantondowntown.net
• Aug 28: D-Lucca • Sept 4: Public Eye
ONGOING
Bankhead Theatre
Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, Livermore
925-373-6800, www.livermoreperformingarts.org
• Aug 29-30: My Fair Lady • Sept 11-13: Guitar Player Live!
ONGOING
Dancing in the Vineyard
Chouinard Vineyards, Castro Valley, 4:30-8:30pm, www.chouinard.com
• Aug 30: Blues Music & Dancing in the Vineyard
ONGOING FRIDAYS
Fridays at Fenestra
Fenestra Winery, Livermore, 12-5pm, 925-447-5246, www.fenestrawinery.com
SEPTEMBER 26
Moonlight Dinner Train Party
Roaring Camp Railroad, Felton, 831-335-4484, www.roaringcamp.com
EVERY SATURDAY
Wine Tasting at Beltramo’s
Menlo Park, 2:20-5:30pm, 650-325-2806, www.beltramos.com
ONGOING
Thursday Night Music & Dinner
The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards, Livermore, 6-9pm, $125/couple
RSVP 925-456-2400, www.wentevineyards.com
SEPTEMBER 26
Harvest Haikus at Poetic Cellars
Soquel, Food/wine pairings, live music, art & haiku contest! 12-5pm, $10
831-462-3478
SEPTEMBER 5-6
39th Annual Millbrae Art & Wine Festival
Broadway Ave, Millbrae, Mardi Gras-style music, art, wine, food & more!
10am-5pm, free, 650-697-7324, www.miramarevents.com
ONGOING
Wine Cave Tasting Experience
Wente Vineyards, Livermore, 1 & 3pm, $20, $15/wine club members
925-456-2405, www.wentevineyards.com
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FOLIO WINEMAKERS’ STUDIO
Complimentary tasting
with ad
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HAGAFEN CELLARS
Free tasting with ad
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JESSUP CELLARS
2 for 1 tasting with ad
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KENDALL-JACKSON WINERY
Complimentary reserve tasting
with ad
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OLD FAITHFUL GEYSER
$1 off with ad
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SIMI WINERY
Save $10 on public tour
or tasting
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SONOMA WINE HARDWARE
Free offer
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STAGECOACH EXPRESS
Complimentary
shipping box
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SUMMERS WINES
10% discount with ad
TRENTADUE WINERY
ONGOING THURSDAY - SUNDAY
Private Tastings with the Winemaker
Winery By the Creek, Fair Play, Taste with Charles B. Mitchell or a staff wine
educator! 11am-5pm, by appointment, $25, $20/members
530-620-2402, www.winerybythecreek.com
FRIDAYS THROUGH SEPTEMBER
Dinner & Live Music at Garré Winery
Livermore, 6-9pm, RSVP 925-371-8200, www.garrewinery.com
AUGUST 30 – SEPTEMBER 1
Harvest Wine Celebration
Mitchell Katz Winery, Pleasanton, 12-5pm, $20, www.mitchellkatzwinery.com
SEPTEMBER 2
1st Wednesday Street Party Celebrate Pleasanton
Downtown Pleasanton, 6-9pm, 925-484-2199, www.pleasantondowntown.net
SEPTEMBER 6-7
28th Annual Harvest Wine Celebration
Harvest Village, Robertson Park, Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association Live
music, arts/crafts, wine & food! 12-5pm, 925-447-WINE, www.LVwine.org
SEPTEMBER 12
Moonlight Movie in the Vineyard
Chouinard Vineyards, $20/car, Castro Valleywww.chouinard.com
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SEPTEMBER 6
Alpen Wine Fest
The Village at Squaw Valley, www.TheVillageAtSquaw.com
ONGOING
28th Annual Vintners’ Holidays
The Ahwahnee, Yosemite Valley
801-559-4949, www.YosemitePark.com/Vintners
• Nov 1-3: Mumm Napa Estates, Provenance Vineyards,
J Vineyards & Winery & Sbragia Family Vineyards
• Nov 4-5: Honig Vineyard & Winery, Flowers Vineyard & Winery,
Rombauer Vineyards & Corison Winery
• Nov 8-10: Karly Winery, Silver Oak Cellars,
Alma Rosa Winery & Vineyards, Twomey Cellars
• Nov 11-12: Chalk Hill Estate Vineyards & Winery, Saintsbury,
Amphora Winery & Joseph Phelps Vineyards
• Nov 15-17: Domaine Carneros, Rosenblum Cellars,
Halleck Vineyards & Huge Bear Wines
• Nov 18-19: Smith-Madrone, Iron Horse Vineyards,
Morgan Winery & Frank Family Vineyards
• Nov 29-Dec 1: Simi Winery, Schrader Cellars & Beckstoffer Vineyards,
Ceja Vineyards & Dutton-Goldfield Winery
• Dec 2-3: Estancia Estates, Bonny Doon Vineyards,
Topel Winery & Ravenswood Winery
AUGUST 28
Summer Concert: Tessa Evans & Band
David Girard Vineyards, Placerville, 5:30-8:30pm, $25, $20/members
530-295-1833, www.davidgirardvineyards.com
AUGUST 29-31
Enjoy the Fruits of the Labor
Jodar Winery, Placerville, Food /wine pairings & wine specials, 5:30-8:30pm
www.jodarwinery.com, 530-644-3474
SEPTEMBER 5
Tastes from the Kitchen of Chef John Sanders
David Girard Vineyards, Placerville, 12:30pm, free
SEPTEMBER 12
Summer Concert: Shana Morrison
David Girard Vineyards, Placerville, 6-8:30pm, $25, $20/members
AMADOR COUNTY
ONGOING
Wine Tasting at the Cafe Via d’Oro
36 Main Street, Sutter Creek, 6-8pm, 209-267-0535, www.cafeviadoro.com
SEPTEMBER 26
Release Party
Mitchell Katz Winery, Pleasanton, 12-5pm, $20, www.mitchellkatzwinery.com
ONGOING
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
Jamestown, 209-984-3953, www.railtown1897.org
• Sept 19: 5th Annual Wine & Cheese Benefit
ONGOING SUNDAYS
Jam Sessions Every Sunday Afternoon
Fitzpatrick Winery, Fair Play, 530-620-3248, www.fitzpatrickwinery.com
ONGOING
Wine Tasting at Amador Vintage Market
C.G. di Arie, Four Vines & Cedarville Vineyards, 10am-7pm, taste the wines
in a flight for $3, 209-245-FOOD, www.amadorvintagemarket.com
SEPTEMBER 12
3rd Annual Wine & Equine Festival
Charles Wilhelm Training Center, Castro Valley, SonRise
Equestrian Foundation & Murrieta’s Well Winery, 1-5pm, $75
925-838-7433, www.sonriseequestrianfoundation.org
SIERRAS/FOOTHILLS
MARTIN RAY WINERY
15% discount with ad
WEDNESDAYS THROUGH SEPTEMBER
Bocce Ball & Italian Dinner Night
at Garré Winery
Livermore, 5:30pm, $38.95, RSVP 925-371-8200, www.garrewinery.com
SEPTEMBER 6-7
Harvest Wine Celebration at Garre Winery
Live blues, crafts, artists & more! 925-371-8200, www.garrewinery.com
GOLDEN HAVEN
Mud Treatment for 2,
$54 per person
ONGOING FRIDAYS THROUGH SEPTEMBER
Wood-Fired Oven Pizza Nights
Fitzpatrick Winery, Fair Play, Enjoy live music, pizza & wine!
530-620-3248, www.fitzpatrickwinery.com
AUGUST 30
Day in the Park - Taylor Family Foundation
Camp Arroyo, Livermore Auctions, wine, food, music & more! Benefit for a camp
for children. 925-455-5118, www.ttff.org
CALISTOGA CELLARS
Complimentary tasting
with ad
EL DORADO COUNTY
EVERY SUNDAY
Sunset Suppers
The Restaurant at Wente Vineyards Livermore,4:30-5:30pm
925-456-2450, www.wentevineyards.com
ANDRETTI WINERY
Tour and tasting from
$69 per hour
ONGOING
Summer Music Concert Series
Story Winery, Plymouth, 209-245-6208, www.zin.com
• Sept 5: Ray Brancaleon
• Sept 6: John Presnall
• Sept 7: Richard Bolmen
Around the World in 80 Days
Kennedy Mine Amphitheatre, Jackson, Main Street Theatre Works
209-267-5680, www.mstw.org
AUGUST 29
Mediterranean Madness Sale
Vino Noceto & Terra Rouge/Easton, Plymouth, 11am-5pm
209-245-6556, www.terrerouge.com
CALAVERAS COUNTY
SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH
Wines of the World Education Tastings
Murphys Hotel, Murphys, No reservations required, everyone welcome!
5:30pm, $15, 209-736-2949
ONGOING
Ironstone Summer Concert Series
Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys, 209-728-1251, www.ironstonevineyards.com
• Sept 6: Chris Isaak with Brian Setzer & Nashvillains
• Sept 18: Lynyrd Skynyrd with Los Lonely Boys
• Sept 19: Crosby, Stills & Nash
AUGUST 29
A Motherlode of Entertainment at Stevenot Winery
Stevenot Winery, Murphys, Featuring Thick Soup & Snap Jackson & the Knock on
Wood Players. 7pm, $12, $10/members, 209-728-0638, www.stevenotwinery.com
AUGUST 29
Live Music
Cedar Center, Arnold, featuring Groovy Judy, 209-588-0999
SEPTEMBER 5-6
Labor Day Craft Fair
Cedar Center, Arnold, 10am-5pm, 209-588-0999
SEPTEMBER 19
Happy Hour Wine Tasting Seminar
Story Winery, Plymouth, 1pm, 209-245-6208, www.zin.com
SEPTEMBER 19
Black & Red Gala
Vezér Family Vineyard, Blue Victorian Winery, Suisun Valley, Benefit gala for North
Bay’s Heart & Vascular Center, 888-823-VINE, www.vezerfamilyvineyard.com
SEPTEMBER 26
Harvest Dinner
Chatom Vineyards, Douglas Flat, 6-9pm, $75, $65/members
209-736-6500, www.chatomvineyards.com
NEVADA COUNTY
Sunset at the Peak
Pilot Peak Winery, Penn Valley, 4-8pm, 530-432-3321, www.pilotpeak.com
SACRAMENTO VALLEY
ONGOING
Sacramento River Train
800-866-1690, www.sacramentorivertrain.com
• Sept 12, 26: Great Train Robbery
• Sept 18: Sunset Dinner
• Sept 26: Murder Mystery
• Sept 27: Sunday Brunch
ONGOING
Live Entertainment at Red Hawk
Red Hawk Casino, Sacramento, See website for details & complete schedule.
888-573-3495, www.redhawkcasino.com
California State Fair
Cal Expo, Sacramento, 916-263-3247, www.bigfun.org
SOLANO COUNTY
ONGOING
Music in the Mountains Summer Fest
Nevada County Fairgrounds, Grass Valley
530-265-6124, 800-2182188, www.musicinthemountains.org
AUGUST 30
4th Annual Family Farm Days
Suisun Valley Harvest Trail, Fairfield,10am-5pm
877-793-7386, www.VisitFairfieldCA.com
AUGUST 29
Miners’ Picnic
Empire Mine State Historic Park, Grass Valley, 10:30am-4:30pm, $3, $1/kids
530-273-8522, www.empiremine.org
SEPTEMBER 27
4th Annual Family Farm Days
Suisun Valley Harvest Trail, Fairfield, 10am-5pm
877-793-7386, www.VisitFairfieldCA.com
LODI/WOODBRIDGE
ONGOING
2009 Concert Series
Jessie’s Grove Winery, Lodi, $20/adv, $25, 209-368-0880, www.jgwinery.com
• Aug 29: Leah Tysse & The OG’s
• Oct 3: Roy Tyler & The New Directions
A Necessary Madness at Knowlton Gallery, Lodi
New Paintings by Kathleen Dunphy, 209-368-5123, www.KnowltonGallery.com
AUGUST 29
Open Reception, A Necessary Madness
Knowlton Gallery, Lodi, New Paintings by Kathleen Dunphy, 1pm
209-368-5123, www.KnowltonGallery.com
SEPTEMBER 11
Fusion Friday
Borra Vineyards, Lodi, 5-7:30pm, $10, www.borravineyards.com, 209-368-2446
SEPTEMBER 18-20
Painting in the Vineyards Art Class at Knowlton Gallery
Lodi, 9am-4pm, $300, 209-368-5123, www.KnolwtonGallery.com
SEPTEMBER 27
Taste of Lodi
Wine & Roses Hotel, Lodi, 1-5pm, $40/adv, $50
209-365-1195, www.tasteoflodi.com
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WINERY FEATURE | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
Holly, Judd, Art and Bunnie Finkelstein
JUDD’S HILL WINERY
by Abigail P. Zimmerman
Many visitors to Napa Valley are wowed by
the sheer grandeur and epic scale of large
wineries rising from the Valley floor. But where
to go when you’ve done that? Where to go when
you are in search of a more artisan, real-wine
experience?
Judd’s Hill is your place.
Discreetly tucked to the side of famed
Silverado Trail, acclaimed and local’s favorite
Judd’s Hill feels like a secret discovery. Hustle,
bustle, and corporate scales have no place here.
Instead, Judd’s Hill is a family-owned, cheerful,
eco-conscious, critically acclaimed, artsy smash
hit... with the added bonus of chickens clucking
outside the vines!
For more than 30 years, the Finkelstein
family has lived a life devoted to family, wine
and healthy optimism. In the 1970s, patriarch,
winemaker and architect Art Finkelstein and his
brother, Dr. Alan Steen enjoyed making wine in
their home garage in West LA. From a young
age, son and now winemaker Judd Finkelstein
(a.k.a. Judd’s Hill) remembers stomping barefoot on grapes and fruit with school friends. The
home garage was cramped with glass carboys,
an old-school hand crank basket press, a cold
fridge for malo cultures and the smell of
fermenting wine. It wasn’t long before the
Finkelstein brothers won awards and garnered
attention. Success was in the air! Soon wine
replaced architecture for Art and his family was
Napa bound.
In late 1970s, Art and Alan purchased what
is now “prime” Napa dirt and opened a new
venture: critically acclaimed and world famous
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Whitehall Lane. Starting small, the Finkelstein
brothers’ Cabernet Sauvignon put them on the
map while their “crowd pleaser,” the Blanc de
Pinot Noir sold out and provided much needed
revenue as they built their label from the ground
up. By 1988, Art and Alan produced 30,000 to
35,000 of some of Napa’s finest wines ever
made. And cashed out.
Leaving the spotlight, the Finkelstein
brothers returned to their roots in 1989 with
Judd’s Hill, an indie, critics and wine lovers’
hands-down favorite. Back to family winemaking, away from the bottom line, Judd’s Hill
launched with a premier, small lot Cabernet
Sauvignon offered in only a couple hundred
hand-made cases.
Named for Art’s son, Judd’s Hill wines are
carefully crafted from fruit produced from the
family’s 18 acres of vines on Howell Mountain as
well as ultra-premium sourced grapes from
artisan vineyards throughout Napa Valley.
Focusing on robust wines with magnetic Napa
fruit, the family’s approach to producing softer
edged Napa wines put Judd’s Hill on the map.
Today, Judd’s Hill has grown to 3,000 cases per
year and is available for tasting and purchase in
their tasting room.
Judd’s Hill is open seven days a week from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. by appointment. Same day
appointments are quite welcome. Knowledgeable staff, Pat Burke or Diane Shimshak, are on
hand to wake up your taste buds to the delight
of artisan winemaking that is Judd’s Hill.
Similar to their Whitehall Lane fame, Judd’s
Hill is especially known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Estate grown Cabernet sourced from the
family’s Howell Mountain vines are concen-
trated, flavorful with deep, complex characteristics and very small berries, increasing the juice
to skin ratio and subsequent palate, bouquet,
and mouthfeel.
The family vineyard on Howell Mountain
was originally Chardonnay when purchased but
after the 1980s Phylloxera epidemic, the Finkelsteins replanted the entire vineyard row by row,
block by block over to Bordeaux varietals of
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet
Franc. The combination of the vineyard’s steep,
terraced hillsides and big, sunny microclimate
of Napa Valley make Howell Mountain fruit
some of the best reds grown. Period.
Judd’s Hill makes two sumptuous Cabernets.
Both are available today at the Judd’s Hill Tasting
Room. The 2005 Judd’s Hill Cabernet Sauvignon,
a repeat Gold Medal Winner, is sourced from
three vineyards with 40% of the fruit from the
family vines on Howell Mountain and 60% from
Stag’s Leap and Oak Knoll. This Cabernet is 88%
Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Cabernet Franc, and
7% Merlot. Its a lyrical, big fruit, mineral feast for
your senses and after 18 months in oak, has no
hard edges. It’s priced at $45 per bottle and well
worth it.
Judd’s Hill Tasting Menu, for $10 per
person, also includes equally lush and fruitforward:
• 2008 Rose of Merlot crisply fermented in
stainless steel with a splash of Cabernet
Sauvignon for $20
• 2008 Sauvignon Blanc from Napa Valley
with a “Just Right” bright fruit and citrus
bouquet for $22
• 2007 Estate Pinot Noir bursting with red
cherries and currants from 3 Dijon clones
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grown right here at the new
winery for $34
• New comer 2005 Lodi Petite
Sirah is quickly running out!
From 45 years old vines, this
Petite Sirah is blended with
12% Zinfandel and a delight to
all senses with strong notes of
ripe, summer blackberries.
Available for $30 per bottle.For
more affluent pockets, Judd’s Hill
Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is
100% sourced from the family’s
Howell Mountain famed vines
and is available for purchase at
$75 per bottle. The make up is
similar with 88% Cabernet and
remaining Cabernet Franc and
Merlot.
All wines are available to Wine
Club members at a 20% discount.
If you happen to be lucky, and
one of Art’s coveted shiners is available, don’t miss a chance to buy a
bottle or two of Judd’s Hill
Cabernet Sauvignon with Art’s
hand-painted enamel labels. Bold,
vivid representational swirls celebrate the best beauty in Wine
Country and add an extra “umpf!”
to Judd’s Hill’s already great bottles
of Cab at $65 each.
Judd’s Hill is where fine wine is
taken seriously though you won’t
find a stitch of pretension in the
place. Art is a fantastic architect,
furniture maker, painter and winemaker. Judd makes fine wine and
plays a mean ukulele. Five Rhode
Island hens cluck merrily outside
the tasting room next to the
winery’s heirloom tomato garden –
cellar staff scrambles four or five
eggs daily for a 10 a.m. snack.
“Nutmeg” the winery dog, a 10year-old Golden Retriever will
come up for a scratch and if you
are lucky, lick your knee cap. And
Art’s most lively enamel paintings
on the tasting room walls bespeak a
family and winery committed to
the good life without taking themselves too seriously.
Call (707) 255-2332 or visit
www.JuddsHill.com to schedule
your appointment today. Judd’s
Hill Winery is located at 2332
Silverado Trail, Napa (off Trancas
Avenue at CA Hwy. 29).
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Winemaker Profile: J. Rickards Winery
ALEX HOLMAN
by Nan Reiley
Jim and Eliza Rickards have been
growing wine grapes in Alexander Valley for
more than thirty years. Owners of 45 acres
of vineyards, including some 100-year-old
Zinfandel vines, they were happily selling
their grapes to some of the finest wineries in
Sonoma County for most of those years.
Bitten by the winemaking bug at last, they
started making a small amount of wine in
1991, and were forced by the bumper crops
of 2005 and 2006 to make even more
(because there was too much fruit to sell all
of it).
Jim had enough years in the business to
know when he needed a professional winemaker for his new winery enterprise and
fortunately, he knew just the man he wanted
for the job. The only problem was that that man, Alex Holman, was
already working at another winery in the area. Jim waited until the
time was right, and in 2008 Alex came on board as winemaker for J.
Rickards.
Alex’s route to becoming a full-fledged winemaker was not a
straight, four-lane highway. First of all, he was a city boy, born and
raised in San Francisco with two generations of medical doctors in his
family. Then there were detours into the military followed by physical
therapy training at California State University at Fresno which
morphed into a chemistry degree instead. The chemistry degree got
him into the agricultural business when he took a job as an analytical
chemist (Director of Research and Development) for a biochemical
plant in Fresno that manufactured liquid fertilizers.
During this time, Alex started experimenting with making his own
beer and also using peaches, nectarines and “anything else that would
ferment” to make homemade wines. He didn’t care for the constant
smell of rotten eggs (sulfur) that permeated his job, and he couldn’t
see a profitable future in the beer business, so he went back to school,
while still working his day job, and took a degree in enology from
Fresno State.
So now Alex was closer to his goal of making wine as his profession. Still working as R & D Director, he began sending out his résumé
to wineries, but found there was a lingering prejudice against wannabe
winemakers from the Central Valley, a region not known for the
quality of its wines, unlike Napa and Sonoma where Alex was sending
his résumés. But Alex did find work at Golden State Vintners in the
Central Valley, where he was hired as lab manager/enologist, definitely
a step in the right direction.
After two years there, he felt he was getting a good feel for the busi-
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ness of making wine. His experience and his
background in science bolstered his credentials, and he made the move to Sonoma
County in early 2003, a move hastened by
his finding the love of his life, now wife
Annie, on a visit to Marin County. By
August he was working at the small, highlyregarded Paul Hobbs Winery in Forestville,
where he set up a state-of-the-art laboratory
for the operation.
Alex soon moved to a better job as enologist and assistant winemaker at Dry Creek
Vineyards, one of Sonoma County’s flagship
wineries. Here he learned every aspect of the
winemaking art (he was already a master of
its science), and here he met Jim Rickards,
because Jim sold grapes to Dry Creek Vineyards. The two men took a liking to each
other, and when Alex was ready to make the
move to full-fledged winemaker, Jim was looking for just that person.
With one year at J. Rickards under his belt, Alex has made two of
his own wines so far, and will be the guiding hand in the aging and
blending of red wines that Jim made earlier. So once again, wine lovers
have an opportunity to get in on the ground floor and visit a Sonoma
County winery to taste its wines before it becomes a cult favorite.
Alex’s style is to make wines with relatively low alcohol (13.5 -14.5 %)
and with a low oak profile, i.e., barrel aging in lightly-toasted, fairly
neutral oak. This style will result in a more Burgundian character for
his wines than the all-too-common California “fruit bomb” kind of
wines. Alex feels he can do this because he is working only with
mature vineyards that Jim has farmed for many years, and with grape
varieties that are known to be winners in the soil and climate of
Alexander Valley.
At the winery, you can taste Alex’s 2008 Sauvignon Blanc and his
unique and delicious late harvest Sauvignon Blanc, a botrytis dessert
wine called Twilight. Zinfandel, a Cabernet Sauvignon blend and
Petite Sirah are also on offer. Pay attention to the Petite Sirah – it’s
outstanding, and Alex plans to make a Malbec that he thinks will
make converts out of Merlot lovers.
When you visit the winery, you will almost certainly be tasting wine
with either Jim or Alex in a low-key, one-on-one situation. They have
stories to tell and wine wisdom to share, and you could hardly find
more education, entertainment and just plain excellent wine. The
tasting room is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 24505 Chianti Road,
about five miles north of Geyserville. Take the Canyon Road exit from
Hwy. 101, go west about 100 yards to Chianti Road and turn right
onto it. For more information, telephone (707) 758-3441 or go to
www.jrwinery.com.
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WILLIAM HILL ESTATE WINERY
A Unique Napa Valley Experience
Imagine a unique Napa Valley experience where you can kick back,
relax and enjoy fabulous wines while gaining insight into viticulture
and winemaking. A place where guests are positively encouraged to
stay a while and take in sweeping views of a different side of the valley,
far from the madding crowds. If that’s what you’re looking for, then
head to William Hill Estate Winery, tucked away in the rolling hills of
the Silverado Bench, just off the southern end of the Silverado Trail.
You’ll discover a freshly remodeled tasting room with a new, contemporary look.
The winery was founded in 1978 by William Hill, a Napa Valley
vineyard developer, who saw the potential of the soil and climate of the
Silverado Bench. He also liked that the location was neither valley floor
nor mountainside, but a happy medium at an altitude of 200-300 feet.
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William Hill purchased 200 acres and developed 140 of them. Over
the years, he discovered the Estate was best suited to growing red
Bordeaux varietals including Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet
Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. Each of these varietals are bottled individually, and are also blended into a rich,
distinctive Estate Meritage.
William Hill Estate winery has also
built its fine wine reputation on
elegant Chardonnay. The Napa Valley
Chardonnay ($22) is light, crisp and fruitforward, while the Reserve ($30) is rich
and buttery. Available only at the winery,
their silky smooth Dijon Clones
Chardonnay ($35) has delicious notes of
pear and butterscotch. These three wines
are featured in William Hill’s Chardonnay
Experience, with three food pairings that
bring out the best in these wines and help
you explore food and wine dynamics. This is available daily for $20
either inside the tasting room, or outside overlooking the vineyards.
To really appreciate the special sense of place at William Hill Estate
Winery, particularly during harvest season, taking a tour is the best way
to get the full Estate experience! In an intimate group setting, you can
learn about and history and terroir, work on a seasonal activity in the
vineyard, and find out about winemaking and barrel aging in the stateof-the-art winery. You’ll also taste through an exclusive selection of the
wines, paired with local artisan foods, and conclude with a sit down
tasting of Reserve and Estate wines. The tour is by appointment only,
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for adults aged 21 or over, and
costs $45 per person. There is also
a shorter version of this tour available daily for $30 per person.
William Hill Estate Winery is a
wonderful place to take in the
beauty of the Napa Valley. Guests
are invited to pick up some
goodies from a local deli to enjoy
under the tranquil arbor with a
bottle of William Hill Estate wine.
New this year in the tasting room
is a basket of fun and games, with
everything from dominoes to
badminton for guests to enjoy.
There is one last chance this
year to bring your favorite picnic
dinner to William Hill’s “Sunsets
on the Silverado Bench” event. At
this idyllic evening, you can enjoy
a bottle of William Hill Estate
wine as you watch the sun go
down. This event is complimentary with wine available for
purchase on Friday, September
25th from 6:30 to 8:30.
The winery is open daily from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and is located at
1761 Atlas Peak Road, Napa just
two minutes from the Silverado
Trail. For more information, visit
www.williamhillestate.com or
make an appointment by calling
(707) 265-3024.
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P erfect P airs
by Millie Howie
Rutherford Short Ribs Braised
in Red Wine Paired with
Flora Springs 2006 Trilogy
You don’t have to be a superb chef like Ken Frank of the Napa
Valley’s stellar La Toque restaurant to dazzle your dinner guests with
braised short ribs that are fall-off-the-bone tender and sending forth
rich aromas that reflect the elegance of the Flora Springs 2006
Trilogy used generously as a prime ingredient of the satisfying dish.
It does help; though to have the luxury of sharing Ken’s recipe for
the ribs which you can, if you like, claim as your very own creation.
One extra benefit of selecting the short ribs recipe for your lucky
guests is that it takes very little supervision, since it cooks, virtually
unattended for a very long time at a gentle simmer while you relax
and visit around the appetizer trays and enjoy a glass of Trilogy.
This complex and beautiful wine is a blend of four Bordeaux varieties (73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc
and 2% Petit Verdot) one of the original Meritage wines – favorite
red wines born in 1984. Now a Napa Valle benchmark, Trilogy
represents meticulous farming practices along with the evolution of a
wine style created by the Komes-Garvey families. Trilogy may be
enjoyed either as a young and vibrant youthful beverage or as a
cellared and graceful, perfectly aged wine.
Both as an ingredient and as an ideal companion beverage to
complement the richness of the short ribs, this wine exhibits all the
classic Trilogy attributes with a lovely cassis and cherry bouquet as
well as huge black fruit flavors that envelop the palate. The long,
slow simmering reduces the rib sauce to a nice rich consistency and
the eloquence of the blend of the estate grapes dedicated to creating
Trilogy and Ken’s own blend of flavors and scents will turn the
braised ribs into one of your favorite dishes to serve and impress
your friends. It is also sure to have your guests asking for the recipe
so they can add it to their own cooking repertoire.
FLORA SPRINGS WINERY & VINEYARDS
1978 West Zinfandel Lane, St. Helena
Open by appointment only, 707-967-6723
FLORA SPRINGS THE ROOM
677 St. Helena Highway, South, St. Helena
Open 10am-5pm daily, 707-967-8032
www.florasprings.com
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RUTHERFORD SHORT RIBS
BRAISED IN RED WINE
Chef Ken Frank, La Toque Napa Valley
• 1 cup “mirepoix”
(2 parts onion, 1 each carrot and
celery, peeled and diced)
• 4 pieces beef short ribs
• 1 bottle Flora Springs
Cabernet Sauvignon
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups duck/veal stock
• 2 spoonfuls tomato paste
• 1 piece Parmesan rind
• 3 or 4 slices dried porcini mushroom
• 1 spoonful butter
• Cooking oil
• Salt and pepper
Sauté the mirepoix in butter for 3 or 4 minutes, until the
vegetables just begin to turn golden brown. Add the
tomato paste and the flour, stir well and then deglaze with
most of the bottle of red wine.
In the meantime… Season the ribs with salt and pepper.
Sear them on all sides until rich golden brown. Add the
seared ribs to the pan with the wine and the vegetables,
add the stock, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to
maintain a gentle simmer for at least 2-1/2 hours until the
ribs are “fall-off-the-bone” tender. The sauce should be
reduced to a nice rich consistency. Verify and adjust
seasoning if necessary before serving.
(Serves 4)
California Wine Tours/Evans Transportation Offers 49er Shuttle
San Francisco 49ers fans can now score
big and leave their cars at home by riding the
49er Fan Express operated by Napa’s own
California Wine Tours/Evans Transportation.
A roundtrip ticket on the 49er Fan Express is
just $30 and includes complimentary water,
free high-speed internet access and
restrooms – all on a luxury motor coach
driven by a professional and friendly CWT
chauffeur. A true football fan’s dream, playing
on the 49er Fan Express will be 49ers game
highlights, Super Bowl replays and other
NFL videos.
New this year, the 49er Fan Express will
feature several items designed to increase the
spirit and engagement of San Francisco
49ers fans. California Wine Tours, along
with the San Francisco 49ers, are sponsoring
raffles on each coach to include 49ers
memorabilia and gift certificates for limo
rides. There will be one grand prize raffle of
a luxury experience for the final home game
– private limo ride for four guests, four
tickets to the game, gourmet tailgate party,
including lunch and beverages.
“We wanted to thank the fans that ride the
49er Fan Express shuttles by elevating their
experience with videos and prizes. Hopefully
this will also motivate other ticket holders to
get their cars off the roads and to share a ride
to the game,” says Mike Marino, owner of
California Wine Tours.
For more information on schedules,
departure locations, pricing and reservations,
visit www.49ersbus.com or send an email to
49ersbus@californiawinetours.com. 49er Fan
Express info can also be obtained via telephone at (707) 265-4300.
Louis M. Martini Winery’s Annual Cellar Sale
Louis M. Martini Winery® Invites You to The Annual Cellar Sale, Saturday, 12th September
Built by Louis M. Martini in 1933, the Martini Winery has been a legendary landmark in
the Napa Valley for over 75 years. With third generation winemaker Mike Martini at the helm,
the winery continues to craft rich, distinctive wines that draw visitors to St. Helena from all
over the world.
The Annual Cellar Sale offers the opportunity to buy cases of older vintage wines and big
bottles, all at an incredible value with huge savings of 40 to 60% off retail prices! This is an
ideal opportunity to stock up your cellars and wine racks in time for Thanksgiving and
Christmas. There will be a limited number of bottles available that have been signed by Mike
Martini making them a great gift for the wine lovers in your life or a fabulous talking point at
a party! We will be serving Italian style hor’deauves and library wine tastings will be available.
The Martini Annual Cellar Sale begins at 12 p.m. and concludes at 4 p.m. and will be held
at the winery on 254, South St. Helena Highway (Hwy 29) in St. Helena.
For more information, please call the Wine Club office at 1-866-549-2582 or email
info@louismartini.com.
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Tasting Room of the Week:
Peggy Fleming and Greg Jenkins
FLEMING JENKINS
by Charles Neave
As anyone who has followed the career of
champion skater and Olympic gold medalist
Peggy Fleming, both on and off the ice, it
should come as no surprise that when she
decided to venture into the business of
making wine, two things would guide her.
The first was her trademark excellence. The
second was her commitment to charitable
causes that she cares passionately about. Two
qualities she has carried over into the winery
she and husband Greg Jenkins, a Texas native
and a physician, founded in 1999, when they
planted a small, one-acre Chardonnay vineyard on their ridge top property in the
foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains above
Los Gatos, not from far the small farm where
Peggy grew up.
For years, the coastal Santa Cruz Mountains have been known for winemaking. After
harvesting the fruit from their own vineyard,
and tasting it, they discovered their dreams
had come true: they loved the wine. This
inspired them to launch their own winery and
today, they continue to farm and harvest that
first vineyard while making their wines in the
Los Gatos hills at the historic Novitiate
Winery, one of the state’s oldest continuingly
operating wineries.
Greg, who retired from his medical practice three years ago to become a full-time
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winemaker, says “I like to make accessible
wines, wines that are well-balanced and food
friendly. I also like it that our red wines are
ready to enjoy when they’re released.”
Referring to another part of the Fleming
Jenkins equation: “We also like to produce
wines that make a difference in people’s lives.”
Like the delicious Victories Rosé, with its
aromas of berries and a refreshing brightness
of flavor.
The Rosé has special meaning to both
Peggy and Greg, on one level in particular. “In
1998, on the 30th anniversary of my 1968
Olympic victory, I was diagnosed with breast
cancer,” Peggy said. “For me, it was another
Olympics, a life Olympics in which I was
granted a second great victory. Early detection
saved my life, and since then, Greg and I have
looked for ways to help raise funds and
awareness in the quest for a breast cancer
cure.” Sale of the Rosé does just that, raising
more than $20,000 since the 2004 vintage.
Visitors can now taste the wines of Fleming
Jenkins at their tasting room in downtown
Los Gatos, not far from San Jose. Wines on the
roster now include – not just that original
Chardonnay – the Rosé, a Napa Valley
Cabernet blend (“Choreography”), and two
Syrahs, one of them sourced from their friend
John Madden’s Livermore Valley vineyard.
“When people visit we want them to feel
like they’re part of the family, and luckily we
are still small enough to have that personal
touch. And people also leave here knowing
that we are also a serious winery, but one that
enjoys making a personal connection with the
people that visit and enjoy our wine.”
As evidence that it is still a family-style
adventure, Peggy still decorates the windows,
Greg is usually in the back, customer relations
director Tammy Larson’s daughter Allison has
her own name tag and tasting room manager
Gregg Gorham is always ready with recommendations and directions for local shops,
restaurants and places to stay.
This is all echoed in the comfortable style
of the Main Street tasting room. An old railroad cart and an oak barrel sit out front of
the big windows, while inside it is all light
wood floors, the look of granite on the Lshaped tasting bar with the wood wine racks
behind it, and soft lighting. All part of a total
remodel that took place in Spring of 2008.
The result is what they wanted. Like the
wine they produce it is a charming labor of
love, practicality and, most of all, a warm
accessibility.
The Fleming Jenkins tasting room in the
heart of Los Gatos at 45 West Main Street.
They’re open Tuesday through Sunday from
noon until 6 p.m. Their telephone number is
(408) 358-4949, or look on the internet at
www.flemingjenkins.com. Private tastings
and special events can also be arranged.
Wineology
INTELLIGENCE FOR THE WINE CONSUMER
by Len Napolitano
What is the difference between a Claret and a Meritage wine?
A term used more often a few decades ago than today, Claret,
pronounced like clair-ette, is an unofficial designation for red wines
originating in Bordeaux, France, and which are primarily made from
Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and blended with other Bordeaux
grapes, such as Petit Verdot, Malbec or Cabernet Franc. Some lesserknown red grapes that are also permitted in Bordeaux but seldom used
are Gros Verdot, Carmenere, and St. Macaire. Coined by the British,
the term Claret is still used as a name for a wine that blends the
specific traditional Bordeaux grapes, but one which is specifically
made in France.
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In the US, a wine that fits this description is known by a unique
American wine term, ‘Meritage’. Meritage (rhymes with heritage)
wines also use the traditional grapes made famous for centuries in
Bordeaux, but are made only in the US. Meritage wines frequently are
given unique names, like Symmetry by Rodney Strong or Stature by
Kendall-Jackson. In a Meritage wine, no single grape varietal can make
up more than 90% of the blend.
Claret and Meritage wines share similar styles and characteristics.
They are usually smooth in texture, medium bodied, have notes of
black currant and pair well with meat.
So, whether you call it Claret, Meritage, or simply Bordeaux blend,
each term refers to a style of wine that pays homage to the time-tested,
world class grapes of Bordeaux, France that wine lovers around the
world have come to know and enjoy for centuries.
Len Napolitano lives in Sonoma County and is certified in wine by the Society of Wine Educators,
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.
Send your questions about wine to: wineologist@earthlink.net or by mail to Len Napolitano in care of
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Fritz Winery is a tasty little jewel hidden
neatly in the mountainous regions of the Dry
Creek Valley. It’s a bit of a schlep to get there,
but it is so worth it! Fritz calls themselves an
“Underground Winery” because, in truth, the
winery is built into a mountain. But the real
reason followers of Fritz favor Sonoma
County’s best “alternative” winery is because
they steer clear of routine mainstream
conventions. Winemaking styles dance
between cutting-edge and artistic, seamlessly
producing a breathless shift of consciousness.
Fritz limited edition wines command a
following among serious wine collectors and
include favorite varietals as Sauvignon Blanc,
Old Vine Zinfandel and Cabernet Sauvignon.
The family also has a couple of acres in the
Russian River Valley where they produce
world class single vineyard Chardonnay.
Leave the mainstream trappings to Napa
Valley, if you’re the kind of wine zealot that
identifies with descriptive adjectives like:
small, fun, under-the-radar, unpretentious,
lip-smacking and brownies (OK, brownies
isn’t actually an adjective, but man, oh man,
they’re really good), then Fritz Winery is your
kind of juice bar. 24691 Dutcher Creek Road;
Cloverdale; (800) 418-9463. FYI: In celebration of everything Pinot, on Saturday, August
29th, from 4 to 7 p.m., Fritz Winery is hosting
Pinot on the Patio. On the menu is roasted pig,
wild mushroom rice, assorted grilled summer
vegetables and lots of amazing Fritz and Lost
Canyon Pinots. Some pre-releases and recent
bottlings will also be available for lake view
tasting! Cost is $25 per person and space is
limited. Contact Julie to RSVP.
Stellar Screening
Relax under the stars for the best in vintage
films and wine to benefit the Stars & Vines
Fund of Napa Valley. Over four separate
weekend dates, Sterling Vineyards presents
a series of outdoor screenings which includes
a pre-show tasting, cartoon classics and some
of the most entertaining movies ever made.
Showing Saturday, August 29th, is the 1973
coming of age comedy-drama, “American
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Graffiti.” Wine tasting and concessions begins
at 7 p.m. and each feature starts at full dark.
Guests are invited to come early, dress warmly
and bring a picnic or purchase a barbecue
dinner or movie snacks. Ticket sales are $10
for adults and $5 for children (16 and under).
For more information, visit the website at
www.SterlingVineyards.com or call (707)
942-3322. FYI: Go online and save $5 off the
aerial tram and tasting of five wines.
Big Deal
Named one of the “Ten Best Wine and
Food Events in the United States,” Sonoma
Wine Country Weekend is an epicurean
event unlike any other. Merging two prominent social wine gatherings, Sonoma Wine
Country Weekend combines the elegance,
sophistication and style of Showcase: TASTE
of Sonoma; with the festivity, frivolity and
fundraising of the Sonoma Valley Harvest
Wine Auction. Participants experience firsthand the distinctive epicurean experiences
and world-class quality of the region’s artisanal wine and food scene while frolicking
with some of the industry’s most interesting
people. The mega-popular three day celebration features more than 200 wineries and
chefs, winemaker lunches and dinners, a
grand tasting and the most fun you’ll ever
have at a wine auction. Tickets for the Labor
Day weekend (September 4th to 6th)
weekend are available now and will sell out.
Call 1-800-939-7666 or visit the website at
www.SonomaWineCountryWeekend.com to
receive an invitation. FYI: A limited number of
Grand Reserve Tickets are available to an exclusive selection of guests who seek a more elevated
Sonoma experience during this unforgettable
celebration of wine and food. Don’t wait.
Scene and Heard
The Bodega Seafood, Art and Wine
Festival returns for its 15th season, August
29th and 30th. This mega-popular event
specializes in the best of California’s wineries
and breweries, artists and craftspeople, entertainment and a delicious selection of fresh
seafood from local vendors. This year’s gathering takes place on a scenic ranch in the
picturesque town of Bodega, famous for the
Hitchcock classic, The Birds. Barbecued
oysters, crab cakes, cedar plank salmon, albacore wrapped in bacon and seafood
jambalaya are just a few of the entrees served
at the festival, and more than 25 boutique
wineries and a dozen microbreweries will be
pouring. A juried art and craft marketplace of
100 top quality artisans will be displayed, and
first-class entertainment will be available on
three stages, including an eclectic mix of
blues, jazz and swing. Major performers such
Zakiya Hooker (daughter of legendary John
Lee Hooker) and Bay Area favorite Pride &
Joy headline. Wandering jugglers, puppeteers
and dancers provide continuous ambiance
throughout the day. Gate tickets are $12 per
person. Kids under 12 are free. For more
information, call (707) 824-8717 or visit
www.WineCountryFestivals.com.
Party Buzz
For a lively afternoon of nibbles and sips,
head over to Ravenswood where the 2006
Vineyard Designates makes their debut this
weekend. On Saturday, August 29th, meet the
growers of these rock star vineyards, sample
foods paired with each wine and sneak a peek
in the barrel of what’s coming next. Release
parties are a great opportunity to taste new
wine, schmooze with the growers and meet
winemakers. Cost is only $20 per person.
Call (707) 933-2323 or visit the website at
www.Ravenswood-Wine.com for details.
Hip Sips
Every year, for the past 19 years, Rodney
Strong Vineyards has presented Sonoma
County and the North Bay with a stellar
musical lineup for its annual “Jazz in the
Vineyard” summer concert series. In celebration of 50 years of incredible wines, Rodney
Strong Vineyards is proud to close this season
with an afternoon of timeless hits from Hall &
Oates. Tickets for the Monday, September
7th, event start at $475 per person. For more
details, visit www.RodneyStrong.com or call
(949) 360-7800. FYI: For an additional $35,
upgrade to a VIP ticket which includes a reserved
seat in front of the stage and a glass of wine.
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Tastings on the Lawn at Charles Krug Winery
Charles Krug Winery welcomes wine, food
and music lovers to the 58th Annual Tastings
on the Lawn, Saturday, September 19th. Stroll
among the towering oak trees on the lush
grounds at Napa Valley’s first winery while
you taste the current releases of ultrapremium wines, including Family Reserves
and Limited Releases. Members of the Peter
Mondavi Sr. family will greet guests, sign
bottles and answer questions about the wines
and the renovation of this historic estate.
Whether you favor the fresh, crisp taste of
a Sauvignon Blanc or the fruity mouthfeel
that rewards your palate with the Family
Reserve Generations, you’re sure to find a
wine that you’ll love. With each of the fifteen
current releases, food pairings created by
Calistoga’s All Seasons Catering will be offered
for your enjoyment.
If that isn’t enough, throw off your shoes
and squish your toes in the soft grass while
you dance to the beat of the classic rock
guitarist Paul Hlebcar’s four-piece “Across the
Pond” band. Walk through the renovated
Carriage House and reward yourself with
barrel tastings of our upcoming Family
Reserve releases and meet with winemaker
David Galzignato.
The event also welcomes back for his fifth
year at TOL famed Santa Rosa caricaturist,
Doug Shannon. This free activity lets Doug
capture unique and colorful features of the
attendees to take home and enjoy.
Cesare and Rosa Mondavi originated the
Tastings on the Lawn in 1951 as a means to
educate consumers about wine. Fifty-eight
years later, Peter Mondavi, now the family
patriarch, continues the tradition on the
grounds of the Charles Krug estate, established in 1861 by Prussian immigrant Charles
Krug and acquired by his parents in 1943.
Lawn chairs, picnic blankets, straw hats
and comfy shoes are encouraged!
Advance tickets for the 21 and over event,
which runs from 2 to 5 p.m., are available
online at www.charleskrug.com for $30 and
at the door for $35. Advance purchase tickets
can be picked up at will call the day of the
event. Call 1-888-747-5784 with questions.
Visitors will receive a 20 percent discount on
all wines purchased that day. Charles Krug
Winery is located at 2800 Main Street in St.
Helena. Tasting room and picnic area are opn
daily from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
LODGING
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LODI/WOODBRIDGE
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665 W. Turner Road, Lodi
VINTNERS INN
Forty-four spacious rooms and suites with balconies or patios;
surrounded by vineyards.
1-800-421-2584
4350 Barnes Road, Santa Rosa
www.vintnersinn.com
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LEDSON HOTEL
Luxury hotel situated on historic Sonoma Plaza. Six individually decorated rooms
with king-size bed, whirlpool baths, fireplace and balconies.
Appointed with antique grandeur paired with modern amenities. (707) 996-9779
480 First Street East, Sonoma
www.ledsonhotel.com
KENWOOD INN AND SPA
A premier Sonoma County destination for discerning visitors seeking gracious treatment, lush surroundings, soothing pools and elegant accommodations all in a Tuscan
Setting.
(707) 833-1293
10400 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood
www.kenwoodinn.com
SONOMA COUNTY– COAST
INN AT THE TIDES
Bay views, walking distance to shopping, restaurants; swimming pool, hot tub,
fitness center, sauna; rooms with views and fireplaces; massage available;
continental breakfast
1-800-541-7788
800 Highway One, Bodega Bay
www.InnattheTides.com
(209) 334-3952
www.robinsnestlodi.com
WINE AND ROSES HOTEL AND RESTAURANT
2505 W. Turner Road
(209) 334-6988
AMOROSA INN AND GARDENS
8400 E. Harney Lane
(209) 367-0882
THE INN AT LOCKHOUSE
19960 Elliot Road, Lockeford
(209) 727-5715
MONTEREY BAY/CENTRAL COAST
LAMP LIGHTER INN
Tucked into an ancient grove of trees and just steps to the famous Carmel Beach, you will discover a
charming inn with two cottages and four guest rooms inn and Sunset House Suites. These bed and
breakfast boutique hotels have been serving the traveling public since 1935.
(831) 624-6046
www.carmellamplighter.com
VAGABOND’S INN
Vagabond's House Inn Bed and Breakfast is located in the midst of Carmel's
finest restaurants, unique shops and well-known art galleries and blocks away
from Clint Eastwood's Hog's Breath Inn.
(831) 624-7738
www.vagabondshouseinn
CASA DE CARMEL AND MONTE VERDE INNS
Nestled in the heart of Carmel-by-the-Sea. Just steps from Ocean Avenue with its many shops,
galleries and restaurants, the Inn is only five blocks from the miracle mile of Carmel’s white sandy
beach. Style, comfort, location – these inns have it all.
Monte Verde & Ocean Ave., Carmel
831 624-6046, www.carmelmonteverdeinn.com
LONE OAK LODGE
Voted Monterey PeninsulaTravel Planner BestValue.Within minutes to aquarium, wineries,
Monterey Harbor, shopping, taverns, restaurants, etc. Rooms available with kitchenettes.
1-800-283-5663
www.loneoaklodge.com
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NAPA VALLEY | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
Domaine Carneros – Your Table on the Terrace Waits
by Diana Greenwood
Sometimes it’s important to indulge your desire for the good life.
Domaine Carneros is a place to cultivate your senses and please your
palate and the welcoming staff believes that pampering is part of the
package. Who wouldn’t feel stress-free here? Built in the style of an
18th century French chateau, and inspired by the Taittinger family’s
country estate in Champagne, Domaine Carneros beckons from a crest
above Napa’s prettiest slice of paradise. The scents, sounds and colors
of early fall are vibrant in the rolling, vineyard-covered hills of the
Carneros Appellation as you approach the winery. Wear denim or
white linen; it really doesn’t matter but absolutely bring your camera.
As you ascend the curving staircase that leads to the terrace, you’ll
pause in awe of the sweeping views that extend in all directions.
No surprise, then, that a lovely place like this would showcase fine
sparkling wines, the cheerful drink of celebration. French elegance
and philosophy combined with a California expression was the dream
of Claude Taittinger and in 1989, Domaine Carneros opened its doors.
A romantic place in design and detail, one of the first things you’ll see
as you step from the terrace into the Salon is a dramatic portrait of
Madame de Pompadour. Legend maintains she was the mistress of
Louis XV and lived by a self-imposed rule: “Women only stay beautiful
if they drink Champagne.”
Tasting room staff chuckle when they mention the quote but
Madame de Pompadour certainly would have indulged in Domaine
Carneros 2003 Le Rêve Blanc de Blancs. Called an expressive wine of
great finesse, the romantic aromas of white flowers, baked pear and
lemon curd tempt the palate. Delightful tastes of white fruit, ginger,
crème brûlée and a grace note of toasted nuts from extensive aging are
followed by a remarkably long silky finish. Dreamers, breathe deeply.
It’s a wine to stir imagination. The vintage is 100% Chardonnay
blended from five estate clones, aged a full six years prior to release.
Le Rêve has graced distinguished tables and touched the notable lips
of names you’d recognize. Madame de Pompadour would be so
envious.
All Domaine Carneros sparkling wines are produced in the traditional Méthode Champenoise and when you visit, you’ll choose from
three levels of samplers that highlight Domaine’s sparkling classics,
Pinot Noir and Merlot, with seven out of ten wines only available for
tasting at the winery, including the Le Rêve. You’ll enjoy current
releases such as the Brut Rosé Cuvée de la Pompadour, the sparkling
wine that celebrates the life and times of its namesake. A wine of great
balance with emphasis on the fruity and floral characteristics, the Brut
Rosé Cuvée is made strictly with artisan attention to quality. Brut Rosé
Cuvée has hints of wild strawberries and roses with notes of peach and
goes especially well with early fall sunshine on the terrace overlooking
the pond. Bring a friend, claim a table, and engage in lively conversation. Rekindle a romance or come alone and let the setting inspire the
poet in you.
Even sunsets, though, pale in comparison to the delicious pairing
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options at Domaine Carneros. There are two cheese plates to entice
your senses—the Sparkling Cheese Plate and the Red Wine Cheese
Plate. The cheese selections rate high on the popularity list of pairings
and are an inexpensive way to perk up your palate. Indulge your
craving for Caviar, expertly served at your table on the terrace. You
may also choose the rich, traditional Smoked Salmon, particularly
luscious with sparkling wine. All plates are served with toast points
and Crème Fraiche from Bellwether Family Farm in Petaluma, California. All wine pairing menu options are priced reasonably, with
discounts for Chateau Society Wine Club members.
Try Domaine Carneros Pinot Noir while you linger, a food-friendly,
unfussy wine your guests will love whether you’re serving burgers on
the patio or salmon and risotto in the dining room. Carneros is Pinot
country and there are two in the current tasting portfolio you won’t
want to miss. Red wine lovers will also appreciate the rich and elegant
2005 Avant-Garde Merlot. This is the fifth vintage of a wine that began
as an experiment from a block of old-vine Merlot but was so
successful, it’s now a Domaine Carneros standard.
Domaine Carneros has a deep commitment to quality and sustainability, strengthened further in 2008 when the winery celebrated the
first harvest with all estate vineyards certified organic, America’s only
sparkling winery to achieve this distinction. Preserving the land and
conscientious practices are part of the culture here. In 2003, the largest
solar energy system of any winery in the world was installed and
skylights are used to conserve power and provide natural light. To
Domaine Carneros, the “good life” means responsibility to the future
while continuing to produce wines you’ll love.
Indulge your desires at 1240 Duhig Road on Highway 12/121, The
Carneros Highway connecting the Bay Area to Sonoma and Napa.
Visitors are welcomed from 10-6 daily. Fall is the perfect time to visit
Domaine Carneros; the slant of the sun still warms the terrace, the
Salon is quiet sophistication, and grounds are lush and green. Expect
to relax and have fun here. It’s that kind of place. Call (707) 257-0101
or visit www.domainecarneros.com for additional information.
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Tasting Room of the Week:
FREEMARK ABBEY
by Richard Paul Hinkle
Earlier this year, Freemark Abbey opened
its newly remodeled tasting room. As always,
the emphasis is on a most comfortable experience. “We want people to feel almost as if
they are entering our ‘home,’” says winemaster Ted Edwards, who has long felt at
home at Freemark, crafting memorable wines
that bespeak his experience and his sensibilities.
“The new tasting room has a Vinotheque
[climate-controlled] storage system that
showcases our Cabernets dating back to
1973,” says Edwards, “and there’s a fireplace,
a twenty-five foot long tasting bar, and a more
private Estate Room that can accommodate a
dozen tasters for special tastings.”
Edwards has always struck me as a fellow
who understands essences. “A winemaker is a
little like a chef,” he says. “Just as a chef
would grow his own herb and vegetable
garden, it is ideal for a winemaker to actively
participate in the vineyard, see the grapes
growing through harvest, and bring this
abundantly juicy produce to the winery – our
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kitchen – to make a full-bodied wine with
layers of flavor.” Just taste his latest releases.
Sauvignon Blanc 2007 Napa Valley
($24): Bright, enchanting grapefruit and
lemon fruit that begs the lemon chicken or
the slathered-in-butter filet of sole. Bring ’em
on.
Viognier 2007 Napa Valley, Rutherford
($27): Sweet celery and an orchid-like floral
note make for an intriguing combination.
Would do nicely with a lamb stew. Seriously.
Petite Sirah 2004 Napa Valley, Rutherford, Estate Bottled ($30): Near opaque in
color, full plum and blackberry fruit, with
tangy black walnut essence in the finish.
Cheddar cheese.
Cabernet Sauvignon 2003 Napa Valley
“Bootleg” ($45): Cassis and cigar box
aromatics, with solid blackberry and plum
fruit and eucalyptus spiciness. Salisbury
steak.
Cabernet Sauvignon 2005 Napa Valley
($35): Rich and round, with black cherry,
plum berry and blackberry fruit that meshes
nicely. Edwards (and assistant Brian Kosi)
draw on the best of the estate vineyards for
this wine (Bosché, Sycamore, Wood and
Veeder).
Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Napa Valley,
Sycamore ($55): This has, since its inception
in 1984, been one of my favorite Cabernets
from the Rutherford Bench, with its typical
blackberry and violet fruit, and hints of raspberry and chocolate. With all that substance,
the wine remains subtle, silky and brooding
in structure.
“Josephine” 2005 Napa Valley ($80): A
new wine, this is Freemark’s entry into the
meritage category. A blend of Cabernets
Sauvignon and Franc, Merlot and Malbec,
this is a stylish, smooth amalgam of blackberry, raspberry and dark chocolate. Bring on
the prime rib!
Freemark Abbey is on Highway 29 at Lodi
Lane, St. Helena CA 94574. Open daily from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., they can be reached at 1800-963-9698 or www.freemarkabbey.com
for further information.
[Hinkle is the author of nine wine books. His
latest, Clos Pegase: The Architecture of Wine, is
due out any minute now. See his work at RichardPaulHinkle.com.]
ZD Wines Celebrates 40th Anniversary
S T. H E L E N A
Help ZD Wines stomp grapes! This year, visitors will
discover the very essence of harvest season in Napa Valley. It’s
about the people, the wine, the beauty of the valley, and
taking full advantage of the season with a three-day harvest
celebration centered around ZD’s 40th anniversary. Founded
in 1969, ZD Wines will host three days of food, wine and
entertainment to commemorate four decades of winemaking.
WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS
Friday, October 2 – 40th Anniversary Abacus XI Dinner
Kick-off the weekend celebration. 20 couples will checkin to The Carneros Inn before enjoying an Abacus XI release
at the Hilltop Dining Room.
Saturday, October 3 – 40th Anniversary Festival
Be the first to sample fermenting 2009 harvest grapes from the barrel in ZD’s
“White Room,” experience a grape stomp, barrel-making demonstration, live music and a silent barrel
auction of 2008 Founder’s Reserve Pinot Noir to benefit the di Rosa “Art Alive”.
Sunday, October 4 – 40th Anniversary – “Return to the Past” at di Rosa “Art Alive”
Guests will join the deLeuze family at the di Rosa “Art Alive” at Winery Lake Vineyard, a historic
location for ZD Wines, founding vineyard that provided the grapes for the first crush in 1969.
For detailed information about the 40th Anniversary Celebration and ticket price, visit
www.zdwines.com/40thanniversary.html
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Calistoga
HOT SPRINGS • COOL WINES • WARM WELCOME
Dr. Wilkinson’s Hot Springs Resort Receives a Facial
Dr. Wilkinson’s Hot Springs Resort had the freshest newest rooms in
Calistoga in 1962 and now, according to co-owner Mark Wilkinson, the
resort has the freshest, newest rooms in Calistoga in 2009.
“We have just completed renovating 12 rooms in the first phase of an
overall Dr. Wilkinson’s refresh,” said Carolynne Wilkinson Clair, coowner with her brother, Mark. Celebrity designer Andrew Alford helped
create décor, which Carolynne considers restful, but “very groovy.”
Alford designs artistic and unique interiors for luxury boutique
hotels, as well as lounges, restaurants and spas. His firm’s goal is to be
the “couture artists of the decorating world.” Projects include guestroom
renovations at the Hotel George and the Topaz Hotel in Washington DC,
and the Hotel Vintage Park in Seattle. He redesigned the Helix Lounge
in Washington DC, the public areas of the Hotel Triton and the Hotel
Villa Florence in San Francisco and Spa Equilibrium at San Francisco’s
Hotel Monaco.
“Dr. Wilkinson’s is a very cool mid-century building,” he says. “I
wanted to honor the building and bring in some archives as décor.
Carolynne searched through print materials and came up with the
resort’s original brochure and mud bath post card, which we turned into
framed artwork.” As the color orange has historically been included in
the hotel's marketing and signage, Alford put it to work in pillow covers,
bed skirts and Andrew Morgan throws on luxurious new king sized
beds covered with plush white comforters. The look is nostalgic, but
hip.
“It is our goal to reach out to all age groups,” Carolynne emphasizes.
“Our naturally heated mineral water is wonderful for young people who
may be visiting to experience their first mud bath, as well as formature
guests.” Renovated rooms feature tiled, “toned up” bathrooms, high
thread count linens, hypoallergenic bedding, eclectic furnishings, telephones with computer data ports and private voice mail, irons and
ironing boards, hair dryers and aromatic bath amenities.
The renovated rooms are cool, even on Calistoga’s hottest summer
days, according to Mark. “Our new air conditioning is fast, efficient and
quiet. It was one of my personal goals to make sure that even when the
sun is relentless our guests are comfortable. People come here for the
mineral water and mud the year round. We want to make sure that their
stay is the best it can be during every season. We also assure a good
value. Even though we are refreshing the resort, it still offers an affordable as well as rejuvenating getaway.”
Dr. Wilkinson’s features three thermal pools: an extra large pool with
80 degree water, refreshing on the warmest summer days; a large pool
with 90 degree water, warm and welcoming in the evenings and in
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cooler weather; and, an indoor pool, a gigantic “hot tub” with 102
degree water, perfect for a soak or swim the year round. The resort’s redo
includes new classic teak and stainless patio furniture around pools and
in courtyards. The new complements the original, including mosaics by
Mark and Carolynne’s mother, Edy, which, hang from walls and peek
out of patios.
As Mark and Carolynne refresh their resort, which put mud baths on
the map in the 1950s, Edy’s mosaics act as a reminder of Dr. Wilkinson's
inherent charm.
Dr. Wilkinson’s is located at 1507 Lincoln Avenue on Calistoga’s
colorful main street. Restaurants and shops are just steps away, and
dozens of wineries are within a few minutes drive. The area abounds
with events and activities the year round.
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BLACK STALLION
WINERY
by Charles Neave
It may no longer be the newest winery in
the Napa Valley – even though it just opened
a couple of years ago – but it remains one of
the most attractive and has always been one of
the most welcoming, not to say unique. Built
on the grounds of an old equestrian center
with a race track, horse stables and barns, it is
not surprising that visitors are met by a
dramatic 1,200 pound sculpture of a 10-foot
bronze horse – by artist David Spellerberg –
framed by a pair of mature palm trees.
The other recurring theme you will find is,
not surprisingly, wine and wine barrels. They
form a dramatic design and architectural
elements, and in the handsome tasting room,
when you look through the glass walls of the
private dining and tasting room, your view is
inward, of the barrel cellar itself.
From the day the doors were opened, the
winery has been committed to creating ultrapremium wines that reflect the complexity
and elegance of the Oak Knoll District, Black
Stallion wines are only available at the winery
or through their wine club or website which
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ensures that every bottle comes directly from
their own cellar. As a mark of this exclusivity,
Black Stallion Winery’s production remains at
fewer than four thousand cases.
Enviably positioned as one of the Napa
Valley’s most dynamic wineries, they proudly
and consistently craft wines that are meant to
reflect the unique characteristics of the
famous Napa Valley terrain, climate and soil
as well as the multitude of unique microclimates. This is combined with the masterful
winemaking of Black Stallion winemaker
Elaine St. Clair.
Some of the wines they make include,
among the whites, Pinot Grigio (a wonderfully refreshing summer wine), Sauvignon
Blanc and Chardonnay. Among the reds you
can choose between a Merlot, the rich, plumy Syrah and a well-structured but not overpowering Cabernet Sauvignon. To finish the
meal, Black Stallion also crafts a sweet Muscat
that seems to be perfumed with almond
blossom and honeysuckle scents. The winery
also produces a Napa Valley Rosé, another
excellent choice now that warmer weather is
here. It is perhaps one of the ultimate picnic
and pool-side wines.
All of these wines are on the tasting menu,
served at the four-sided bar by an everfriendly staff that is well versed in knowledge
of both the winery and winemaking, as well
as local knowledge that can prove invaluable
to visitors. If you wish, you can also order a
wine and cheese pairing to make the experience even richer. Outdoors is a shaded area to
walk, sit and wander, and look out towards
the back of the property where vines stretch
clear to the tree line, on land where horses
once exercised and raced. Its past and present
all rolled into one, from thoroughbreds to fine
wine, both have one thing in common enviable pedigrees.
The tasting room at Black Stallion Winery
is open every day of the week from 10 a.m. to
5 p.m. They are located at 4089 Silverado
Trail just a few miles north of the Napa City
limits. For more information, call (707) 2531400 or look for them on the internet at
www.blackstallionwinery.com.
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
V Marketplace – A Variety of Fine Merchandise Awaits
Old romantic stone winery? Check.
Designer labels? Check. Fine art? Yep.
Award-winning wines? Delicious food?
Absolutely! Head no further than V Marketplace – a destination gem at the heart of
historic Yountville in Napa Valley.
Set in the old Groezinger Winery, V
YO U N T V I L L E
Marketplace is a unique collection of
contemporary shops, superb galleries, and,
of course, world-class wine boutiques that
even the most traveled-of-tourists and localof-locals will enjoy. The old Groezinger
Winery (circa 1870 and listed on the United
States Registry of Historic Places) has been
restored so that the time-worn bricks,
cobblestones and exposed wood architecture
of one of Napa’s oldest wineries today styl-
ishly houses some of the best places to find
Napa Valley winemakers, artisans, designers
and chefs.
V Marketplace is open seven days a week,
10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (except restaurants and
winebars) and is located at 6525 Washington
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Napa’s 33rd Annual Wine & Crafts Fair, September 12
The 33rd Annual Napa Wine and Crafts Fair is Saturday,
September 12, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., on First Street in Downtown Napa. The event – which features 150 artists showing original,
handcrafted art and crafts, Napa Valley wines, micro-brewed beer, and
plenty of food, attracts up to 15,000 people a year.
Marla Bird, who has orgainized the event for three years, has made
some changes to keep the show fresh. “We introduce new artists every
year, so attendees have new arts and crafts to enjoy.” Additionally, the
show will feature a children’s area, with arts and activities geared
toward the littler ones.
“We are also going to have a wine court this year,” said Bird. “Wine
booths will still be featured on First Street, but the court will be a
chance to try more wines, sit and relax and enjoy music.”
The Napa Wine and Crafts Fair has been rated as one of the top
three events in Northern California. Organizers attribute part of the
popularity to the fact it’s in Napa. “Napa in September is a wonderful
place to be. Where else can you stroll down the street, enjoying the
work of crafters while sipping a glass of Napa Valley wine? There’s a
bit of something for everyone in this Faire, whatever your taste or
budget.”
Categories for the show include: jewelry, photos, paintings,
ceramics, clothing, wood, floral, glass and more. The food court
features bands all day. Parking and admission are free.
From Highway 29, take First Street exit to Downtown. For more
information, call (707) 257-0322 or visit www.napadowntown.com.
Blues, Brews & BBQ, August 29, 1 to 6 p.m.
Blues, Brews & BBQ will have all the elements one would expect –
three musical stages, twenty micro-brewed beers and lots of BBQ. The
Napa Valley twist to the event is the inclusion of The Bounty Hunter
Rib Eatin’ Contest, when local winemakers will go mano-y-mano in an
attempt to claim rib eatin’ glory. .
Winemakers and grape growers both will sit down elbow to elbow,
and at the sound of the starter’s gun, will devour as many ribs as they
can in a limited time. Winners will receive awards and bragging rights
for the year. The Bounty Hunter Rib Eatin’ Contest will start at 3 p.m.
in the Dwight Murray Plaza in Downtown Napa.
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Napa Valley Fine Art
‘Funny Sheep’ Grazing at RASgalleries
The vineyards of Napa Valley have
“Wooley Weeders” in the winter to organically
clear weeds and RASgalleries in Yountville
has “Funny Sheep” this summer to nurture
the soul and bring a smile to your day,
everyday. New to the gallery, ceramic artist,
Renata Allen, creates whimsical sheep with
human-like faces reflective of different
cultures and with a warmth and charm that
is certain to please.
“I first met Renata at RASgalleries when
she came in looking for a piece of art a friend
had told her about. We got to chatting, she
mentioned she was a ceramic artist who
creates sheep and I knew it was meant to be,”
says RASgalleries owner, Ronda Schaer. “You
see, I grew up on our family’s sheep ranch in
the hills of Sonoma County and the sheep
bring fond memories of those days. Sheep are
such peaceful creatures and I would become
attached to certain ones in the herd because
they had such beautiful and unique faces.
Much like human faces have certain characteristics, so too do the sheep.” Each of Ms.
Allen’s sheep (AKA her “babies”) has a
personality and no two are ever alike. Ms.
Schaer continues, “In my present flock, I
have one with a huge grin showing white
teeth, another having sleepy eyes and cigar,
while another sits contemplating it’s inner
soul.”
Renata Allen moved to Napa Valley in
1994 from her native country Poland. Our
quiet, rural environment allowed her time to
develop her instinctive passion for sculpture
and while studying at Napa Valley College
she learned to express her feelings using raw
clay bodies such as bisque, stoneware and
low fire clays. Her “babies” are created from
hand built forms of coils and slabs which,
when combined with her glazes, manifest an
earthy tone, texture and mood in each original piece.
“I seek always to empower my work
with a life and breath of its own. Thus my
pieces reflect my own heart and soul frozen
in a moment of time,” said artist Renata
Allen.
See the new and expanding flock at
RASgalleries, 6540 Washington Street (next
to Bouchon Bistro), Yountville, Napa Valley
94599. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
closed on Tuesday. For further information,
please phone (707) 944-9211.
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ARGER-MARTUCCI VINEYARDS – A Napa Valley Hidden Gem
by Anna Wayne
With an annual production of 5,000 cases, Arger-Martucci Vineyards is one of the most intimate and unique tasting experiences in the
Napa Valley. During your poolside tasting that offers views of the
western Mayacamas Mountains and neighboring vineyards, you will
have the opportunity to enjoy your own picnic lunch, as well as the
company of one of the tasting room’s knowledgeable staff members.
The relaxing atmosphere and oasis-like environment allows you to do
exactly what you want to do… take your mind off the real world and
focus on the wine you are drinking.
Founded in 1998, the partnership of Arger-Martucci Vineyards is
more than a business venture between two
owners; it is a love and appreciation of
making great wine that is shared by two
families ~ one of Greek, the other of Italian
descent. Owned and managed by the Argers
and Martuccis, the enterprise is a culmination of varied talents and expertise with one
common goal: to produce limited amounts
of premium handcrafted wine.
The winery produces ten different varietals, most of which are harvested from
Arger-Martucci’s estate vineyard located
1,350 feet above the valley floor in the Atlas
Peak region of Napa Valley. Two of their
flagship wines include a red proprietal blend, the Odyssey, and a white
proprietal blend, the Iliad. Demonstrating the true art of winemaking,
both blends exemplify the masterful skill and expert palate of Owner,
Winemaker and practicing Cardiologist, Dr. Kosta Arger. The
Odyssey, their Estate Reserve and recent Double Gold/Best of Class
winner at the California State Fair Wine Competition, is a Bordeauxstyle blend that contains varying amounts (depending on the vintage)
of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petite Verdot. It
is an incredibly complex and elegant wine, with layers of chocolate,
black cherry and caramel. These delightful characteristics are derived
from both the volcanic soils on Atlas Peak and the Winemaker’s use of
French, American and Hungarian oak.
The Iliad, which was just released August 1 and serves as a complement to the Odyssey, achieves a body, flavor and richness that proves
superior to any of its individual parts. The four aromatic varietals that
compose the Iliad are Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc, Gewürztraminer and
Muscat of Alexandria. The bouquet is truly exotic with an immediate
impression of melon, pear and even coconut. The mouth-feel is
incredibly rich with hints of tropical spice, which suggests Viognier
first, then Gewurtztraminer, and finally, a hint of grapefruit from the
Sauvignon Blanc. There is a small amount (less than one-half of one
percent) of residual sugar, which enhances the richness on the palate.
This wine serves as a wonderful aperitif and is an excellent compliment to spicy foods.
Dr. Arger’s winemaking style has always maintained elements of
traditional techniques, and his Carneros Pinot Noir is a classic
example of how he has been able to bridge the gap between the
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reserved elegance of the old world and
lush complexities of new world fruit.
Boasting a rich nose of plum and chocolate-covered black cherries, this Pinot is
perfectly balanced on the palate and
reveals a classic crimson color true to
Burgundy.
The Cabernet Sauvignon is in a class of
its own and is a great example of why
Napa Valley is the best Cabernet Sauvignon producing region in the United
States, and perhaps the world. Aged in
French, American and Hungarian oak, this classic Napa Cab contains
small amounts of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, which serve to add
layers of complexity to this cinnamon and tobacco scented wine.
Their Gold Medal winning Syrah exhibits rich flavors of cherry and
white pepper. Not an overwhelming mouthful, this wine manages to
be both jammy and reserved in the same sip. This is another superb
example of the slightly restrained style employed by Dr. Arger.
Also produced at Arger-Martucci Vineyards are tiny amounts of
Petite Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Rosé and a dessert wine, the Dulcinea.
The Petite Syrah is harvested from one hundred and forty-year-old
vines near Calistoga and has been affectionately dubbed “Godzilla” by
Assistant Winemaker Vince Martucci due to its incredibly rich and
intense flavors. Their Cabernet Franc maintains classic notes of earth
and spice, truly characteristic of this Bordeaux varietal. The rosé,
named Saigniée Sauvage (or “wild blood”) is a Rosé of Cabernet Sauvignon that has been rumored to be one of the best in the Valley. Finally,
the Dulcinea, a late harvest dessert wine, is composed of 100% botrytised Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon. It has been referred to by many
as “pure heaven” and “nectar of the Gods.”
As an enthusiast of family owned, boutique wineries, I encourage
everyone to visit Arger-Martucci’s quaint tasting room and experience
the impressive array of fine wines they have to offer. Located at 1455
Inglewood Ave, just south of the town of St. Helena, the tasting room
is open to the public seven days a week from 10am until 5pm and
private barrel tastings are available by appointment. For more information, please call them at (707) 963-4334 or visit their website at
www.arger-martucci.com.
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Winemaker Profile: Fritz Winery
BRAD LONGTON
by Sue Straight, the Wine Wench
Fritz winery is a special place – the architecture is unusual (kind of like a Hobbithouse dug into the side of a hill), the staff is
friendly and knowledgeable and the wines are
great! The greatness of the wines is due to the
winemaking skills of Fritz’s winemaker, Brad
Longton.
When I stopped by to interview Brad, he
was in the middle of bottling, which can be a
harrowing time for any winemaker, but he
was gracious, funny and very nice – he took
some valuable time out to chat with me and
pour some of his wines.
Brad Longton is an Aussie – the accent and
g’day attitude come through from the first
word that comes out of his mouth. Tall and
athletic, with twinkling blue eyes, an impish
smile and easy-going demeanor, he’s the kind
of guy that anyone would want to be friends
with. And he makes excellent wine.
When asked what he does for fun, Brad
replied “I spend time with my family (two
boys, ages 4½ and 6 months), I hike and
play basketball and I love to cook, in fact,
one of my goals is to have a local chef pair
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my wines with vegetarian cuisine (he’s a
vegetarian).”
His favorite thing about his job is the
diversity that winemaking provides. “There
are four distinct seasons in winemaking –
harvest, tending the wines, bottling preparation and finally bottling” he tells me with a
smile. He also loves the fact that he’s
constantly learning, so his daily duties never
get “stale.”
Originally from Perth, West Australia, Brad
learned his craft from ten years of hands-on
cellar experience. He started at Fritz Winery
in 2005 as Assistant Winemaker and took
over the reins as Winemaker in 2007. His
personality is reflected in the finished wines –
all of the wines that I tasted were complex
and intense, yet fun and approachable.
There are three different brands at Fritz
(two of them are new): Vino Valpredo, named
after Fritz Winery’s owner’s wife’s maiden
name; Lost Canyon; which focuses on single
vineyard Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Syrah
and, of course, the original Fritz brand wine.
I tasted a delicious handful of wines
during my visit at Fritz Winery. My favorites
were:
2008 Fritz Estate Sauvignon Blanc:
Aromas of tropical fruit (pineapple and
mango), melon and Myer lemon meld with
cut hay and mineral notes. These aromas
continue as flavors with good intensity in the
bright, juicy mouth.
2008 Lost Canyon Ruxton Vineyard
Chardonnay (fall release): Mouthwatering
scents of baked apple, buttered toast, lemon
cream and baking spices lure the taster into a
voluptuous mouthful of classic Chardonnay
goodness.
Brad is a hands-on winemaker – unless he’s
on the road promoting the wines, Brad is
happy to meet visitors, give tours of the winemaking facility and answer any questions that
may arise. Take my word for it – don’t miss
out! Go to Fritz Winery, taste their delicious
wines and if you can catch him, say “g’day” to
Brad.
Tasting room hours at Fritz Winery are
10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day, so pack a
picnic and head for the beauties of Fritz
Winery and its wines, at 24691 Dutcher
Creek Road, Cloverdale. For answers to questions about Fritz Winery, call (707) 894-3389
or check: www.fritzwinery.com.
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Chardonnay for Your Skin
by Margie Tosch
WINE AND HOSPITALITY NETWORK
Are you getting your Vinotherapy? I am ...
If you know me, you know that food and wine are a major part of
my life! I even have a few grape vines growing in my little backyard. I
also lead a life that is just plain hard on my hands; between flying
trapeze, cooking, catering and dishes, dogs, cats and horses, my poor
hands don’t stand a chance. It is a constant battle to keep them moisturized. I’ve tried many products, but franky hadn’t found one that I
really loved – until now! And its perfect for me, because it even
includes Chardonnay! So now I am not only drinking my wine, but
applying it externally as well.
Chardonnay Pear Essence Body Butter is produced by Wine
Country Naturals, a Northern California-based company that specializes in “Vinotherapy.” Making a a line of all natural skin care products
with botanicals, wine grapes, and
grapeseeds, the products are
packed with beneficial ingredients and antioxidants. That’s all
well and good, but the way it
feels is what really has me
hooked. Light and non-greasy, it
feels amazingly rich! My hands
(and elbows, knees and feet) have
been thanking me everyday. I
have even tucked a second jar
into my catering box, so I can get
my fix even while working.
Wine Country Naturals makes
three other vinotherapy products:
Zinfandel Currant Essence Mud
Masque, Cabernet Plum Essence
Salt Scrub and Chardonnay
Honey Essence Hand Lotion.
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Kendall-Jackson 13th Annual
Heirloom Tomato Festival
The 13th Annual Heirloom Tomato Festival will be held on Saturday, September
12 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kendall-Jackson Wine Center, 5007 Fulton Road in
Santa Rosa. Taste more than 175 varieties of heirloom tomatoes. Enjoy gourmet food
from North Bay chef’s, wine and garden seminars, garden tours, a tomato growing
contest, a Chef Challenge and live entertainment, all paired with exceptional KendallJackson wines.
This year’s Chef Challenge features Chef Hosea Rosenberg, winner of Bravo’s Top
Chef Season Five in a Top Chef match against Jamie Lauren, Executive Chef of
Absinthe Brasserie in San
Francisco.
Tickets for this perennial sell-out are $65.
Tickets can be purchased
at the Kendall-Jackson
Wine Center, by calling
1-800-769-3649, at the
Kendall-Jackson Tasting
Room in Healdsburg at
337 Healdsburg Avenue,
or at www.kj.com/events.
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Continued from page 10
structure on the ranch, called the Prune Shed in reference to the
principal Russian River Valley cash crop of the early 1900s. From
subsistence farming to elite Pinot Noir, the history of MacMurray
Ranch tells a story of Sonoma County agriculture from the 1850s to
the 21st Century. Join us in experiencing this exhibition while
enjoying MacMurray Ranch Wines.
About 2009 Sonoma Wine Country Weekend Sponsors and Beneficiaries
A partnership between Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers and
Sonoma County Vintners, Sonoma Wine Country Weekend is the
area’s largest wine and food fundraiser, having donated more than a
combined $8 million to local charities that support students, children,
farm workers and people in need.
The 2009 Sonoma Wine County Weekend is presented by Visa
Signature, whose cardholders will receive exclusive perks and savings
throughout the event. From benefits that save time to benefits that
help to safeguard purchases, Visa Signature helps cardholders get the
most out of life. In addition to a choice of numerous airline, hotel and
other premium reward partners, cardholders enjoy access to aroundthe-clock complimentary concierge services; epicurean events and
reservations at the hottest restaurants; premium merchant offers; and
access to exclusive events such as the Olympics, Super Bowl and the
Tony Awards, as well as preferred access and seating at local sporting
events, concerts and movie screenings. For more information about
Visa Signature, visit www.visa.com/signature.
Other partners include Executive Sponsors: Trilogy Glass & Packaging and MacMurray Ranch; Major Sponsors: American AgCredit
and Sonoma County Winegrape Commission; Winery Sponsors:
Cline Cellars, Jacuzzi Family Vineyards, Rodney Strong Vineyards,
and Gloria Ferrer Caves and Vineyards; Supporting Sponsor: Caliber
WinePak and Stölzle USA; Media Sponsors: Wine Spectator, Gourmet
Magazine and San Francisco Magazine. For a complete list of beneficiaries and sponsors of the 2009 Sonoma Wine Country Weekend,
visit www.SonomaWineCountryWeekend.com.
About Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance and Foundation
The Sonoma Valley Vintners & Growers Alliance (SVVGA) is a
non-profit trade organization serving over 500 vintners, growers and
associates who share a mission to promote awareness of Sonoma
Valley’s grapes, wine and history as the birthplace of the California
wine industry. The Sonoma Valley Vintners and Growers Foundation
(SVVGF) is a non-profit 501c.3 organization that has raised over
$6,000,000 for local Sonoma Valley charities through the Sonoma
Valley Harvest Wine Auction. For more information on the SVVGA
and SVVGF, call 707-935-0803 or visit www.SonomaValleyWine.com.
About Sonoma County Vintners
Sonoma County Vintners (SCV) is the leading voice of Sonoma
County wine, dedicated to raising awareness of Sonoma County as
one of the world’s premier wine regions, noted for its heritage of
artisan winemaking, distinct growing regions and extraordinary
quality. Founded in 1944, SCV represents more than 175 wineries of
all sizes throughout the county, visit www.SonomaWine.com.
About MacMurray Ranch
MacMurray Ranch, located in the heart of the Russian River Valley,
is dedicated to crafting award-winning Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris
wines for the Pinot enthusiast. MacMurray Ranch wines are available
nationwide wherever top quality wines are sold. For more information
about MacMurray Ranch, visit www.MacMurrayRanch.com.
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D O W N T O W N
HEALDSBURG
UPCOMING EVENTS
See page 16 or visit www.healdsburg.com for more event information
AUGUST 27-29 – Seasons After Hours by Ferrari-Carano – Seasons of the Vineyard Tasting Bar &
Boutique, 5:30-6:30pm. Series of speakers and special events, www.seasonsofthevineyard.com or 707-431-2222
AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 21 – FLASH a Photography Showcase – Plaza Arts Center, opening
reception at the gallery on August 28, 5-7pm. Open daily 11-5, www.plazaartscenter.org or call 707-431-1970
AUGUST 29 – Promenade et Pique-nique Series (Stroll and Picnic) – Copain Wines $35pp;
10:30am-1:30pm. www.copainwines.com, 707-836-8822
AUGUST 29 – Say Cheese! – Wine and Food Pairing, Lambert Bridge Winery, 5 wines & 5 cheeses, 2-3:30pm.
For more information, please visit www.lambertbridge.com or call 800-975-0555 x13
AUGUST 29 – Burger & Wine BBQ on the Terrace – Sbragia Family Vineyards, Hamburger with all
the fixin’s $5; hamburger and a glass of wine $10, 11:30am-3:30pm, www.sbragia.com or call 707-473-2992 ex.10
AUGUST 30 – Soda Rock Farm Tomato BIGnight at Bovolo – 6:30pm, $69, bottomless glasses of
cin cin wines, www.bovolorestaurant.com or to secure your spot, please call 707-431-2962
AUGUST 30 – Experience Naples – Supper Club & Wine Dinner at Santi Restaurant, Geyserville. 5:30-8:30 pm
$40pp - 4 courses (plus tax, gratuity & beverage), www.tavernasanti.com/SupperClubMenu.htm, 707-857-1790
AUGUST 30 – Antique Fair – Downtown Healdsburg's Plaza Park. Sunday, August 30, 9 am - 4 pm. Free.
Sponsored by Healdsburg Historical Society. For more information please call 707-578-7772
SEPTEMBER 3 – Jimtown Store First Thursday Wine Bar – Mauritson Family Winery, Merriam
Vineyards and Davenport & Company Winery, 6-8pm, $35/advance & $40/door. 707-433-1212
SEPTEMBER 4 – Mugnaini Wood-Fired Ovens Cooking Classes – Lambert Bridge Winery,
roasting and grilling techniques, 11am-2pm, RSVP. www.lambertbridge.com or call 800-975-0555 x13
SEPTEMBER 4 – First Fridays Art Walk – 15 Galleries in Downtown Healdsburg, 4-7pm. To download the
Guide/Map, visit the Art Walk 2009 WebPage at www.healdsburg.com/events/art_walk.asp
SEPTEMBER 5 – Annual Instant Wine Cellar Celebration – Healdsburg Museum and Historical
Society. Win 101 bottles of wine, $25pp, raffle tickets extra. 5-7pm, www.healdsburgmuseum.org, 707-431-3325
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Sonoma Valley Museum of Art Juried Biennial Exhibition
The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art (SVMA) has released the names
of 48 Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Solano and Mendocino County artists
whose 59 original works will appear in the SVMA Biennial 2009 exhibition from Saturday, September 5th through Sunday, November 29th.
The exhibition will be the fourth juried biennial competition put on
by the museum with content that covers a broad range of scale and
media, including painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, mixed
media and sculpture.
Respected art experts Susan Cummins, Michael Schwager, and
Frances McCormack selected 59 pieces for the exhibition from 300
entries by regional artists. More than half of the selected artists are
from Sonoma County, with eight from Sonoma Valley and the
remaining from Marin, Solano and Mendocino counties.
The SVMA Biennial 2009 exhibiting artists are from Sonoma; Hugh
Buttrum, Lori Goldman, Margaret Hatcher, Ryan Lely, Lin Lipetz,
Tatiana McWethy, Richard Moquin, Melissa Parhm, Boyan Rodoslav,
Boyes Hot Springs; Michael Acker, Petaluma; Dee Dushkes, Jon
Gariepy, Connie Goldman, Eric Hunter, Lance Kuehne, Christopher
Newhard, Murray Rockowitz, Santa Rosa; Todd Barricklow, Alan Lant,
Lin Max, Naomi Murakami, Sherry Parker, Deborah Salomon,
William Smith, Stanley Sommer, Anneliese Vobis, Napa; Peter
Scaturro, Nancy Shapiro, Robert Wollard, Sebastopol; Alan Azhderian,
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Deborah Colotti, Bernadette Howard, Novato; Michelle Brown,
Deborah Hamon, Kathy Knebel, St Helena; Lilea Duran, San Rafael;
Sona Holman, Kentfield; Sharon Paster, Mill Valley; Alice Corning, La
Garnish, Willits; Linda MacDonald, Benecia; Edward Brooks, Davis;
Emma Luna, Fort Bragg; Sandy Oppenheimer, Greenbrae; Stela
Mandel, Forest Knolls; Holly Blake, Ukiah; Jacquie Lolich and from
Vacaville: Susan De Haven.
Museum members and exhibiting artists are invited to a special
preview of the exhibition on Friday, September 4th, from 6:30 to 8
p.m. At this event, the museum will present six prizes awarded by the
jurors including: Best of Show, $1,500; Second Award, $750; Third
Award, $300, and three honorable mentions.
The SVMA Biennial 2009 competition was open to all residents of
Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Solano, and Mendocino counties. The judging
panel evaluated slides of two-and three-dimensional artwork in all
media. Art had to be original and completed within the last three
years, and each artist could enter no more than two works. Active
board members and museum staff were not eligible.
During the exhibition, SVMA will be open to the public Wednesdays through Sundays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission will be $5, free
to members and to everyone on Sundays. Memberships can be
acquired or renewed at the door.
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Audelssa Winery Offers Twilight Tours & Tapas
Locals Wednesday Discount Announced
Audelssa Estate Winery announced
that it will offer Twilight Vineyard
Tours and Tapas every third Thursday
of the month hosted by Winemaker
Erich Bradley. Tours feature a walkabout through their spectacular vineyard, where Bradley will explain about
the different soil types and how they
affect the various varietals and the
resulting wines. A tour of the winery is
included along with a complete tasting
of all the current releases as well as
some surprise tastings from barrels or library. Recent French Culinary
Institute graduate, Lizzy Brewer will prepare authentic Spanish style
seasonal tapas made exclusively from local ingredients. The vineyard
and winery tour, including the tasting and tapas costs $35 per
person. A maximum of 12 people attend any given twilight tour.
Known as the “Home of Extreme Viticulture,” Audelssa Estate
Winery has one of the most distinctive vineyard sites in northern
California. Cascading some 1,200 vertical feet down the Sonoma
slope of the Mayacamas Mountains, the 80 acre vineyard shows
extreme diversity reflecting the multiple and varied soil types on the
location. Its southwest perch on the Sonoma side of Mount Veeder
provides extraordinary views and wines that are elegant, complex and
sophisticated. In his Wine Advocate, wine guru Robert Parker
summed it up, “This impressive estate continues to turn out sensational wines.”
Founders Dan and Jeanne Schaefer planted vines on the site in
1990. During the formative years Audelssa wines were produced by
the iconic Richard Arrowood at nearby Arrowood Vineyards and
Winery. Arrowood’s Bradley thought that the wines would benefit
from a more artisanal approach, one that actually followed a more
Burgundian tradition. “It was an unorthodox concept,” said Bradley,
“making Bordeaux and Rhone varieties in that style, but I felt it would
create the most graceful and seductive expressions of this very special
place.” In 2002, the Schaefers hired Bradley to be their winemaker
and he was able to pursue his dream.
Bradley is a native Californian who became interested in wine
when his family purchased a 26-acre ranch in Sonoma County with
eight acres of vineyard and a 500-case winery. He studied wine-
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making at U.C. Davis and viticulture at
Santa Rosa Jr. College. Previous to
Audelssa, he worked for Dick
Arrowood and with David Ramey. His
wines at Audelssa have been an
unqualified success. The estate bottled
Bordeaux style blend named Summit
has scored above 90 points with
Robert Parker for three consecutive
vintages, as have three vintages of the
Cabernet Sauvignon. More recently
the Rhone style wines have cracked
the 90 point barrier with the 2005
Syrah (Maelstrom) scoring 93 points
and the 2005 Zephyr scoring 91points.
The Twilight Tours are available on the third Thursday of each
month from now through October when they will conclude with a
single larger event featuring a full dinner. The Twilight Tours start at
5:30 p.m. and last about two hours. Included are the tour of the vineyards, the winery and the tasting all led by winemaker Erich Bradley.
Tapas prepared by Chef Lizzy Brewer will be served as well. Tours are
limited to no more than 12 people per session and cost $35 per
person. “Wine and food aside,” commented Josie Gay Director of
Marketing and Brand Management, “you’ll have to trust me when I
say the views alone are worth the price of admission.”
Audelssa also offers special tastings at their Local’s Wednesday
event. Every Wednesday from now through September locals who
visit the Audelssa tasting room can sample the “Flight of the Night”
paired with cheeses and charcuterie for a nominal charge. Locals will
receive a discount on select wines. The event runs between 5:30 and
7:30 p.m. every Wednesday night. The tasting room is located at
13647 Arnold Drive in Glen Ellen, California.
For more information on Audelssa Estate Winery, the Local’s
Wednesday event or to make reservations for your own Twilight Tour,
call their tasting room at (707) 933-8514 or visit their website at
www.audelssa.com.
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– 12 Wineries –
One Great Place
35 East Napa Street, Sonoma
(707) 935-1200
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VJB Vineyards & Cellars Celebrates Italy in Kenwood
On each of two Saturdays in August, 150 of VJB Vineyards &
Cellars’s Club Enoteca members were welcomed as family at the
Kenwood home of Vittorio and Maria Belmonte with entertainment,
a leisurely four-course luncheon and, to be sure, wine.
The Carnavale Italiano began with unlimited tastings at each of
five stations set up in the Belmontes’ garden that included barrel
offerings and the drink-it-now ’05 “V” Cabernet Sauvignon (velvet in
a glass).
Maria’s career as a professional chef was apparent: antipasto
followed by farfallo (bowtie pasta perfectly al dente) in a ragu Bolognese sauce (beef, chicken and tomato with Pamesan cheese), and a
main course of carne alla broce (grilled lamb chops, Italian sausage
and chicken marinated in fresh herbs with seasonal vegetables).
The finale was Mottonella, ricotta and mascarpone cheeses
blended to the consistency of cake, placed atop lady fingers with a
syrup of rum, Gran Marnier and apricot – perfectly complemented by
VJB Vineyards & Cellars’s unusual Chardonnay Port. Abbondanza!
VJB Vineyards & Cellars produces just 5,000 cases annually, with
limited availability of the very hard-to-find Aglianico and a
Montepulciano produced from grapes grown in the vineyard that
fronts the Belmontes’ home. All wines are available only through Club
Enoteca membership and at the tasting room – 9077 Sonoma
Highway (Hwy. 12) in Kenwood, (707) 833-2300. Vittorio is there
almost every morning to personally make espresso and cappuccino.
Jars of Maria’s sauces and tapenades can be purchased as well, along
with pastas imported from Italy.
B.R. Cohn Fall Music Festival & Golf Tournament, October 3-5
Vintner, philanthropist and music artist manager Bruce Cohn is
very pleased to announce support acts for the 23nd Annual B.R. Cohn
Charity Events Fall Music Festival which will be held Saturday and
Sunday, October 3rd and 4th, at the B.R. Cohn Winery Amphitheater,
15000 Sonoma Highway, Glen Ellen. Performers include the Doobie
Brothers and Journey headlining. This is the first ever appearance by
Journey at the famed Cohn amphitheater. Also new to the stage at B.R.
Cohn this year is Jackie Greene, fresh from his stint as front man for
Phil Lesh and Friends. Also back this year are favorites Pablo Cruise
on both days and the Doobie kids, Pat Simmons Jr. on Saturday and
Lara Johnston on Sunday. Rounding out the weekend are the
legendary Taj Mahal and Little Feat plus newcomers the Eyewitness
Blues Band and from Sonoma the Whiskey Thieves.
Tickets are $95 in advance. They are on-sale at the winery and all
Ticketmaster outlets. Special two-day tickets are $170 and are also available at Ticketmaster and the winery. Special VIP seats at $325, complete
with food and beverage service, are available through
www.brcohn.com or by phone at (707) 931-7924 or 1-800-3304064, ext. 124.
In addition, Cohn’s annual celebrity golf tournament returns to the
famed Sonoma Golf Club and will be held on Monday, October 5th.
The popular charity auction and dinner will be held Friday, October
2nd at the B.R. Cohn Winery’s 140-year-old Olive Grove at 6 p.m.
Contact the winery regarding invitations to the tournament, dinner
and auction at www.brcohn.com.
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Steele Wines Harvest Festival, Vineyard Run, October 10-11
The 13th annual Steele Wines Harvest
Festival – held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday, October 10 and 11 –
will be featuring wine, food, art, entertainment and more.
Famous for its grape-stomping competition for kids and adults, the two-day festival
will offer a chicken barbecue served by the
local 4-H Club, as well as several vendor
booths with plentiful food, fine art, arts and
crafts, and other unique souvenirs and gifts.
Live music during the festival will be
provided by Cal Alumni Big Band, Bill
Noteman & the Rockets and more.
Tasting of the Steele wine collection from
Lake County vineyards also will be available
throughout the weekend, and tasters will go
home with a Steele Wines logo glass.
Children are welcomed to attend the event
and hang out in the kids’ corner, featuring
face painting, storytelling, kids’ crafts and
more.
Sponsored by Steele Wines and held in
conjunction with the Harvest Festival, the
20th-annual Vineyard Run for Literacy will
take place Sunday, October 11. A benefit for
the Lake County Literacy Coalition, the
5K/10K run and 5K walk begin at Steele
Wines, taking participants through autumncolored vineyards and orchards. Registration
is at 8 a.m. Sunday, and the race follows at
9 a.m. The entry donation is $15 per person
and $25 per family.
Steele Wines is located at 4350 Thomas
Drive at Highway 29 in Kelseyville. The
tasting room is open Sunday through Friday,
11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Saturday. For more information about Steele
Wines or the festival, call (707) 279-9475 or
visit www.steelewines.com. For more information on the Vineyard Run for Literacy, call
(707) 263-7633.
Yorkville Highlands Wine Festival at Meyer Family Cellars, August 29
Every year, on the last Saturday in August, the Yorkville Highlands
Wine Festival is hosted at Meyer Family Cellars, located near mile
marker 34.20 (between Cloverdale and Boonville) from 2 until 7 p.m.
Wine lovers and families alike, are encouraged to attend this fun-filled
day in the scenic Yorkville Highland rolling hills.
Highlights will include tasting Yorkville wines made and grown
within the region, a tour of Meyer Family Cellars, delicious regional
cuisine featuring roast pork and savory lamb barbecue, live music, a
tempting silent auction along and fun activities such as a grape stomp
competition, the barrel roll race and other winery games suitable for
both adults and children.
Tickets are $60. For information, visit www.yorkvillehighlands.org
or call (707) 895-2341. For more information about the Yorkville
Highlands Vintners and Growers Association, their wineries, growers
and wines, visit www.yorkvillehighlands.org or contact Amelia Weir
at (415) 381-8201 or ameliasw@sbcglobal.net or Matt Meyer of Meyer
Family Cellars at (707) 895-2341 or matt@mfcellars.com.
Pure Mendocino Weekend
Celebrations at Dark Horse Vineyards in Ukiah on August
29th and at The Apple Farm in Philo on August 30 Showcase Life
and Health Around Mendocino County’s Certified Organic and
Biodynamic®
Pure Mendocino, a weekend celebration benefiting the Cancer
Resource Centers of Mendocino County, will celebrate its 5th
anniversary this year with a new two-day schedule. On Saturday,
August 29th, from 5 to 9 p.m., Paul Dolan will host an alfresco
wine dinner at his Biodynamic® Dark Horse Vineyard above the
Talmage Bench. Prepared by Chef Craig Strattman of Ukiah’s
Patrona Bistro & Wine Bar, the $135 per person five-course
dinner will be paired with a diverse range of Mendocino County
wines. On Sunday, August 30th, The Apple Farm will be showcased at an afternoon of food and wine tasting that includes a
silent auction and a farm tour led by hosts Tim and Karen Bates.
Tickets are $40 per person. Both events feature locally grown or
wild-harvested organic and Biodynamic cheese, meats and
produce, all complemented by wines from 100% of Mendocino
County’s organic and Biodynamic wineries.
For more information and registration, visit the website at
www.puremendocino.org or telephone (800) 449-6483.
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LIVERMORE | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
28th Annual Livermore Valley Harvest Wine Celebration
Wineries pouring at the Harvest Village:
eyard
Harvest Wine Celebration at Concannon Vin
Harvest Wine Celebration at McGrail Vineyard
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Livermore Valley Wine Country – Labor Day Weekend
Sunday, September 6, 12-5pm & Monday, September 7, 12-4pm
More than 40 wineries will showcase their wines and unique personalities in celebration
of the harvest season. Meet Livermore Valley winemakers, taste new releases, dance your socks
(or flip flops) off to live bands, learn winemaking tips, enjoy activities and more!
NEW THIS YEAR – Harvest Village
Bodegas Aguirre Winery
Cedar Mountain Winery
Concannon Vineyard
Cuda Ridge Wines
Deer Ridge Vineyards
Eagle Ridge Winery
Eckert Estate Winery
El Sol Winery
Elliston Vineyards
Fenestra Winery
Les Chênes Estate Vineyards
Little Valley Winery
Longevity Wines
Ocassio Winery
Page Mill Winery
Ruby Hill Winery
Ryhan Estate Vineyards
Tenuta Vineyards
Thomas Coyne Winery
Wente Family Estates
Westover Winery & Palomares Vineyards
There will be more than 20 wineries pouring wine at the Harvest Village (located at
Wineries pouring at their winery location:
Robertson Park in Livermore) on Sunday and Monday. In addition to the wineries, there
Bent Creek Winery
Big White House & John Evan Cellars
will be live music, arts and crafts vendors, food vendors, adult fun and more! Bring your
Charles R Vineyards
lawn chairs and picnic blankets and enjoy the fun! Visit LVwine.org for a list of Harvest
Chouinard Vineyards
Village events and band line-up.
Crooked Vine Winery
In addition to the Harvest Village, there will be 20 wineries hosting festivities at their
Garré Vineyard & Winery
winery locations. On Sunday, there will be complimentary shuttle busses taking guests to
La Rochelle Winery
each of these wineries. More than 20 buses will travel on three different bus routes with
Livermore Valley Cellars
several wineries on each route. Each of these wineries will host wine tasting, music, special
McGrail Vineyards
barrel tastings, arts and craft vendors, food vendors and fun. Buses all begin at the Harvest
Mitchell Katz Winery
Village (located at Robertson Park in Livermore).
Murrieta’s Well
Tickets for both days are $50 in advance, $75 the day of the event. Sunday only tickets
Retzlaff Estate Winery
Rodrigue Monyneaux Winery
are $45 and Monday only tickets are $40. Non-drinking tickets are $10 and are valid both
The Singing Winemaker
days. Ticket includes entrance into Livermore Valley wineries, entrance into the Harvest
The Steven Kent Winery
Village located at Robertson Park, wine tasting from more than 40 wineries, free parking,
Stony Ridge Winery
complimentary shuttle buses running between
Tamás Estates
wineries (Sunday only), live entertainment, a
Wente Family Estates
take home wine glass, official event program,
White Crane
and good time! Visit LVwine.org for winery
Wood Family
events and ticket information.
Sponsors:
Wineries are open to ticket holders only on
Bay Area Newsgroup
Sunday and Monday of Labor Day Weekend.
Comcast
Harvest Wine Celebration is the yearly
East Bay BMW and MINI
fundraiser for the Livermore Valley WinePleasanton Rentals
growers Association, a non-profit organization
Safeway
which supports the wineries and growers in
PW Markets
the Livermore Valley American Viticultural
Tommie’s Deli
Complimentary shuttle buses on Sunday
Area. For more information, visit LVwine.org.
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Celebrate Harvest with Garré
Head to Garré Winery during the Harvest Wine Celebration during
Labor Day Weekend; Sunday, September 6 and Monday, September 7,
and enjoy the wine country at its most festive. Garré will offer wine
tasting, live blues band, crafts such as Hugo Naturals Botanical
Apothecary Body Care, Olivina Olive Oil, Cookie Lee Jewelry, pottery,
wine charms, local artists and painters and more! Make sure to make
it for Chef Ty’s large outdoor barbecue and southwestern-style cuisine.
Garré Winery is located at 7986 Tesla Road, Livermore. For more
information, call (925) 371-8200, email garre@garrewinery.com or
visit the website at www.garrewinery.com.
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LODI/WOODBRIDGE | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
Taste of Lodi – Incredible Opportunity to Taste Lodi Wines
Lodi is one of California’s most-recognized regions for high-quality
grape and wine production. With more than 70 wineries producing
premium wine varietals the region has become a major destination for
wine lovers.
Once a year visitors can get a special look and taste of the Lodi
region. On Sunday, September 27th, more than 40 award-winning Lodi
wineries and the area’s finest restaurants and caterers will come together
for the eighth annual Taste of Lodi presented by the Visit Lodi! Conference & Visitor’s Bureau. The beautiful grounds of the historic Wine &
Roses Hotel Restaurant & Spa will host the annual event.
“The event is getting bigger and better every year,” said Nancy
Beckman, President and CEO of Visit Lodi! Conference & Visitor’s
Bureau. “Taste of Lodi gives visitors an incredible opportunity to see
what Lodi has to offer as a wine country destination.”
At the Taste of Lodi, guests will sample wine and food offerings of
this Northern California fine wine region. While enjoying the
epicurean delights, visitors will stroll through the beautiful grounds of
the historic and recently expanded Wine & Roses Hotel Restaurant &
Spa.
Laura McIntosh, of the syndicated show “Bringing it Home with
Laura McIntosh,” will host three celebrity chef demonstrations.
Complimentary wine tasting seminars, held in the Cellar Room, will
highlight some of the award-winning wines from the Lodi region
sponsored by General Mills & MPI Label Systems.
Joe Leningan’s “Little” Big Band will keep the music playing all
afternoon with a repertoire ranging from big band and swing to Latin,
Oldies, Rock ’n’ Roll and today’s pop hits.
A popular attraction returning this year will be the Port, Cigar and
Chocolate pavilion, where visitors can purchase and enjoy chocolate
treats from a local chocolate company, and cigars from Stogies of Lodi.
Port tasting will be available from a variety of Lodi wineries.
“We’re thrilled to host this event and to give our guests the chance
to experience great food and wine on our grounds,” said Russ
Munson, managing partner for Wine & Roses.
The event will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, September 27th
at Wine & Roses, located at 2505 West Turner Road in Lodi. Tickets
are $40 advance and $50 on day of the event. Group rates are available. Tickets can be purchased by calling 800-798-1810 or visiting
www.TasteOfLodi.com. Sacramento magazine is the event sponsor.
The Visit Lodi! Conference & Visitors Bureau and Wine & Roses are
organizers of the event.
Lodi boasts 750 winegrape growers, 75,000 acres of vineyards and
more than 70 wineries. The region’s annual yield of approximately
600,000 tons of grapes comprises 18 percent of California’s total wine
grape production – more than Napa and Sonoma Counties combined.
Lodi leads all other California wine districts in the production of
the top five premium wine varieties – Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot,
Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc and Zinfandel. Plus, more than 60
leading California wineries buy grapes from the region including E&J
Gallo, Glen Ellen, Fetzer, Delicato, Napa Ridge, Ravenswood,
Kenwood Vineyards and Beringer.
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WINERIES
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Nevada County
El Dorado
Calaveras
Amador
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Arena Tickets Available For Monterey Jazz Festival, Sept. 18-20
Offering a rare opportunity for fans to purchase and retain Arena
seats, the Monterey Jazz Festival has announced that Arena Packages
for the 52nd Annual Monterey Jazz Festival are still available. An
Arena Package provides intimate access to exclusive world-class music
on the legendary Jimmy Lyons Stage, the site of countless musical
memories and historic events since 1958.
“Arena Tickets are like an heirloom purchase – patrons can renew
their seats every year,” says Timothy Orr, Marketing Associate for MJF.
“In times like these, upgrades, which in previous years would have
been difficult, are now possible. The Arena is where you feel the weight
of history, and this offers our fans a chance to be a part of that history.”
Arena Packages are on sale now by phone at (925) 275-9255 and
on the Monterey Jazz Festival’s website, montereyjazzfestival.org.
Arena Packages are available starting from $225, and include one
reserved seat for each of five concerts on the Arena/Jimmy Lyons Stage,
access to all performances and activities on eight additional stages
throughout the Grounds throughout the weekend, plus conversations,
exhibitions, panel discussions, international shopping, food and
beverages, and more.
Exclusive and legendary performances in the 6500-seat Arena are
commonplace at the Monterey Jazz Festival since 1958. Exclusive
Arena artists for 2009 include the Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and
Lenny White Trio; Dave Brubeck Quartet; John Scofield and the Piety
Street Band; Pete Seeger; Susan Tedeschi; Hank Jones / Joe Lovano
Quartet; George Duke; Next Generation Jazz Orchestra featuring
Wynton Marsalis and the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
Big Band.
Arena artists additionally performing on the grounds will include
Conrad Herwig’s Latin Side All-Star Band, the Monterey Jazz Festival
All-Stars featuring Kenny Barron, Regina Carter, Kurt Elling, and
Russell Malone, Esperanza Spalding, John Scofield, Jazz at Lincoln
See Monterey Jazz Festival, page 73
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The Crush is On! Grapes Come Marching In…
Although this summer was relatively cool overall, there were some
definite heat spikes to promote sugar development, but none of sufficient length to necessitate watering where irrigation is not typically
done. As we move from August into September, the clock really starts
ticking. Many local wineries are bottling right at the very last minute,
emptying their barrels and getting ready for the new juice. Last
August, a last minute heat wave, accompanied by the light crop load
due to the early spring frosts and May heat wave and fires, caused
many to scramble to bring in rapidly ripening fruit. The fewer the
clusters per vine, the more quickly and evenly they will ripen. Hence,
the opposite is true. So this year, because so many vines in the Santa
Cruz Mountains bore much less fruit than normal last year, they are
more vigorous and loaded this year. This can lead to uneven veraison,
and may force another pass through the vineyards to drop clusters and
remove leaves to create more light penetration as the angle of the sun
gets lower.
Loma Prieta’s estate vineyards look to have more fruit than ever,
with hopefully some really nice Pinot on the horizon. They barely got
enough estate Cabernet to fill a barrel last year: will they end up with
more this harvest? The end of September should tell.
Will Burrell School make up for the shortfall on Merlot and
Cabernet Sauvignon they experienced last year? Even the 2008
Chardonnay, which was just bottled, was way down. This year’s crop
looks robust, and Anne and Dave are very excited about the first
harvest of Petite Verdot. Almost as excited as they are about the
pending arrival of twin grandsons! Early in 2008, the A block of
Chardonnay was budded over to Petite Verdot, a spicy, darkly
pigmented blender that adds depth to Bordeaux blends.
From winemaker Katy Lovell’s Livermore vineyards, Poetic Cellars
will be getting higher quality fruit and less of it in 2009. Livermore
was one of the few areas not adversely affected by the 2008 disasters,
and consequently bore a large crop load. The vines are taking a little
break this year, which is a good thing. Since Poetic obtains Merlot
from Livermore and the cooler Regan vineyard here in the Santa Cruz
Mountains, look for a spectacular release of the marriage of these two
flavor profiles in the coming years.
Wine Happenings in the Santa Cruz Mountains
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 – Poetic Cellars Pours at Vino Locale Wine Bar in Palo Alto
Meet the winemaker, Katy Lovell, 431 Kipling St, Palo Alto, 6-9pm, www.vinolocale.com, 650-328-0450
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 & 13 – Capitola Art & Wine Festival
This coastal end of summer fling features 14 local wineries, including Burrell School, which has been voted the most
popular winery for the last four years! Food, wine, live music and loads of fun.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 – Saratoga Art & Wine Festival – Noon to 8pm, downtown Saratoga
Food, arts & crafts, ice cream, live music and fine wines. Poetic Cellars pouring. 408-867-5213.
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 AND 13 – Fall Open House and Release Party –
Big Basin Vineyards in Boulder Creek, barrel samples and new releasesb Chef Steven King (www.stevenaltonking.com)
presents savory taste treats to accompany the wines, live music, 40pp, includes logo’s crystal glass, no charge for Friends
of the Vineyard, www.bigbasinvineyards.com
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 – Vintage Santa Clara – 1pm til 4pm, Santa Clara University, Loma Prieta and
Poetic Cellars will be pouring at this annual gathering of SCU alums involved in winemaking.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 – Healthy Kids Benefit – 1 to 4pm, Thomas Fogarty Winery on Skyline Blvd,
Woodside – Elegant wine tasting and auction featuring Big Basin Vineyards, Burrell School, Generosa, King’s Mountain and
Poetic Cellars, food by La Papillon, tickets $150, 408-874-1912, www.healthykidsfund.org.
SATURDAY, September 19 – Gourmet Grazing on the Green, noon to 5pm, Aptos Village Green. Santa Cruz Cancer
Benefit Group. Wineries: Hunter Hill, Burrell School, Poetic Cellars and Vine Hill. Tickets $50, 831-246-2665; www.sccbg.org
SATURDAY, September 26 – “Harvest Haikus” at Poetic Cellars, noon to 5pm, $10 pp, four delectable food and wine
pairings plus recipes; new releases. No charge for club members. Live music, art and haiku contest. 5000 N. Rodeo Gulch,
Scotts Valley, 831-462-3478
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Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Joe
Lovano with John Patitucci and Brian Blade, and Jason Moran and The
Bandwagon.
Sunday Night in the Arena features an Arena exclusive: Three
Generations of Pianists, with the Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and
Lenny White Trio; the Dave Brubeck Quartet (celebrating the 50th
anniversary of Time Out); and the 2009 Commission Artist, Jason
Moran and The Bandwagon, debuting this year’s MJF-chartered work,
Feedback. The piece refers to another historic event held on the
Monterey Fairgrounds 42 years ago – the Monterey Pop Festival,
which included the U.S. debut of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. On the
Arena stage in 1967, the iconic and influential guitarist shocked audiences by setting his guitar on fire and smashing it on stage. Moran’s
Feedback will try to recapture the symbiotic relationship when
performers and audiences are engaged in a musical and psychic
dialog.
Tickets are available by phone at (925) 275-9255 and on the
Monterey Jazz Festival’s website, montereyjazzfestival.org. Full
Weekend Arena Packages are available starting from $225, and
include one reserved seat for each of five concerts on the Arena/Jimmy
Lyons Stage, access to all performances and activities on eight additional stages throughout the Grounds throughout the weekend, plus
conversations, exhibitions, panel discussions, international shopping,
food and beverages, and more.
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Chateau Julien Hosts Benefit BBQ
Chateau Julien Wine Estate
friends, family and staff
members will once again ride as
Team CJ for the September 12,
Best Buddies Hearst Castle Challenge ride down Highway One.
With the support of the
Monterey County Vintners and
Growers Association, additional
local winery teams will be
joining the cause for 2009. To
help reach fundraising goals,
Team CJ will host a barbecue on
Saturday, August 29th from
noon to 4 p.m. at the Wine
Estate in Carmel Valley. Proceeds
from the barbecue will go
directly to Best Buddies.
The winery has partnered
with Best Buddies for the past
five years, as the starting point
for the 100-mile ride down
Highway One to Hearst Castle.
Individual team members are
responsible for fundraising and
riding up to 100 miles.
Team CJ raised nearly $9,000
in 2008 and rode more than 500
miles to support the cause. “It
was a wonderful, inspirational
day,” comments Chateau Julien
employee and top 2008 team
fundraiser Melinda Klescewski.
“We thought the barbecues
would help spread the word and
increase involvement.”
Wild Thyme Deli will prepare
a choice of delicious tri-tip or
half chicken with salad and
barbecued beans for guests to
enjoy at home or at the Wine
Estate picnic grounds. Orders
can be placed on-line at
www.chateaujulien.com. Prices
Not to Scale
are $12 for the chicken or $15
for the tri-tip.
Best Buddies was founded in
1989 by Anthony Kennedy
Shriver to end social isolation for
people with intellectual disabilities through meaningful, lasting
one-to-one friendships with
their non-disabled peers. For
more information, visit the
website at www.bestbuddies.org.
This year the ride will begin at
Quail Lodge and riders have a
choice of 100-, 62- , 30- or 15mile distance.
Contact Kristin Horton at the
Wine Estate directly if you are
interested in joining the team –
khorton@chateaujulien.com.
The Wine Estate is open daily
for wine tasting, picnicking and
tours and is one of the few local
wineries that offer tours daily.
Come learn about the local wine
industry amongst the vineyard
and the hills of the Santa Lucia
Mountains. Chateau Julien Wine
Estate is located at 8940 Carmel
Valley Road in Carmel Valley. For
more information, call (831)
624-2600.
Harvest Wine Seminar
CARMEL
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Mark your calendars for
Chateau Julien’s Harvest Wine
Seminar, Friday, September 25.
Join the Winemakers and
embrace a new vintage of
Chateau Julien wine. More than
ten tons of grapes will be
crushed,
de-stemmed
and
prepared for aging followed by a
family-style dinner in the Wine
Estate’s cellar. Grape crush begins
at 7 p.m., dinner is at 8 p.m.
Price is $115 per person, club
members are $90 per person.
Experience the excitement of
harvest!
Mountain View 8th Annual Art & Wine Festival, Sept. 12-13
If a sun-splashed festival featuring world-class art by 650 of
America’s top artists, two days of great music, fabulous food and drink,
tons of fun for kids and a new organic and green products showcase
sounds good to you, head to downtown Mountain View for the 38th
Annual Art & Wine Festival, September 12-13. The festival will be
held on September 12-13 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Castro Street
between El Camino Real and Evelyn Avenue in Mountain View, California. Admission is free. For festival information, call (650) 968-8378
or visit www.miramarevents.com.
Twelve big-name bands play a wide-ranging musical mix on stage
and street – Motown, rhythm and blues, swing, rock ’n’ roll, jazz, soul,
world-beat, Celtic folk, funk, disco, Latin jazz, rumba flamenco and
party music. The Kids’ Stage will feature a non-stop Guitar Hero allstar performance showcase. Action-packed Kids’ Park will feature
hands-on art booths, Mobile Rock’s 24-foot climbing wall, temporary
tattoos, the tummy-tickling Froghopper and Berry-Go-Round rides,
Cat-In-The Hat bounce house, Tsunami Tidal Wave slide, create-yourown colorful wax hands art, whimsical sand sculptures, and thrilling
virtual reality motion theater.
Festival eateries will be serving up a world of flavorful fare, perfect
for strolling. Complementing the fabulous food will be premium
wines, refreshing margaritas, microbrews, and non-alcoholic beverages. This year’s special festival brew from Tied House is a Honey
Wheat Ale, a refreshing brew fashioned from the tradition of a fine
American Wheat Ale, perfect for a warm summer outing. The Honey
Wheat Ale is brewed with a 50/50 blend of barley and wheat malt to
create that perfect light beverage to enhance your enjoyment of the
outdoors. Tied House’s Cascade Amber Ale, Stella Artois, Bass Ale,
Shock Top Belgian White and Bud Light will also be served. Lovely
varietals from eight exceptional winemakers – Forestville, Crane Lake,
Salmon Creek, Laurier, Bad Dog, Hacienda, Fat Cat and Mont Pellier
– will also be served.
This year’s festival will feature a new component – the latest and
greatest exhibits featuring organic, natural, healthy and eco-friendly
products. Festivalgoers can experience, first-hand, how these products
can help you live a better, healthier and “greener” lifestyle.
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WINERY LISTINGS | WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK
NAPA VALLEY
A Dozen Vintners – 3000 Highway 29 North, St. Helena; 707 967-0666
Open daily 10-5
ACACIA VINEYARD – 2750 Las Amigas Road, Napa
Explore Wine Country less traveled and experience the beauty of Acacia.
Situated on a country lane with spectacular views of San Pablo Bay,
Acacia is dedicated to producing award-winning, vineyard designate Pinot Noir
0and Chardonnay from some of the oldest vines in Carneros.
Open by appointment only, Mon-Sat 10am-4pm and Sun noon-4pm
707-226-9991 (ext.2) or 887-226-1700 (toll free)
Acacia Vineyard – 2750 Las Amigas Road, Napa; 707 226-9991
Aetna Springs Cellars – 7227 Pope Valley Road, St. Helena; 707 965-2675
Aetna Springs Cellars – 7227 Pope Valley Road, St. Helena; 707 965-2675
Ahnfeldt Wines – Uncorked at Oxbow Tasting Room, 605 First St. Napa; 707 927-5864
Alpha Omega – 1155 Mee Lane @ Highway 29, Rutherford; 707 963-9999
Amizetta – 1099 Greenfield Road, St. Helena; 707 963-1460
Amuse Bouche Winery – 2930 St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 707 967-8814
Anderson’s Conn Valley Vnyds – 680 Rossi Road, St. Helena; 707 963-8600
« ANDRETTII WIN E RY – 4162 Big Ranch Road, Napa; 888 460-8463
Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours (Private Tours for 10 or more), Educational Programs
Open by appointment only
Daily 10-6, Tuesdays 11-8
Daily 10-6
Open daily 10-5
« ARGE R- M AR TUCC I – 1455 Inglewood Ave, St. Helena; 707 963-4334
Open daily 10-5
Wine Tasting, Gift Items, Picnic Area, Arts Exhibit, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Food Pairing
Ariel Vineyards – 1312 Town Center, Napa; 707 257-9731
Mon-Sat 9-5, Sun 10-3
Arns – 601 Muno Road, St. Helena; 707 963-3429
« ARTESA – 1345 Henry Road, Napa; 707 224-1668
Gift Items, Children OK; Call for Winery Tours at 11 & 2, Vineyard Tours, Food Pairings
Atalon – 3299 Bennett Lane, Calistoga; 1-800-224-4090
August Briggs – 333 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-4912
Back Room Wines – 1000 Main Street, Napa; 707 226-1378
« BALDACCI – 6236 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 944-9261
Gift Items, Children & Pets OK
Ballentine Vineyards – 2820 St. Helena Hwy N, St. Helena; 707 963-7919
Barlow Vineyards – 4411 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-8742
Barnett Vineyards – 4070 Spring Mountain, St. Helena; 707 963-7075
Beaulieu Vineyards – 1960 Hwy 29, Rutherford; 707 967-5233
Behrens & Hitchcock – 4078 Spring Mountain Road, St. Helena; 707 963-1774
Bell Wine Cellars – 6200 Washington St, Yountville; 707 944-1673
Open daily 10-4:30
Open daily 11-5
Open daily, 10:30-4:30
Sun-Wed 10-6, Thu-Sat 10 to 9
Open daily 10-4
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10-4
« BENESSERE WINERY – 1010 Big Tree Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-5853
Open daily 10-5
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Food Pairings
Beringer Vineyards – 2000 Main St, St. Helena; 707 967-4412
Open daily 10-5 Oct-Apr, May-Sep 10-6
« BENNETT LANE – 3340 Hwy 128, Calistoga; 877 MAX-NAPA
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK;
Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Vineyard Tours, Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Black Cat Vineyard – 1075 Shadybrook Ln, Napa; 707 321-0866
« BLACK STALLION – 4089 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 253-1400
Gifts, Children & Pets OK, Cheese Pairings;
Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Boeschen – 3242 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-3674
Bouchaine Vineyards – 1075 Buchli Station Rd, Napa; 707 252-9065
Bounty Hunter Rare Wine Co. – 975 First St, Napa; 707 226-3976
Bourassa – 190 Camino Oruga, Napa 707 254-4922; 800-499-2366
Boyd Family – 4042 Big Ranch Road, Napa; 707 254-7353
Bremer Family Winery –975 Deer Park Road, St. Helena; 707 963-5411
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Open daily 10-5:30
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10:30-4
Sun-Thu 11-10, Fr-Sa 11-Midnight
Daily 10-5 by appointment
« Especially recommended by Wine Country This Week
Brown Estate – 3233 Sage Canyon Road, St. Helena; 707 963-2453
Limited, by appointment only, closed Sundays
Buehler – 820 Greenfield Road, St. Helena; 707 963-2155
Burgess Cellars – 1108 Deer Park Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-4766
Cafaro Cellars – 2591 Pinot Way, St. Helena; 707 963-7181
Cain – 3800 Langtry Road, St. Helena; 707 963-1616
Cakebread Cellars – 8300 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 707 963-5222
Calafia Cellars – 629 Fulton Lane, St. Helena; 707 963-0114
Caldwell – 169 Kruzer Lane, Napa; 707 255-1294
Tours/tasting by appointment only at 10:30, 1:30 or 4:30
Cali 351 – 400 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-9581
Thu-Mon 10-5
« CALISTOGA CELLARS – 1371 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga; 707 942-7422
Su, Mo, We, Th, 12-5pm Fri-Sa 12-6pm
Gifts, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Closed Tu
« CALISTOGA WINE STOP – 1458 Lincoln Ave, #2 Calistoga; 707 942-5556
Cardinale – 7600 St. Helena Hwy, Oakville; 707 944-2643
Cartlidge & Brown – 205 Jim Oswald Way, Ste. B, American Canyon; 707 552-5199 x222
Daily 10-6
Open daily 10:30-5
Open Mon-Sat10-5
« CASA NUESTRA WINERY – 3451 Silverado Trail No, St. Helena; 707 963-5783
Gifts, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours & appointments
Open Mon-Sat 10-5
Open daily 9:30-6
« CASTELLO DI AMOROSA – 4045 North St. Helena Hwy (Hwy 39), Calistoga; 707 942-8200
Gifts, Children & Pets OK; call ahead for: Winery & Cave Tours, reservation recommended
Caymus Vineyards – 8700 Conn Creek Rd, Rutherford; 707 967-3010
Open daily by appointment
Ceja Vineyards Tasting Room – 1248 1st St, Napa; 707 226-6445
Open daily 12-6, Th-Sat 12-10
Chappellet Vineyard – 1581 Sage Canyon Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-7136
Charbay Winery & Distillery – 4001 Spring Mtn Rd; St. Helena; 707 963-9327
Open daily 10-4
« CHARLES KRUG WINERY – 2800 Main St. Hwy 29, St. Helena; 707 967-2229
Chase Family Cellars – 2252 Sulphur Springs Road, St. Helena; 707 963-1284
Chateau Boswell – 3468 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-5472
Chateau Montelena – 1429 Tubbs Ln, Calistoga; 707 942-5105
Chimney Rock Winery – 5350 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 257-2641
Clare Luce Abbey – 2893 St. Helena Highway, St. Helena; 707 963-7431
Cliff Lede Vineyards – 1473 Younvtille Cross Rd, Yountville; 707 944-8642
Open daily 10:30-5
Open daily 9:30-4
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10-4
« CLOS DU VAL WINERY – 5330 Silverado Trail, Napa; 800 993-9463
Open daily 10-5
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; call ahead for: Wine Tours, Vineyard Tours, Food Pairings
Clos Pegase – 1060 Dunaweal Ln, Calistoga; 707 942-4981
Open daily 10:30-4:30
Conn Creek Winery – 8711 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-9100
Open Sat 10-4, Sun-Fri 11-4
Constant – 2121 Diamond Mountain Rd, Calistoga; 707 942-0707
Corison Winery – 987 St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 707 963-0826
Open daily 10-5 by appointment
Cornerstone Cellars – 6505 Washington St., Building C, Yountville; 707 948-6512
Cosentino Winery – 7415 St. Helena Hwy, Yountville; 707 944-1220
Open daily 10-5:30
Crane Family Winery – 1051 Borrette Lane, Napa; 707 259-0175
Cuvaison Estate Wines – 4500 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-2468
Open daily 10-5
Cuvaison Estate Wines – 1221 Duhig Road, Carneros (between Napa & Sonoma); 707 942-2455
Open daily 10-5
Darioush Winery – 4240 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 257-2345
Open daily 10:30-5
David Arthur – 1521 Sage Canyon Road, St. Helena; 707 963-5190
David Fulton – 825 Fulton Lane, St. Helena; 707 967-0719
Del Dotto Caves – 1055 Atlas Peak Rd, Napa; 707 963-2134
Del Dotto Vineyards – 1445 St. Helena Highway, St. Helena; 707 963-2134
Delectus Winery – 908 C Enterprise Way, Napa; 707 255-1252
Open Mon-Fri by appointment
di Rosa Preserve – 5200 Carneros Hwy 121, Napa; 707 226-5991
Open Tu-Fr 9:30-3
Diamond Oaks – 1595 Oakville Grade, Oakville; 707 948-3000
Open daily 10-4:30
Diamond Terrace – 1391 Diamond Mountain Road, Calistoga; 707 942-1189
« DOMAINE CARNEROS – 1240 Duhig Rd, Napa; 707 257-0101
Gifts, Children OK, Winery Tours, Vineyard Tours; Call ahead for groups of eight or more
Open daily 10-6
WINE COUNTRY THIS WEEK | WINERY LISTINGS
Domaine Chandon – 1 California Dr, Yountville; 707 944-2280
Dominari – 210 Camino Oruga, Napa; 707 226-1600
Duckhorn Vineyards – 1000 Lodi Lane, St. Helena; 707 963-7108
Open daily 10-6
Open by appointment, 10-4
« DUTCH HENRY WINERY – 4300 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-5771
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Cave Tours, Food Pairings
Eagle & Rose – 1844 Pope Canyon Rd, Pope Valley; 707 965-9463
Ehlers Estate – 3222 Ehlers Lane, St. Helena; 707 963-5972
Open daily 10-4:30
Open daily 9-4
Open daily 10-4
« ELIZABETH SPENCER – 1165 Rutherfrod Road, Rutherford; 707 963-6067
Gift Items, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Food Pairings
Elkhorn Peak Cellars – 200 Polson Rd, Napa; 707 255-0504
Elyse – 2100 Hoffman Ln, Napa; 707 944-2900
Envy Wines – 1170 Tubbs Ln, Calistoga; 707 942-4670
Open daily 10-6
Open by appointment only 10-5
Open daily 10-4:30
Etude Winery – 1250 Cuttings Wharf Rd, Napa; 707 257-5300
Failla – 3530 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-0530
Falcor – 2511 Napa Corporate Dr, Ste 115, Napa; 888-402-WINE
Farella-Park – 2222 N. Third Ave, Napa; 707 254-9489
Far Niente – 1350 Acacia Dr, Oakville; 707 944-2861
Fleury Estate Winery – 950 Galleron Rd, Rutherford; 707 967-8333
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10-4
Open daily 10-4
« FLORA SPRINGS - THE ROOM – 677 St. Helena Hwy So., St. Helena; 707 967-8032
Children & Pets OK, Picnic Area
« FLORA SPRINGS WINERY – 1978 Zinfandel Ln, St. Helena; 707 967-6723
Open daily 10-5
Flying Horse – 2825 St. Helena Highway, St. Helena; 707 965-1600
« FOLIE A DEUX – 7481 St. Helena Hwy, Oakville; 800 535-6400
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Open daily 10-6
« FOLIO ENOTECA – 610 First Street #10, Napa; 707 256-3700
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Children Welcome ; Call ahead for Food Pairings
Open Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri 11-7
Tue 11-8, Sat 8-6, Sun 11-5
Thu-Tue 10-4:30
« FOLIO WINEMAKERS’ STUDIO – 1285 Dealy Lane, Napa; 707 256-2757
Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Picnic Area, Children Welcomed; call ahead for: Winery Tours, Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Fontanella Family – 1721 Patrick Road, Napa; 707 252-1017
Open daily 10-4
Forman Vineyards – 1501 Big Rock Road, St. Helena; 707 963-3900
Franciscan Vineyards – 1178 Galleron Rd, Rutherford; 707 963-7111
Open daily 10-5
« FRANK FAMILY VINEYARDS – 1091 Larkmead Lane, Calistoga; 707 942-0859
Gift Items, Picnic Area
Open daily 10-5
Frazier Winery – 70 Rapp Lane, Napa; 707 255-3444
Open by appointment
« FREEMARK ABBEY – 3022 St. Helena Hwy 29 N., St. Helena; 707 963-9694
Gift Items, Children Welcomed; Call ahead for: Winery Tours
Frog’s Leap – 8815 Conn Creek Road, Rutherford; 707 963-4704
Gargiulo – 575 Oakville Crossroad, Napa; 707 944-2770
Girard Winery – (Tasting Room) 6795 Washington, Yountville; 968-9297
Godspeed Vineyards – 3655 Mount Veeder Rd; 707 254-7766
Golden State Vintners – 401 St. Helena Highway South, St. Helena; 707 963-2335
Goosecross Cellars – 1119 State Lane, Yountville; 707 944-1986
Graeser Winery – 255 Petrified Forest Rd, Calistoga; 707 942-4437
« GRGICH HILLS – 1829 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 707 963-2784
Gift Items, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours By Appt. at 11 & 2, Food Pairings
Groth – 750 Oakville Crossroad, Oakville; 707 944-0290
Guilliams – 3851 Spring Mountain Road, St. Helena; 707 963-9059
Gustavo Thrace – 1021 McKinstry St, Napa; 707 257-6796
« HAGAFEN CELLARS – 4160 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 252-0781
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Wine Tours
Open Daily 10-5
Open daily 10-6
Daily 10-5
Open daily 10-4
Open 11-6 Sun-Wed; 11-8 Thu-Sat
Open daily 10-4
Hall Rutherford – 56 Auberge Road, Rutherford; 707 967-0700
Hall St. Helena – 401 St. Helena Hwy So, St. Helena; 707 967-2620
Open daily 10-5:15
Hans Fahden Vineyards – 4855 Petrified Forest Rd, St. Helena; 707 942-6760
Open by appointment
Hartwell Vineyards – 5795 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 255-4269
Open Wed-Sun 11-4
Havens Wine Cellars – 2055 Hoffman Lane, Yountville; 707 261-2000
Open daily 10-4:30
Heitz Cellars – 436 St. Helena Hwy 29, St. Helena; 707 963-3542
Open daily 11-4:30
Helena View Johnston – 3500 Highway 128, Calistoga; 707 942-4956
Hendry – 3104 Redwood Dr, Napa; 707 226-8320
Hess Collection – 4411 Redwood Rd, Napa; 707 255-1144
Open daily 10-5:30
Hill Family Estate – 6512 Washington, Yountville; 707 944-9580
Open daily 10-6
Honig Vineyards – 850 Rutherford Rd, Rutherford; 707 963-5618
Open daily by appointment 10-4
Hope & Grace – 6540 Washington St, Yountville; 707 944-2500
Mon-Sat 10-6
Hopper Creek – 6204 Washington St, Yountville; 707 944-0675
Open daily Open by appointment only 11-4
J. Kirkwood Winery – 1020 Borrette Lane, Napa
Limited tours and tastings by appointment only
James Cole – 5014 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 251-9905
James Creek – 2249 James Creek Rd, Pope Valley; 707 965-2646
« JESSUP CELLARS – 6740 Washington St, Yountville; 707 944-8523
Art Exhibits; Call ahead for Food Pairings, last tasting at 5:30pm
Open daily 10-6
« JOSEPH PHELPS VINEYARDS – 200 Taplin Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-2745
Gift Items, Children OK; Tastings & Seminars by appointment
Last tasting Mon-Fri at 3:30pm, Last tasting on Sat-Sun 2:30
Mon-Fri 9-5, Sat-Sun 10-4
« JUDD’S HILL – 2332 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 255-2332
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Children Welcomed
Juslyn – 2900 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 265-1804 (Poured at Silenus Vintners)
Kapcsandy Family Winery – 1001 State Lane, Yountville; 707 265-1804
Keever – 26 Vineyard View Dr, Yountville; 707 944-0910
Kelham – 360 Zinfandel Ln; St. Helena; 707 963-2000
Kuleto Estate – 2470 Sage Canyon Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-9750
Ladera – 150 White Cottage Rd So, Angwin; 707 965-2445
Laird Family Winery – 5055 Solano Ave., Napa; 707 257-0360
Larkmead Vineyards – 1100 Larkmead Ln, Calistoga; 707 942-0167
Lava Vine – 965 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-9500
Long Meadow Ranch – 1775 Whitehall Ln, St. Helena; 707 963-4555
Winery open by appointment only
Open daily 10-5
Open by appointment 10-5
« LOUIS M. MARTINI – 254 St. Helena Hwy So. (Hwy 29 ), St. Helena; 707 968-3361
Gift Items; Call ahead for: Wine Tours at 11 & 2, Cellar Tours, Food Pairings
Open daily 10-6
LUNA VINEYARDS
The first winery on the left heading north on the Silverado Trail. Enjoy the
salon-like atmosphere of this beautiful tasting room where you can sample
Luna Vineyards’ highly regarded Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Grigio and
other varietals at the magnificent tasting bar. Private tours, along with tastings
in their gorgeous private reserve room, by appointment only.
Open daily 10-5, 2921 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 255-2474
MJA – 647 Greenfield Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-3394
McKenzie-Mueller – 2530 Las Amigas Rd, Napa; 707 252-0186
Madonna Estate Winery – 5400 Old Sonoma Rd, Napa; 707 255-8864
Madrigal Vineyards – 3718 N. St. Helena Hwy, Calistoga; 707 942-6577
« MAHONEY VINEYARDS – Taste at Oxbow, 708 First St, Napa; 707 265-9600
Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings
Mario Perelli-Minetti – 1443 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-8310
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10-4
Open daily 11-6
Open Thu-Sun 10-5
Markham Vnyds – 2812 St. Helena Hwy 29, St. Helena; 707 963-5292
Open daily 10-5
Marston Family Vineyard – 3600 White Sulphur Springs Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-8490 Open by appointment
Mayacamas Vineyards – 1155 Lokoya Rd, Napa; 707 224-4030
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Mason Cellars – Tasted at Oxbow, Napa 707 255-0658
« MERRYVALE VINEYARDS – 1000 Main St, St. Helena; 707 963-7777
Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK
Call ahead for: Wine Tours Sat & Sun at 10:30, Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Milat Vineyards – 1091 St. Helena Hwy S, St. Helena; 707 963-0758
Miner Family – 7850 Silverado Trail, Oakville; 707 944-9500
« MONTICELLO VINEYARDS – 4242 Big Ranch Rd, Napa; 707 253-2802
Gift Items, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Wine Tours, Food Pairings
Open Thu-Mon 11-5:30
Open daily 10-6:30
Open daily 10-5:30
Open daily 11-5
Open daily 10-4:30
Morey Cellars – Napa
Call for information; 707 226-2348
Moss Creek Winery – 6015 Steele Rd, Napa; 707 252-1295
Open by appointment
Mount Veeder Winery – Poured at Franciscan: 1178 Galleron, Rutherford; 707 967-3830
Open daily 10-5
« MUMM NAPA – 8445 Silverado Trail, Rutherford; 800 MUM-NAPA
Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Wine Tours
Open daily 10-5
« NAPA CELLARS – 7481 St. Helena Hwy, Oakville; 707 944-2565
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Children OK
Napa Valley Farms – 929 Main St, St. Helena; 707 963-8011
Open daily 10-6
Open by appointment
Napa Wine Company – 1133 Oakville Cross Rd, Oakville; 707 944-1710
Open daily 10-4:30
Neal Family Vineyards – 716 Liparita Rd, Angwin; 707 965-2800
Open by appointment
Newton Vineyards – 2555 Madrona Ave, St. Helena; 707 963-9000
Open by appointment
Neyers Vineyards– 2153 Sage Canyon Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-8840
Open by appointment
Nichelini Winery – 2950 Sage Canyon Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-0717 Weekends 10-5, weekdays by appointment
Nickel & Nickel – 8164 St. Helena Hwy, Oakville; 707 967-9600
Open Mon-Fri 10-3, Sat-Sun 10-2
« O’BRIEN ESTATE – 1200 Orchard Ave, Napa; 707 252-8463
Open by appointment Mon-Sat 10-5
Oakville Ranch Vineyards– 7781 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707-944-9665
Open by appointment
Olabisi – 974 Franklin St, Napa; 707 257-7477
Open Mon-Sun 11-6
OnThEdge – (Vermeli Wines) 1255 Lincoln Ave, Calistoga; 877-668-4334
Daily 10-5
Opus One – 7900 St. Helena Hwy, Oakville; 707 944-9442
Orin Swift Cellars – 1352 Main St, St. Helena; 707 967-9179
Open by appointment Mon-Fri 1-4
Palmaz Vineyards – 4029 Hagen Road, Napa; 707 226-5587
Paloma Vineyard – 4013 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-7504
Open by appointment
Paoletti Vineyards – 4501 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-0689 Open by appointment Fri-Sat 11-5, 11-4 Sun
Paradigm – 1277 Dwyer Rd, Oakville; 707 944-1683
Open by appointment
Paraduxx – 7257 Silverado Trail, Yountville; 707 945-0890
Open by appointment
Patz & Hall – 851 Napa Valley Corporate Way, Ste A, Napa; 707 265-7700
Open Wed-Sun 10-4
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
Peju – 8466 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 707 963-3600
Open daily 10-6
Pheonix – Poured at Vintners Collective: 1245 Main St, Napa; 707 255-7150
Open daily 11-6
Pina Cellars – 8060 Silverado Trail, Rutherford; 707 738-9328
Open by appointment
Pine Ridge – 5901 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 252-9777
PlumpJack Winery – 620 Oakville Crossroad, Oakville; 707 945-1220
Open daily 10-4
Pope Valley Winery – 6613 Pope Valley Rd, Napa; 707 965-1246
Open Thurs-Sun 11-5 or by appt.
« PRAGER WINERY & PORT WORKS – 1281 Lewelling, St. Helena; 707 963-PORT (7678)
Children & Pets OK
Pride Mountain Wines – 4026 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-4949
Provenance – 1695 St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 707 968-3633
Quintessa – 1601 Silverdo Trail, St. Helena; 707 967-1601
$45 fee includes a vineyard and winery tour, tasting of two vintages and a small food pairing
Quixote – 6126 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 944-2659
« RAYMOND VINEYARD – 849 Zinfandel Ln, St. Helena; 707 963-3141
Gift Items, Children OK; Call ahead for Wine Tours
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Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open daily 10-4
Razi Winery – 3108 Silverado Trail; 707 224-4299
Redmon Family – 1185 Starr Ave, St. Helena; 707 968-9252
Mon-Sat by appointment
Open by appointment
Regusci Winery – 5584 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 254-0403
Revana Family – 2930 St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 707 967-8814
Open daily 10-5
Open by appointment
Reverie Winery – 1250 Diamond Mtn Rd, Calistoga; 707 942-6800
Open by appointment
Reynolds Family – 3266 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 258-2558
Ritchie Creek – 4024 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-4661
Robert Biali – 4038 Big Ranch Rd, Napa; 707 257-7555
Robert Craig Wine Cellars – 880 Vallejo St, Napa; 707 252-2250 x1
Robert Keenan – 3660 Spring Mtn. Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-9177
Robert Mondavi – 7801 St. Helena Hwy 29, Oakville; 707 968-2001
Robert Pepi – 7585 St. Helena Hwy, Oakville; 707 944-2807
Robert Sinskey Vnyds – 6320 Silverado Trail, Yountville; 707 944-9090
Robinson Family Vnyds – 5880 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 944-8004
« ROMBAUER VINEYARD – 3522 Silverado Trail, No, St. Helena; 707 963-5170
Children OK; Call ahead for Wine Tours at 10:30 & 11:30
Round Pond Winery – 886 Rutherford Rd, Rutherford; 1-877-963-9364
Rubicon Estates – 1991 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 707 968-1161
Rudd Winery – 500 Oakville Cross Rd, Oakville; 707 944-8577
Ruston Family – 2798 Spring St, St. Helena; 707 967-8025
Rustridge Ranch – 2910 Lower Chiles Valley Rd, St. Helena; 707 965-9353
Open daily 10-4:30
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open by appointment Mon-Sat
Open by appointment
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 11-4
Open daily 10-4:30
Open by appointment
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10-5
Open Tues-Sat 10-5
Open by appointment
Open daily 10-4
Rutherford Grove – 1673 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 707 963-0544
Open daily 10-4:30
Rutherford Hill – 200 Rutherford Hill Rd, Rutherford; 707 963-1871
Rutherford Ranch – 1680 Silverado Trail, Rutherford; 707 963-5251
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10-4:30
Saddleback Cellars – 7802 Money Road, Oakville; 707 944-1305
St. Clement Vineyards – 2867 St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 800 331-8266
St. Helena Wine Center – 1321 Main St, St. Helena; 707 963-1313
St. Helena Winery – 100 Pratt Ave, St. Helena; 707 967-9463
St. Supéry – 8440 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 800 942-0809
Saintsbury – 1500 Los Carneros Ave, Napa; 707 252-0592
Open daily 10-5
Open Mon-Sat 10-6, Su 10-5:30
Open by appointment
Open daily 10-5
Open Mon-Fri by appointment
Salvestrin Vineyard – 397 Main Street, St. Helena; 707 963-5105
Saviez Vineyards – 4060 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-5889
Open daily 10-4
Open by appointment
Sawyer Cellars – 8350 St. Helena Hwy, Rutherford; 707 963-1980
School House Vineyards – 3549 Langtry Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-4240
Schramsberg – 1400 Schramsberg Rd, Calistoga; 707 942-2414
Open daily 10-4
Open by appointment
Open daily 10-4
Schweiger Vineyards – 4015 Spring Mt Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-4882
Scott Harvey – Poured at Salinas: 5225 Solano Ave, Napa; 707 968-9575
Seavey Vineyard – 1310 Conn Valley Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-8339
Open by appointment
Open 10-4
Open by appointment
« SEQUOIA GROVE – 8338 St. Helena Hwy 29, Rutherford; 707 944-2945
Open daily 10:30-5
Gift Items, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Wine Tours, Food Pairings
Shafer Vineyards – 6154 Silverado Trail, Nap; 707 944-2877
Open by appointment
Sherwin Family – 4060 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-1154
Open by appointment
Signorello Vineyards – 4500 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 255-5990 Fri-Sun 10:30-4:30, Mon-Thu by appointment
Silenus Vintners – 5225 Solano Ave, Napa; 707 299-3930
Silo’s Jazz & Wine Bar – 530 Main St, Napa; 707 251-5833
Tues 4-7, Wed-Thurs 4-10, Fri-Sat 4-12
Silver Rose Cellars – 400 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-9581
Daily 10-5
Silverado Trail Wine Studio – 3105 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 226-8569
Silverado Vineyards – 6121 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 257-1770
Open daily 10-5
Silver Oak Cellars – 915 Oakville Crossroad, Oakville; 1-800-273-8809
Sky Vineyards – 1500 Lokoya Rd, Napa; 707 935-1391
Smith Madrone – 4022 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-2283
Spelletich Cellars – 425 Gateway Rd W, Napa; 707 363-5757
Spottswoode – 1902 Madrona Ave, St. Helena; 707 963-0134
Spring Mountain – 2805 Spring Mtn. Rd, St. Helena; 707 967-4188
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars – 5766 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 944-2020
Staglin Family – 1570 Bella Oaks Ln, Rutherford; 707 944-0477
Steltzner Vineyards – 5998 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 252-7272
Open Mon-Sun 9-4
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open daily 10-4:30
Open by appointment
« STERLING VINEYARDS – 1111 Dunaweal Lane, Calistoga; 707 942-3344
Self-Guided Winery Tours, Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK
Stonehedge Winery – 1004 Clinton St, Napa; 707 256-4444
Stony Hill Vineyard – Call ahead for appointment; 707 963-2636; St. Helena
Open daily 10-4:30
Open Wed-Sat 11-7
Open Mon-Fri 9-5
Storybook Mountain – 3835 Hwy 128, Calistoga; 707 942-5310
Sullivan Vineyard – 1090 Galleron Rd, Rutherford; 707 963-9646
Open daily 11-5
« SUMMERS/VILLA ANDRIANA – 1171 Tubbs Lane, Calistoga; 707 942-5508
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings
Summit Lake – 2000 Summit Lake Dr, Angwin; 707 965-2488
Open by appointment
« SUTTER HOME WINERY – 277 St. Helena Hwy S, St. Helena; 707 963-3104
Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings
Swanson Vineyards – 1271 Manley Ln, Rutherford; 707 967-3500
Teachworth – 4451 St. Helena Hwy, Calistoga; 707 942-8432
Terra Valentine – 3787 Spring Mountain Rd, St. Helena; 707 967-8340
The Terraces – 1450 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-1707
Tom Eddy – 3870 Hwy 128, Calistoga; 707 942-4267
Trahan Winery – 974 Franklin St, Napa; 707 257-7477
Trefethen Vineyards – 1160 Oak Knoll Ave, Napa; 707 255-7700
Tres Sabores – 1620 S. Whitehall Lane, St. Helena; 707 967-8027
Trespass Vineyard – 1859 Hillview Place, St. Helena; 707 963-0804
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open daily 11-6
Open daily 10-4:30
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
« TRINCHERO FAMILY ESTATES – 3070 N. St. Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 1-800-473-4454
Trinitas Cellars – 875 Bordeaux Way, Napa; 707 251-1956
Truchard – 3234 Old Sonoma Rd, Napa; 707 253-7153
Tudal Winery – 1015 Big Tree Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-3947
Tulocay – 1426 Coombsville Rd, Napa; 707 255-4064
Turnbull Wine Cellars – 8210 Highway 29, Oakville; 707 963-5839
Twomey Cellars – 1183 Dunaweal Lane, Calistoga; (707) 942-7122
V Madrone – 3199 St. Helena Hwy N, St. Helena; 707 963-3573
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 11-7
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open by appointment
Open daily 10-4
Open Mon-Sat 9-4
Open by appointment
Open daily 10-5
« V. SATTUI WINERY – Corner Hwy 29 & White Ln, St. Helena; 707 963-7774
Open daily 9-6
Picnic Area, Deli, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK, Cave Tours
Van Der Heyden – 4057 Silverado Trail, Napa; 707 257-0130
Open daily 10-6
Verismo Wines – 6795 Washington Street, Yountville; 707 944 WINE (9463)
Viader Winery – 1120 Deer Park Rd, St. Helena; 707 963-3816
Open by appointment
Vincent Arroyo Winery – 2361 Greenwood Ave, Calistoga; 707 942-6995
Open daily 10-4:30
Vine Cliff Winery – 7400 Silverado Trail, Yountville; 707 944-1364
Vineyard 29 – 2929 St Helena Hwy, St. Helena; 707 963-9292
Open by appointment
Vintners Collective – 1245 Main St, Napa; 707 255-7150
Open daily 11-6
Volker Eisele Family – 3080 Lower Chiles Valley Rd, St. Helena; 707 965-9485
Von Strasser – 1510 Diamond Mtn. Rd, Calistoga; 707 942-0930
Open by appointment 10:30-4:30
« WATERSTONE – Taste at Oxbow, 708 First St, Napa; 707 265-9600
Gift Items, Picnic Area, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings
Wermuth Winery – 3942 Silverado Trail, Calistoga; 707 942-5924
Open daily 11-6
Open daily 11-5
White Cottage Ranch – 555 College Ave, Angwin; 707 965-0516
Open by appointment
« WHITEHALL LANE – 1563 St. Helena Hwy S. (Hwy 29), St. Helena; 707 963-9454
Gift Items, Art Exhibits, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Barrel Tasting Tours
Whitford Cellars – 4047 E. Third Ave, Napa; 707 942-0840
William Harrison Vnyrds – 1443 Silverado Trail, St. Helena; 707 963-8310
Open daily 10-6
Open Thu-Mon 11-5
« WILLIAM HILL WINERY – 1761 Atlas Peak Road, Napa; 707 265-3024
Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Vineyard Tours, Educational Programs
Open daily 10-5
« WINE GARAGE – 1020 Foothill Blvd (Hwy 29), Calistoga; 707 942-5332
Open Mon-Sat 11-6:30, Sun 11-430
Wineries of Napa Valley – 1285 Napa Town Center, Napa; 707 253-9450 Mon-Thurs 11-6, Fri-Sat 10-7:30, Sun 10-6
Wing Canyon Vineyard – 3100 Mt. Veeder Rd, Napa; 707 265-8798
Witt Estate – 1500 Whitehall Ln, St. Helena; 707 967-8046
Open by appointment
Work Vineyard – 3190 Highway 128, Calistoga; 707 942-0251
X Winery & Amius – 1405 2nd Street, Napa; 707 204-9522
Yates Family Vineyard – 4723 Redwood Rd, Napa; 707 226-1800
Zahtila Vineyards – 2250 Lake County Hwy; Calistoga; 707 942-9251
« ZD WINES – 8383 Silverado Trail, Rutherford; 707 963-5188
Gift items, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Wine Pairings
Daily 10-4:30
Open daily 10-4:30
SONOMA COUNTY
A. Rafanelli Winery – 4685 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1385
Acorn – 12040 Old Redwood Hwy, Healdsburg; 707 433-6440
Adler Fels – 9575 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 833-6131
Adobe Road Winery – 1995 S. McDowell Blvd, Petaluma; 707 939-7967
Adrian Fog – Healdsburg
« ALDERBROOK WINERY 2306 Magnolia, Healdsburg; 707 433-9154
Gift items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibits, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Food Pairings
Alexander Valley Vineyards – 8644 Hwy 128, Healdsburg; 707 433-7209
Open daily 11-5
Open by appointment, 707 688-1174
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 11-5
Amista Vineyards– 3320 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-9200
Thur-Mon 11-4:30
Amphora Wines – 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-7767
Open daily 11-4:30
Arbios/Praxis – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900
Open daily 11am-6pm
Anaba Wines – 60 Bonneau Rd, Sonoma; 707 996-4188
Open daily 10-5
Archipel – 4611 Thomas Rd, Healdsburg; 800-273-0177
« ARMIDA WINERY – 2201 Westside Road, Healdsburg; 707 433-2222
Gift items, Children OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings
Arista Winery – 7015 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 473-0606
Open daily 11-5
Open daily 11-5
« ARROWOOD VNYDS & WNRY – 14347 Sonoma Hwy 12, Glen Ellen; 707 935-2600
Open daily 10-4:30
Gift items, Art Exhibits; Call ahead for Winery Tours at 10:30 & 2:30
Artiste – 435 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg; 707 433-1920
Open daily 11-5:30
Atascadero Creek – 3541 Gravenstein Hwy 116 N, Sebastopol; 707 823-3040
Sat-Sun 11-5
Audelssa Estate – 13647 Arnold Dr, Glen Ellen; 707 933-8514
Open daily 11-5
Balletto & Dutton-Goldfield – 5700 Occidental Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 568-2455
Open daily 10-4
Banyon – 10295 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-5499
Open daily 11-4:30
Bartholomew Park – 1000 Vineyard Ln., Sonoma; 707 935-9511
Open daily 11-4:30
Battaglini Wines – 2948 Piner Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 578-4091
Bella Vnyds & Wine Caves – 9711 West Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 473-9171
Open daily 11-4:30
« BENZIGER FAMILY WINERY – 1883 London Ranch Rd, Glen Ellen; 707 935-4046
Open daily 10-5
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Vineyard Tram Tours
Blackstone Winery – 8450 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 833-1999
Open daily 10-4:30
Bonneau Family – 23001 Arnold Dr, Sonoma; 800-996-0420
Open Daily 11-6:30 (close at 5 in winter)
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« BR COHN WINERY – 15000 Sonoma Hwy 12, Glen Ellen; 800-330-4064
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call for: Tours, Educational Programs, Wine Pairings
Open daily 10-5
Bradford Mountain – 4035 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-4433
Sat-Sun 11-4 or by appt.
Branham Estate – Poured at Downtown Wine: 132 Plaza St, Healdsburg; 707 473-0337
Thu-Tue 11-6
Buena Vista Winery – 18000 Old Winery Rd, Sonoma; 707 938-1266
Open daily 10-5
C. Donatiello – 4035 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 800-433-8296
Open daily 11-5
Cale Cellars – (at the Wine Room) 9575 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 833-6131
Open daily 11-5
Camellia Cellars – 57 Front St., Healdsburg; 707 433-1290
Open daily 11-6
Carol Shelton – 3354-B Coffey Ln, Santa Rosa; 707 575-3441
Open by appt. 11-4
THE CAVE WINE BAR & ARTISAN TASTING ROOM
Come join Thomas at The Cave, just off the Sonoma Plaza.
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.
Open daily ’til late
524 Broadway, Sonoma; 707 938-7448
Cellar Door – 1395 Broadway, Suite E, Sonoma; 707 938-4466
Open daily 10-6
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, 800-838-4306; Healdsburg
Tours & tasting by appointment only
« CHARLES CREEK VINEYARD – 483 First St. W., Sonoma; 707 935-3848
Chateau Felice – 10603 Chalk Hill Rd, Healdsburg; 707 836-9011
Open daily 11-6
Mon-Thurs 11-3 Sat-Sun 11-4
Chateau St. Jean – 8555 Sonoma Hwy 12, Kenwood; 707 833-4134
Open daily 10-
Chandelle Winery – 1395 Broadway at the Cellar Door in Sonoma; 707 938-4466
Open daily 11-6
Christie Vineyards – 851 Limerick Lane, Healdsburg; 707 431-0662
« CHRISTOPHER CREEK – 641 Limerick Ln, Healdsburg; 707 433-2001
Picnic Area
Open daily 10-6
Clarbec – 19368 Orange Ave, Sonoma; 707 996-4012
Clary Ranch – 3461 Middle Two Rock Rd, Petaluma; 707 938-7210
« CLINE CELLARS – 24737 Arnold Drive, Sonoma; 707 940-4030
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours at 11, 1, 3 or Food Pairings
Open daily 10-6
Clos du Bois – 19410 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville; 707 857-3100
Open daily 10-4:30
Collier Falls – Poured at Family Wineries – Kenwood: 9380 Sonoma Hwy 12; 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
Copain Wines – 7800 Eastside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 836-8822
Open Thu-Sun 11-5 or by appt.
Corda – 845 Chileno Valley Rd, Petaluma; 707 781-9310
D’Argenzio – 1301 Clevelend Ave, Ste A, Santa Rosa; 707 280-4658
11-5 Summer, 11-4 winter; tours available
Dark Horse – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900
Open daily 11am-6pm
Dashe Cellars – Poured at Family Wineries – Dry Creek Valley: 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-010010:30-4:30
David Coffaro – 7485 Dry Creek Rd, Geyserville; 707 433-9715
Open 11-4, Tours: Fridays by appt.
David Noyes – Poured at Family Wineries – Kenwood: 9380 Sonoma Hwy 12; 888-433-6555
Davis Bynum Winery – 8075 Westside Road, Healdsburg; 707 433-5852
Davis Family Vnyds – 53 Front St, Healdsburg; 707 433-3858
Fri-Mon 11-4
Thu-Sun 11-5
De La Montanya – 999 Ln., Healdsburg; 707 433-3711
Mon-Fri 11-4:30
De Loach Vineyards – 2134 Olivet Road, Santa Rosa; 707 526-2255
Open daily 10-4:30
« DE LORIMIER WINERY (formerly Mosaic)– 2001 Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-2000
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Dehlinger – 4101 Vine Hill Rd, Sebastopol; 707 823-2378
Open daily 10:30-5
Open daily 10-5
Tours & tastings by appointment, Fridays only
DeNatale Vineyards – 11020 Eastside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-8460
Deux Amis – 1960 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-7945
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« DEERFIELD RANCH – 10200 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood; 707 833-5215
Art Exhibits, Tours
Downtown Wine – 132 Plaza St, Healdsburg; 707 473-0337
Open daily 11-4
Thu-Tue 11-6 (Thu-Mon Winter)
« DREYER WINE – Poured at Sonoma-Enoteca, 35 E Napa St, Sonoma; 707 935-1200
Dry Creek Vineyards – 3770 Lambert Bridge Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1000
Duchamp Estate – 280 Chiquita Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-6665
Open daily
« DUTCHER CROSSING – 8533 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-2700
Open daily 11-5
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours
Dutton Estate – Green Valley Rd; Sebastopol; 707 829-9463
Daily 10-5
Dutton-Goldfield & Balletto – 5700 Occidental Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 568-2455
Open daily 10-4
Enkidu Wine – 8910 Sonoma Hwy. 12, Kenwood; 707 833-6100
Daily 11-6 (closed Tuesdays in Winter)
Ensuenos – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900
Open daily 11am-6pm
« ERIC ROSS – 14300 Arnold Dr, Glen Ellen; 707 939-8525
Thu-Mon 11-5
Also poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900
Open daily 11am-6pm
Everett Ridge – 435 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1637
Open daily 11-4:30
F. Teldeschi – 3555 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-6626
Open daily 12-5
Family Wineries – Kenwood – 9380 Sonoma Hwy. 12; 707 833-4444 Mar-Dec 10:30-5, Jan-Feb Closed Tu-We
Family Wineries of Dry Creek Valley – 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0100 Open daily 10:30-4:30
Favero Vineyards – 3939 Lovall Valley Rd, Sonoma; 707 935-3939
« FERRARI-CARANO – 8761 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-6700
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Wine Pairings
Open daily 10-5
« FERRARI-CARANO SEASONS OF THE VINEYARD
113 Plaza St, Healdsburg; 707 431-2222
Fri-Thu 10-6, Fri-Sat 10-7
Field Stone Winery – 10075 Hwy 128, Healdsburg; 707 433-7266
Open daily 10-4:30
Forchini – 5141 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-8886
Sat-Sun 11-4
Foppiano Vineyards – 12707 Old Redwood Hwy, Healdsburg; 707 433-7272
Open daily 10-4:30
Forth Vnyds – Poured at Family Wineries – Dry Creek Valley: 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0100 10:30-4:30
Francis Ford Coppola’s Rosso & Bianco
300 Via Archimedes, Geyserville; 707 857-1462
Open daily 10-5
Freestone Vineyards – 12747 El Camino Bodega, Freestone; 707 874-1010
Frick – 23072 Walling Road, Geyserville; 707 857-1980
« FRITZ WINERY – 24691 Dutcher Creek Rd, Cloverdale; 707 894-3389
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Wine Pairings
« GALLO FAMILY VNYDS – Tasting Room: 320 Center Street, Healdsburg; 707 433-2458
Gift items, Vineyard Tours
Gary Farrell Wines – 10701 Westside Rd, Healdsburg;707 473-2909;
Geyser Peak Winery – At Canyon Rd, Chianti Rd, Geyserville; 707 857-9400
Fri-Mon 11-5
Sat-Sun 12-4:30
Open daily 10-6
Open daily 11-4
Open daily 10-5
« GLORIA FERRER CAVES & VNYDS – 23555 Hwy 121, Sonoma; 707 996-7256
Open daily 10-5
Gift items, Picnic Area, Art Exhibit; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Gofessel Vineyards– 200838 Burndale Road, Sonoma; 707- 225-6801
Göpfrich – 7564 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1645
Gourmet Au Bay – 913 Hwy 1, Bodega Bay; 707 875-9875
Fri-Sat 11-6, Sun-Thu 11-5
Grange Sonoma – (Tasting room for boutique wineries)
Open daily 10-5
23564 Arnold Dr (Hwy 121), Sonoma; 707 933-8980
Graton Ridge – 3541 Gravenstein Hwy 116 N, Sebastopol; 707 823-3040
Sat-Sun 11-5
Grey Stack – 4100 Grange Road, Santa Rosa; 707 228-1338
Grove Street – 1441 Grove St, 707 433-6734; Healdsburg
Open daily 10-4
Gundlach Bundschu – 2000 Denmark St, 707 938-5277; Sonoma
Open daily 11-4:30
Hanna Winery – 9280 Hwy 128, Healdsburg; 707 431-4310
Open daily 10-4
5333 Occidental Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 575-3371
Open daily 10-4
Hanzell Vineyards– 18596 Lomita Avenue, Sonoma, CA 95476 Ph: 707.996.3860
Hartford Family Wines – 8075 Martinelli Road, Forestville; 707 887-1756
Open daily 10-4:30
Harvest Moon Estate – 2192 Olivet Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 573-8711
Open daily 10:30-5
Hauck Cellars – 223 Center St, Healdsbug; 707 473-9065
Open Thu-Mon 11:30-5:30, Fri & Sat til 7pm
Hawkes Wine – 6734 Hwy. 128, Healdsburg; 707 433-4295
Open daily 10-5, tours by appointment
Hawley Wines – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900
Open daily 11am-6pm
Haywood Winery – 18000 Gehricke Rd, Sonoma; 1-877-996-4299
Highway 12 Winery – 498 First St. E, Sonoma; 707 996-9911
Open daily 10:30-6
Hobo – Poured at Downtown Wine: 132 Plaza St, Healdsburg; 707 473-0337
Thu-Tue 11-6
Holdredge – 51 Front St, Healdsburg; 707 431-1424
Fri-Sun 11-4:30
Hook and Ladder – 2027 Olivet Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 546-5712
Open daily 10-4:30
Homewood Winery – 23120 Burndale Rd, Sonoma; 707 996-6353
Open daily 10-4
« HOP KILN WINERY – 6050 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-6491
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for: Educational Programs, Food Pairings
House Winery – 3100 Gravenstein Hwy. N, Sebastopol; 707 829-1101
Huntington – 52 Front St, Healdsburg; 707 433-5215
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 11:30-9
Thu-Sun 11-5
« IMAGERY ESTATE – 14355 Hwy 12, Glen Ellen; 707 935-4515
Weekdays 10-4:30, Weekends 10-5
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call for: Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Inman Family – 5793 Skylane Blvd, Ste C, Windsor; 707 395-0689
Fri & Sat 11-4 or by appt.
Iron Horse – 9786 Ross Station Rd, Sebastopol; 707 887-1507
Open daily 11-3:30, tours Mon-Fri by appt.
J Lynne Wines – Poured at Vine Tastings: 9058 Windsor Rd, Windsor; 707 620-0833 Mon-Fri 12-8pm, late weekends
« J RICKARDS WINERY – 24505 Chianti Rd, Cloverdale; 707 758-3441
Picnic Area, Children Welcomed
J Vineyard & Winery – 11447 Old Redwood Hwy, Healdsburg; 707 431-3646
Tue-Sat 11-5
Open daily 11-5
« JACUZZI VINEYARDS – 24724 Arnold Drive, Sonoma; 707 931-7575
Open daily 11-5
Johnson’s Alexander Valley Wines – 8329 Hwy 128, Healdsburg; 707 433-2319
Open daily 11-5
Jordan – 1474 Alexander Valley Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-5250
Joseph Swan – 2916 Laguna Rd, Forestville; 707 573-3747
Sat, Sun & some holidays, 11-4:30
Kachina – 1083 Vine St #239, Healdsburg; 707 894-2431
Opening soon!
Kamen Estate – 21692 8th Street E, Suite 300, Sonoma; 707 833-1700
Kastania Vineyards – 4415 Kastania Rd, Petaluma; 707 763-6348
Sat Sun 11-4
« KAZ WINERY – 233 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood; 707 833-2536
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Winery Tours, Vineyards Tours
Fri-Mon 11-5
« KENDALL-JACKSON – 5007 Fulton Rd, Fulton; 707 571-8100
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for: Educational Programs, Food Pairings
Open daily 10-5
« KENDALL-JACKSON – 337 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg; 707 433-7102
Children & Pets OK
Kenwood Vineyards – 9592 Sonoma Hwy 12, Kenwood; 707 833-5891
Kokomo – 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0200
Korbel Chmpgne Clrs – 13250 River Rd, Guerneville; 707 824-7000
Open daily 10-5
Kunde – 9825 Sonoma Hwy 12, Kenwood; 707 833-5501
Open daily 10-4:30
Open daily 11-4:40
Open daily 9-4:30
Open daily 10:30-4
La Crema – 235 Healdsburg Ave, Ste 101, Healdsburg; 707 431-9400
Lago di Merlo – at Family Wineries – Dry Creek Valley: 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0100
10:30-4:30
Lake Sonoma Winery – 340 Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg; 707 473-2999
Open daily 10-5
Lambert Bridge – 4085 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-9600
Lancaster Estate – 15001 Chalk Hill Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-8178x209
Landmark – 101 Adobe Canyon Rd, Kenwood; 707 833-0053
Open daily 10-4:30
Larson Family – (Cornerstone, tasting room for boutique wineries)
23564 Arnold Dr, (Hwy 121), Sonoma; 707 933-3010
Open daily 10-5
Larson Family – 23570 Highway 121, Sonoma; 707 934-4090
Open daily 10-5
Laurel Glen – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900
Open daily 11am-6pm
« LEDSON WINERY – 7335 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 537-38100
Open daily 10-5
Tasting Fees, Gift items, Deli, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call for: Educational Programs, Food Pairings
« LIMERICK LANE – 1023 Limerick Ln, Healdsburg; 707 433-9211
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Children & Pets OK
Little Vineyards Family Winery – 15188 Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen; 707 996-2750
« LONGBOARD VINEYARDS – 5 Fitch St, Healdsburg; 707 433-3473
Gift items, Children OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings
Open daily 10-5
Thu-Mon 11-5
Open daily 11-6 (closed Tue)
« LOXTON CELLARS – 11466 Dunbar Rd, Glen Ellen; 707 935-7221
Open daily 11-5
Picnic Area; Call ahead for Vineyard and Winery Tours
Lynmar Estate – 3909 Frei Rd, Sebastopol; 707 829-3374
Open daily 10-5, call for reservations
MacLeod – 740 Lawndale Road, Kenwood; 707 833-4312
MacPhail Family – 851 Magnolisa Dr, Healdsburg; 707 433-4780
Macrae Family – at Family Wineries – Kenwood: 9380 Sonoma Hwy 12; 888-433-6555
Open daily 10:30-5
MacRostie Winery – 21481 Eighth St E, Suite 25, Sonoma; 707 996-4480 Sat 11-4:30, Mon-Fri by appointment
Manzanita Creek – 1441 A&B Grove St, Healdsburg; 707 433-4052
Marimar Estate – 11400 Graton Road, Sebastopol; 707 823-4365
Martin Family – 5610 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-9545
« MARTIN RAY – 2191 Laguna Road, Santa Rosa; 707 823-2404
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours
Martinelli Vineyards – 3360 River Rd, Fulton; 707 525-0570
Matanzas Creek Winery – 6097 Bennett Valley Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 528-6464
« MATRIX – 3291 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1911
Gift items, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours
Mauritson Family Winery – 2859 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-0804
Mayo Family Winery – Hwy 12 & Arnold Dr, Glen Ellen; 707 938-9401
Mayo Family Reserve Room – 9200 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 833-5504
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Children OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings
Mayo Family– at The Cellar Door in Sonoma, 1395 Broadway; 707 938-4466
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 11-5
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10-4:30
Open daily 11-5
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 11-6
Th-Mon 11-6, Tu-Wed 4-6
« MAZZOCCO VINEYARDS – 1400 Lytton Springs Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-8159
Open daily 11-5
Gift items, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Meeker Vineyards – 21035 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville; 707 431-2148
Open daily 10:30-5
Mietz Cellars – Poured at Family Wineries – Dry Creek Valley: 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0100 10:30-4:30
Merriam Vnyds – 11650 Los Amigos Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-4032
Open daily 10-5
Merry Edwards – 2959 Gravenstein Hwy N, Sebastopol; 888-388-9050 Open daily 9:30-4:30, appt recommended
Michel-Schlumberger – 4155 Wine Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-7427
Open daily 10-5
Mill Creek Vineyards – 1401 Westside Rd; Healdsburg; 707 431-2121
Open daily 10-5
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
Mounts Family – 3901 Wine Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 292-8148
Mueller – 6301 Starr Rd, Windsor; 707 837-7399
Mulas Family – 23900 Ramal Road, Sonoma; 707 938-3134
Limited tours, call ahead
Murphy-Goode – 20 Matheson St, Healdsburg; 800 499-7644
Muscardini Cellars – 8910 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 833-0526
Open daily 10-5
Nalle – 2383 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsbur; 707 433-1040
Open Friday by appointment only
Nicholson Ranch – 4200 Napa Rd, Sonoma; 707 938-8822
Open daily 10-6
Novy Family – 980 Airway Ct, Ste C, Santa Rosa; 707 578-3882
Occidental Road Cellars – Call for tours & tasting, 707 874-9401
Optima Winery – 498 Moore Ln, Unit C, Healdsburg; 707 431-8222
Paint Horse – 16510 Arnold Drive, Sonoma; 707 935-0148
Palmeri – 21001 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville; 707 857-4101
Thu-Sat 11:30-6, Sun-Wed 11:30-5:30
Papapietro Perry – 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0422
« PARADISE RIDGE WINERY – 4545 Thomas Lake Harris Dr, Santa Rosa; 707 528-Wine
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours
Open daily 11-4:30
Open daily 11-5
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« PARADISE RIDGE – Kenwood Tasting Room, 8860 Sonoma Hwy; 707 282-9020
Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Parmelee Hill – 8860 Sonoma Highway, Kenwood; 707 282-9020
Passalacqua Vnyds – 3805 Lambert Bridge Rd, Healdsburg; 877-825-5547
Pastori Wines – 23189 Geyserville Ave, Cloverdale; 707 857-3418
Pedroncelli Vineyards – 1220 Canyon Rd, Geyserville; 707 857-3531
Pellegrini Family– 4055 West Olivet Rd, Santa Rosa; 800-891-0244
Pendleton Estate – 35100 Hwy 128, Cloverdale; 707 894-3732
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 11-5
Open daily 10-4:30
Open by appointment Thur-Mon 10-4
Peters Family – 2064 Hwy. 116 No, Suite 102, Sebastopol; 707 829-3111
Peterson – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900
Open daily 11am-6pm
Petroni Vineyards – 990 Cavedale Road, Sonoma; 707 935-8311
Portalupi – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900
Porter Creek – 8735 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-6321
Open 10-4 by appointment
Open daily 11am-6pm
Preston Vineyards – 9282 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-3372
Quivira Vineyards – 4900 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 431-8333
RH – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900
Open daily 11-4:30
Open daily 11-5
Open daily 11am-6pm
Ramazzotti Wines – 22910 Walling Rd, Geyserville; 707 857-3428
Open Mon-Sun 11-6
Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Open daily 11am-6pm
Ravenswood – 18701 Gehricke Rd, Sonoma; 707 938-1960
Open daily 10-4:30
Raymond Burr – 8339 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-4365
Open daily 11-5
Richardson Winery – at The Cellar Door in Sonoma, 1395 Broadway; 707 938-4466
Open daily 11-6
Ridge Vineyards – 650 Lytton Springs Road, Healdsburg; 707 433-7721
Open daily 11-4
River Road Vnyds – 5220 Ross Rd, Sebastopol; 707 887-8130
Robert Hunter – at The Cellar Door in Sonoma,1395 Broadway; 707 938-4466
Open daily 11-6
Robert Young Estate – 4960 Red Winery Rd, Geyserville; 707 431-4811
Open daily 10-4:30
Robledo
Open by appointment
only
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St, Sonoma– 21901 Bonness Rd, Sonoma; 707 939-6903
Open daily 11-6
Rochioli – 6192 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-2305
« RODNEY STRONG VINEYARDS – 11455 Old Redwood Hwy, Healdsburg; 707 431-1533
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Open daily 10-5
Daily 10-5
Seghesio Winery – 14730 Grove St, Healdsburg; 707 433-3579
Open daily 10–5
Selby Winery – 215 Center St, Healdsburg; 707 431-1288
Sharp –17560 Norrborn Road, Sonoma; 707 933-0556
Sheldon – 6761 Sebastopol Ave. (Hwy. 12), Sebastopol; 707 829-8100
Siduri Wines – 980 Airway Dr, Ste C, Santa Rosa; 707 578-3882
Silver Oak Cellars – 24625 Chianti Road, Geyserville; 707 942-7026
Open daily 11-5:30
Fri 12-5, Sat & Sun 11-4 or by appt
By appointment daily 10-3
Mon-Sat 9-5, tours by appt
« SIMI WINERY – 16275 Healsburg Ave, Healdsburg; 707 433-6981
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for Tours at 11 & 2
Open daily 10-5
« SONOMA-ENOTECA – 35 E Napa St, Sonoma; 707 935-1200
Open daily
Sonoma Valley Port Works – 613 2nd St, Pealuma; 707 769-5203
Sat 12-5
Sojourn Cellars –141 E. Napa Street, Sonoma; 707 933-9753
Spann –Poured at Family Wineries – Kenwood: 9380 Sonoma Hwy 12; 888-433-6555
Open daily 10:30-5
Staley – Poured at Family Wineries – Dry Creek Valley: 4791 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-0100
10:30-4:30
Stonestreet – 7111 Highway 128; 707 473-3333; Healdsburg
Open daily 10-5
Stryker Sonoma – 5110 Highway 128; Geyserville; 707 433-1944
Open daily 10:30-5
Stuhlmuller – 4951 West Soda Rock Ln, Healdsburg; 707 431-7745
« SUNCÉ WINERY – 1839 Olivet Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 526-9463
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children Welcomed
Open daily 10:30-5
Taft Street Winery – 2030 Barlow Lane, Sebastopol; 707 823-2049
Talty – 7127 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-8438
Sat-Sun 11-4:30, Mon-Fri 11-4
Most Saturdays 12-4 or by appt.
Tandem – Poured at Family Wineries – Kenwood: 9380 Sonoma Hwy 12; 888-433-6555
Three Alarm – Poured at Vine Tastings: 9058 Windsor Rd, Windsor; 707 620-0833
Thumbprint Cellars – 36 North St, Healdsburg; 707 433-2393
Open daily 10-5
Roshambo – (Cornerstone, tasting room for boutique wineries)
23564 Arnold Dr, (Hwy 121), Sonoma; 888-525-9463
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10-5
Thur-Mo 11-6
Open daily 11-4:30
Open Thu-Mon 10-4
Open daily 10:30-5
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 10-4
Thur-Mo 11-5
Open daily 10:30-5
Open daily 11:30-5:30; Thu, Fri, Sat til 6
Mon-Fri 12-8, later on weekends
Open daily 11-4
Tin Barn – 21692 Eighth St E. #340,
Sonoma; 707 938-5430
Sat-Sun 11-4
Toad Hollow – 409A Healdsburg Ave, Healdsburg; 707 431-8667
« TOPEL – Tasting Room in Healdsburg, 125 Matheson St; 707 433-4116
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call for: Educational Program, Food Pairings
« TRENTADUE – 19170 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville; 707 433-3104
Trione Winery – 19550 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville; 707 814-8100
Truett Hurst – 5610 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-9545
Twomey Cellars – 3000 Westside Rd, Healdsburg; 800-505-4850
Ty Caton Vineyards – 8910 Sonoma Hwy, Kenwood; 707 833-0526
Unti Vineyards – 4202 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-5590
Valley of the Moon – 777 Madrone Rd, Glen Ellen; 707 996-6941
Viansa Winery – 25200 Arnold Dr, Sonoma; 707 935-4700
St. Helena Road Winery – 6995 St. Helena Road; Santa Rosa; 707 538-8674
Open daily 9-5
Sapphire Hill – 55 Front Street, Healdsburg; 707 431-1888
Open by appointment or Thurs-Mon 11-4:30
Saracina/Atrea – Poured at Locals: Geyserville Ave & Hwy 128, Geyserville; 707 857-4900 Open daily 11am-6pm
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« SEBASTIANI VINEYARDS – 389 Fourth St. East, Sonoma; 707 938-5532
Complimentary Tours, Gift Items, Picnic Area & Supplies, Children & Pets Welcomed
Sebastopol Vineyards – Green Valley Rd; Sebastopol; 707 829-9463
Open daily 10-5
Rosenblum Winery – 250 Center Street, Healdsburg; 707 431-1169
« SAUSAL WINERY – 7370 Hwy 128, Healdsburg; 707 433-2285
Gift items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Food Pairings
Sbragia Family – 9990 Dry Creek Road, Geyserville; 707 473-2992
Open daily 10-5
Terroirs Artisan Wines: Damskey & Co. –
21001 Geyserville Ave, Ste 101, Geyserville; 707 857-4101
Open daily 11-6
« ST. FRANCIS VINEYARDS – 100 Pythian Rd, Santa Rosa; 888-675-WINE
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call for Food Pairings, Winery Tours
« SCHUG CARNEROS ESTATE – 602 Bonneau Road, Sonoma; 800-966-9365
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children Welcomed, Picnic Area
Open daily 11-4
Roessler Cellars – 380 First St W, Sonoma; 707 933-4440
Rosso & Bianco - 300 Via Archimedes, Geyserville; 707 857-1462
Route 128 Winery – 21079 Geyserville Ave, Geyserville; 707 696-0004
Rued – 3863 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-1569
Russian Hill Estate – 4525 Slusser Rd, Windsor; 707 575-9428
Russian River Vineyards – 5700 Gravenstein Hwy N, Forestville; 707 887-3344
SL Cellars – Poured at Family Wineries – Kenwood: 9380 Sonoma Hwy 12; 888-433-6555
Sable Ridge Winery – 6320 Jamison Rd; Santa Rosa; 707 542-3138
Open daily 11-7
Open daily 10-5
Thur-Sun 10-5
Daily 11-5
Mon-Sat 9-4
Open daily 10-6
Open daily 10-4:30
Open daily 10-5
« VJB VINEYARDS & CELLARS – 9077 Sonoma Hwy 12, Kenwood; 707 833-2300
Open daily 10-5
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Pets Welcomed
Wattle Creek Winery – 25510 River Rd, Cloverdale; 707 894-5166
Wellington Vineyards – 11600 Dunbar Rd, Glen Ellen; 707 939-0708
Open daily 11-5
Westwood Winery – 11 E. Napa St, Suite 3, Sonoma; 707 935-3246
Open daily 11-5
White Oak Vineyards – 7505 Hwy 128, Healdsburg; 707 433-84291
Open daily 10-5
Williamson – 134 Matheson St, Healdsburg; 707 433-1500
Open daily 11-7
« WILSON – 1960 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg; 707 433-4355
Open daily 11-5
Woodenhead – 5700 River Rd, Santa Rosa; 707 887-2703
Open Thu-Sun 10:30-4:30
Yoakim Bridge – 7209 Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-8511
Fri-Sat 11-4, Sun 1-4, weekdays & tours by appt.
Zichichi Family – 8626 W. Dry Creek Rd, Healdsburg; 707 433-4410
Open daily 11-4:30
SOUTH BAY
Ahlgren Vineyard – 20320 Hwy 9, Boulder Creek; 800 338-6071
Sat 12-4 or by appointment
Alfaro Family Vnyd & Winery – 420 Hames Road, Corralitos; 831 728-5172
Sat 12-5 or by appointment
Aptos Creek – 520 Nisene Meadws Ct, Aptos; 831 684-1680
Armida Winery – 103 Stockton Avenue, Capitola; 831 462-1065
Open daily 11-6
Bargetto Winery – 3535 N. Main St, Soquel; 831 475-2258 ext 14
Open daily 12-5
Beauregard – 10 Pine Flat Road, Bonny Doon; 831 458-WINE
Open daily 11-5
Black Ridge – 18550 Black Rd, Los Gatos; 408 399-6396
Open 3rd weekend 11-5 & by appointment
Bonny Doon Vineyard – 328 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz; 888 819-6789
Open daily 12-close
« BURRELL SCHOOL – 24060 Summit Rd, Los Gatos; 408 353-6290
Open Thu-Sun 11-5
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
Casa De Fruta – 6680 Pacheco Pass Hwy, Hollister; 800 543-1702
Open daily 9-6
Castillo’s Hillside Shire – 2215 Liberta Drive, Morgan Hill; 408 776-8200
Sat 1-7, Sun 12-5
Cava Wine Bar – 115 San Jose Ave, Capitola; 831 476-2282
Wed-Sat 12-12, Sun 12-10, Mon 4-10, Tue 4-12
Cinnabar – 14612 Big Basin Way, Saratoga; 408-867-1010
Clos LaChance – 1 Hummingbird Ln, San Martin; 800 ITS-WINE
« COOPER-GARROD – 22645 Garrod Rd, Saratoga; 408 867-7116
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children OK; Call ahead for: Food Pairings, Tours
Open daily 11-5
Open daily 11-5
Mon-Fri 12-5 Sat-Sun 11-5
Creekview – 12467 Creekview Ct, San Martin; 408 686-0534
By appointment 11-5 or 3rd weekend of the month
David Bruce Winery – 21439 Bear Creek Rd, Los Gatos; 408 354-4214
DeRose Vineyards – 9970 Cienega Valley Road, Hollister; 831 636-9143
Sat-Sun 11-4 or or by appointment
Domenico Wines – 1697 Industrial Rd, San Carlos; 650 593-2335
Open daily 12-5
Equinox – 427-C Swift St, Santa Cruz; 831 338-2646; 831 423-3000
Fri-Sun 12-5
Fernwood Cellars – 7137 Redwood Retreat, Gilroy; 408 848-0611
Some Sat, call for appointment
« FLEMING JENKINS VNYDS & WINERY – 45 W. Main St, Los Gatos; 408 358-4949
Tue-Sun 12-6
Fortino Winery – 4525 Hecker Pass Hwy, Gilroy; 408 842-3305
Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun 11-5
Guglielmo Winery – 1480 E. Main St, Morgan Hill; 408 779-2145
Open daily 10-5
Hallcrest Vineyards – 379 Felton Empire Rd, Felton; 831 335-4441
Open daily 12-5
Hecker Pass Winery – 4605 Hecker Pass Hwy, Gilroy; 408 842-8755
Open daily 9-5
« HUNTER HILL – 7099 Glen Haven Rd, Soquel; 831 465-9294
Sat-Sun 11-4 or by appt
J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines – 1000 Lenzen Ave, San Jose; 408 918-2160
Open daily 10-5
Jason-Stephens – 11775 Watsonville Rd, Gilroy; 408 846-8463
Open Daily Summer 12-6 , Winter 12-5
Kirigin Cellars – 11550 Watsonville Rd, Gilroy; 408 847-8827
Open daily 10-5
La Nebbia – 12341 San Mateo Road, Half Moon Bay; 650 726-9463
Open daily 10-5
Léal Vineyards – 300 Maranatha Drive, Hollister; 831 636-1023
Open daily 11-5
« LOMA PRIETA WINERY – 26985 Loma Prieta Way, Los Gatos; 408 353-2950
« MARTIN RANCH – 6675 Redwood Retreat Road, Gilroy; 408 842-9197
Michael Martella – 17287 Box 103 Skyline Blvd, Woodside; 650 851-6777
Monte Verde – 13775 Sycamore Dr, Morgan Hill; 408 776-8938
Morgan Hill Cellars – 1645 San Pe dro Ave, Morgan Hill; 408 779-7389
12-4 third weekend of each month
Open 3rd Sat-Sun or by appointment
Tue-Sun 10-5
Mountain Winery – 14831 Pierce Road, Saratoga; 408 741-2822
Fri-Sun 12-5
Natal Vnyds – 1310 Green Valley Rd, Watsonville; 831 750-0271
Special events & by appointment
Naumann Vnyds – 16505 Montebello Rd, Cupertino; 408 867-7871
Nicholson Vnyds – 2800 Pleasant Valley Rd, Aptos; 831 724-7071
Organic Wine Works – 379 Felton Empire Rd, Felton; 800-OWW-WINE
Open daily 12-5
Oscalis – 5579 Old San Jose Rd, Soquel; 831 477-1718
Pietra Santa – 10034 Cienega Road, Hollister; 831 636-1991
Wed-Sun 11-5 or by appointment only
Pelican Ranch – 402 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz; 831 426-6911
Fri-Sun 12-5
Picchetti Winery – 13100 Montebello Rd, Cupertino; 408 741-1310
Open daily 11-5
Pinder – 165 Cristich Lane, Campbell; 877-684-2601
Sat 11-4, Sun by appointment
Pleasant Valley – 600 Pleasant Valley Rd, Aptos; 831 728-2826 Summer Apr-Oct, Sat 12-4, Winter by appointment
« POETIC CELLARS – 5000 Rodeo Gulch Road, Soquel; 831 462-3478
Rapazzini Winery – 4350 S. Monterey Hwy, Gilroy; 408 842-5649
Open daily 10-5
Regale – 24040 Summit Road, Los Gatos; 408 353-2500
Sat-Sun 11-6 or by appointment
Ridge Vineyards – 17100 Montebello Road, Cupertino; 408 867-3233 Summer Sat-Sun 11-5, Winter Sat-Sun 11-4
River Run – 65 Rogge Lane, Watsonville; 831 726-3112
Roudon -Smith – 2364 Bean Creek Rd, Scotts Valley; 831 438-1244
Sat 11-4:30 or by appointment
Santa Cruz Mtn Vnyd – 334A Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz; 831 335-4242
Wed-Sun 12-5:30
« SARAH’S VINEYARD – 4005 Hecker Pass Hwy, Gilroy; 408 842-4278
Open daily 11-5
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours
Satori Cellars – 2100 Buena Vista Avenue, Gilroy; 408 848-5823
Sat-Sun 12-5
Savannah-Chanelle Vnyds – 23600 Congress Springs Rd, Saratoga; 408 741-2934
Open daily 11-5
Silver Mountain – Santa Cruz Mtns, call for information 408 353-2278
Sat12-4 by appointment
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Solis – 3920 Hecker Pass Hwy, Gilroy; 408 847-6306
Open daily 12-5
Soquel Vineyards – 8063 Glen Haven, Soquel; 831 462-9045
Sat-Sun 11-4
Storrs Winery – 303 Potrero St. #35, Santa Cruz; 831 458-5030
Open daily 12-5
Sycamore Creek – 12775 Uvas Road, Morgan Hill; 408 779-4738
Thu, Fri, Mon 12-5, Sat-Sun 11-5
Testarossa Vineyards – 300-A College Ave, Los Gatos; 408 354-6150
Open daily 11-5
Thomas Fogarty Winery – 19501 Skyline Blvd, Woodside; 650 851-6777
Wed-Sun 11-5
Thomas Kruse Winery – 3200 Dryden Ave, Gilroy; 408 842-7016
Tue-Sun 12-5
Vinocruz – Abbott Square on Cooper Street, Santa Cruz; 831 427-0436
Mon-Thu 11-7, Fri-Sat 11-5, Sun 12-6
Vine Hill – 2300 Jarvis Road, Santa Cruz; 831 427-0436
Woodside Vineyards – 340 Kings Mountain Rd; Woodside; 650 851-3144
Windy Oaks Estate – 550 Hazel Dell Rd, Corralitos; 831 786-9463
Zayante Vineyards – 420 Old Mount Rd; Felton; 831 335-7992
CARMEL VALLEY
Bernardus – 5 W. Carmel Road, Carmel Valley; 800 223-2533
Open daily 11-5
Boekenoogen – 24 West Carmel Road, Carmel Valley; 831 659-4215
Open daily 11-5
Boëté at Valley Hills Tasting Rm– 7156A Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel Valley; 831 625-5040 Mon-Fri 2-5, Sat-Sun 12-5
Chateau Julien Wine Estate – 8940 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel; 831 624-2600 Mon-Fri 8-5 Sat-Sun 11-5
Chateau Sinnet – 13746 Center Street, Carmel Valley; 831 659-2244
Summer 12-6 daily, Winter 12-5
Cima Collina – San Carlos, between Ocean & 7th, Carmel; 831 620-0645
Thur-Mon 11- 6
Galante Vineyards – between Ocean & 7th, Dolores; Carmel; 831 624-3800
Sun-Fri 2-6, Sat 12-6
Georis Winery – 4 Pilot Road, Carmel Valley; 831 659-1050
Summer daily 11-6, Winter 11-5
Heller Estate Organic Vineyards – 69 W. Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley; 800-625-8466 Open daily 11-6
Joullian Vineyards – 2 Village Drive Suite A, Carmel Valley; 866 659-8101
Open daily 11-5
Joyce Vineyards – 12 Del Fino Place, Carmel Valley; 831-659-0312
Fri-Sun 11-5
Otter Cove Wines – 9 Del Fino Place, Carmel Valley; 831 320-3050
Wed-Sun 11-5
Parsonage Village Vineyard – 19 East Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley; 831 659-7322 Open daily 11-5:30
Rancho Cellars – 26340 Carmel Rancho Blvd, Carmel; 831 625-5646
Mon-Sat 11-5
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Talbott Vineyards – 53 West Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel Valley; 831 659-3500
Open daily 11-5
Taste Morgan – 204 Crossroads Blvd, Carmel; 831 626-3700
Open daily 11-6
MONTEREY WINERIES
A Taste of Monterey Wine Visitors Cntr – 700 Cannery Row, Suite Kk, Monterey; 831 646-5446
Open daily 10-6
Bargetto Winery – 700 Cannery Row Suite G, Monterey; 831 373-4053
Open daily 11-6
Baywood Cellars – 381 Cannery Row Suite C, Monterey; 831 645-9035
Mon-Sat 1-6, Sun 1-5
Figge Cellars – 3348 Paul Davis Drive Suite 101, Marina; 831 384-4149
Mon-Fri by appointment only
Scheid Vineyards Wine Lounge - 751 Cannery Row, Monterey; 831-455-9990
Open daily 11-7
« VENTANA VINEYARDS – 2999 Monterey-Salinas Hwy, Monterey; 831 372-7415
Open daily 11-5
Wine from the Heart Tasting Rm – 241 Alvarado St, Monterey; 831 641-9463 Open daily , call for hours
SALINAS VALLEY
A Taste of Monterey – 127 Main Street, Salinas; 831 751-1980
Mon-Fri 11-5, Fri-Sat 11-6, Sun 11-4
Blackstone Winery – 850 South Alta St, Gonzales; 831 675-5341
Summer 10:30-4:30, Winter 11-4
Boekenoogen – Santa Lucia Highlands, Salinas; 831 675-3549
Chalone Vineyards – Stonewall Canyon Rd (Hwy 146), Soledad; 831 678-1717 Sat-Sun 11:30-5, weekdays by appt
« 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
Manzoni Estate – 30981 River Road, Soledad; 831 675-3398
Sat-Sun 11-5
Marilyn Remark – 645 River Road, Salinas; 831 455-9310
Sat-Sun, Holidays 11-5
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
Scheid Vineyards – 1972 Hobson Avenue, Greenfield; 831 386-0316
Open daily 11-5
« VENTANA VINEYARDS – 38740 Los Coches Road, Soledad; 831 678-2900
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Wrath Wines – 35801 Foothill Road, Soledad; 831 678-2212
Greenwood Ridge Vineyards – 5501 Hwy 128; Philo, 707 895-2002
Guenoc/Langtry Estate – 21000 Butts Canyon Rd, Middletown; 707 987-9127
Handley Cellars – 3151 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-2190
Horne – 2200 Hwy 29, Middletown; 707 987-1069
Open weekends 10-6, weekdays by appt.
Husch Vineyards – 4400 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-3216
Open daily 10-5
Jepson Vineyards, Ltd. – 10400 S. Hwy 101, Ukiah; 707 468-8936
Open daily 10-5
Jeriko Estate – 12141 Hewlitt Sturtevant Rd, Hopland; 707 744-1140
Open daily 10-5
Lazy Creek Vineyards – 4741 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-3623
Open Fr-Mo 11-4:30
Le Vin Winery – 33151 Hwy. 128, Yorkville; 707 894-2304
Le Vin Winery Bar – 45055 Albion St, Mendocino; 707 937-4960
Open daily 11-5
Lolonis Vineyards – 1905 Rd D, Redwood Valley; 707 485-7544
Open by appointment
Londer Vineyards – 14051 Highway 128, Boonville; 707 895-3900
Manoir Girard Cellars – 1 Old Winery Way; Potter Valley; 707 743-1010
Thu-Mon 11-5
Barra of Mendocino – 7051 N. State Street, Redwood Valley; 707 485-0322
Open daily 10-5
Brassfield Estate – 10915 High Valley Rd, Clearlake Oaks; 707 998-1895
Mon-Fri 10-5
Breggo Cellars – 11001 Highway 128, Boonville; 707 895-9589
Open daily 11-5
Brutocao Cellars – 7000 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-2152
Summer 10-6, Winter 10-5
Brutocao Cellars – 13500 Hwy 101, Hopland; 707 744-1664
Open daily 10-6
Ceago Vinegarden – 5115 E. Hwy 20, Nice; 707 274-1462
Open daily 10-5
Chiarito Vineyards – 2651 Mill Creek Rd, Ukiah; 707.462.7146
Claudia Springs – 1810 Hwy 128, Navarro; 707 895-3993
Summer: Fri-Mon 11-5; Winter Fri-Sun 11-5
Cougar’s Leap – 9730 Soda Bay Road #8, Kelseyville; 707 279-0651
Call ahead
Duncan Peak Vineyards – 14500 Mtn. House Road, Hopland; 707 744-1129
Dunnewood Vineyards – 2399 North State St, Ukiah; (707) 467-4843
Mon-Thu 8-4
Elizabeth Vineyards – 8591 Colony Dr, Redwood Valley; 707 485-0957
Esterlina – 1200 Holmes Ranch Road, Philo; 707 895-2920
Fetzer Vineyards – Hwy 175, Hopland; 707 744-1250
Open daily 9-5
Maple Creek Winery – 20799 Hwy 128; Yorkville; 707 895-3001
Open daily 10-5
McDowell Valley – 13380 S. Hwy 101, Hopland 707 744-8911
Open daily 10-5
McFadden Vineyard – 13275 S. Hwy 101 Suite #5, Hopland; 707 744-8463
Open daily 10-5
McNab Ridge Winery – 13441 S. Hwy 101; Hopland; 707 744-1986
Open daily 10-5
Mendocino Wine Co. – 45070 Main St, Mendocino; 707 937-6190
Open daily 11-5
Meyer Family Cellars – 19750 Hwy 128, Yorkville; 707 895-2341
Open daily 10-5
Milano Family Winery – 14594 S. Hwy 101, Hopland; 800-564-2582
Open daily10-5
Monte Lago Winery – Clear Lake, 510-599.LAGO
Navarro Vineyards – 5601 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-3686
Nelson Family – 550 Nelson Ranch Road; Ukiah
Open daily 10-5
Oster – 13501 Tomki Road, Redwood Valley; 707 485-5257
Pacific Star – 33000 North Highway 1, Fort Bragg; 707 964-1155
Open by appointment
Open daily 11-5
Parducci Wine Cellars – 501 Parducci Rd, Ukiah; 707 463-5357
Phillips Hill Estates – 8627 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-2209
Philo Ridge – Call for an appoinment on weekends, 707 489-2303
Ployez Winery – 11171 Highway 29, Lower Lake; 707 994-2106
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 11-5
Open daily 11-5
« ROEDERER ESTATE – 4501 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-2288
Children OK; Call ahead for Winery Tours
Open daily 11-5
Rosa D’Oro Vineyards – 3915 Main Street, Kelseyville; 707 279-0483
« SCHARFFENBERGER CELLARS – 8501 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-2957
Shannon Ridge – 12599 E. Hwy 20, Clear Lake Oaks; 707 998-9656
Silversmith Vineyards –
3700 A Rd J, Redwood Valley; 707 485-1196
Open daily 10-5
Goldeneye Anderson Vly – 9200 Hwy 128, Philo; 707 895-3202
Open daily 11-4
Whaler Vineyards – 6200 E Side Rd, Ukiah; 707 462-6355
Graziano Family of Wines – 13251 S.Hwy 101; Suite 3, Hopland; 707 744-8466
Open daily 10-5
Wildhurst Vineyards – 3855 Main St, Kelseyville; 800 595-WINE
Weekdays 10-5, appt recommended
Open daily 11-5
Saturday & Sunday, 11am-5pm or by appointment
Gabrielli Winery – 10950 West Road, Redwood Valley; 707 485-1221
Open daily 10-5
Fri-Mon 10-4:30
Sun-Tues 11-5, Wed-Sat 10:30-6:30
Fri-Mon 12-5
Standish Wine Co. – 5101 Hwy 128, Philo707 895-9213
Steele Wines – 4350 Thomas Dr; Kelseyville; 707 279-9475
Toulouse Vineyards – 8001 Hwy 128, 707 895-2828; Philo
Tulip Hill Winery – 4900 Bartlett Springs Rd, Kelseyville; 707 274-9373
Weibel Vnyds – 13300 Buckman Dr., Hopland; 707 744-2200
Fife Winery – 3620 Rd B, Redwood Valley; 707 485-0323
Foursight Wines – 14475 Highway 128, Boonville; 707 898-2889
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Thu-Mon 11-5
Weekends & Most Holidays 11-5
LAKE/MENDOCINO COUNTIES
Frey – 14000 Tomki Rd, Redwood Valley; 707 485-5177
Open daily 11-5
Open daily 11-6
Wed-Mon 10-6
Mon-Fri 11-5, Sat 8-5
Open daily 11-5
Open daily 10-6
Open daily 10-5
Yorkville Cellars – 25701 Hwy 128, Yorkville; 707 894-9177
« ZINA HYDE CUNNINGHAM – 14077 Hwy 128, Boonville; 707 895-9462
Picnic Area, Children & Pets OK
Open daily 10-5
Steven Kent – 5443 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 243-6440
Open Daily 10-5
Stony Ridge Winery – 4948 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 449-0458
Thu-Sun 11-4:30
Tamas Estate – 5489 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 456-2380
YOLO COUNTY
Berryessa Gap – 27260 Hwy 128, Winters; 530 795-3201
Bogle Vineyards – 37783 County Rd, Clarksburg; 916 744-1139
Capay Valley Vineyards – 1 Ranch Rd, Brooks; 530 796-4110
Carvalho Family Wines – 35265 Willow Ave, Clarksburg; 916 744-1625
Heringer Estates – 35265 Willow Ave, Clarksburg; 916 744-1227
Old Sugar Mill – 35265 Willow Ave, Clarksburg; 916 744-165
R.H. Phillips – 26836 Country Rd 12A, Esparto; 530 662-3215
Satiety Vineyards – 40101 County Rd 25A, Woodland; 530 661-0680
Solomon Wine Co. – 35265 Willow Ave, Clarksburg; 916 744 1131
Todd Taylor Wines – 35265 Willow Ave, Clarksburg; 916 744-1120
Open daily 12-4:30
Mon-Sat 12-4
Sat-Sun 11-5, Mon-Fri 10-5
Open 12-5 by appointment
Wed-Sun 11-5
Thu-Sun 11-5
Wed-Sun 11-5
Wed-Sun 11-5
Fri 1-5, Sat-Sun 11-5
Fri-Sun 11-5
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
Wente Vineyards Visitors Center – 5050 Arroyo Rd, Livermore; 925 456-2405
Westover Vineyards – 34329 Palomares Rd, Castro Valley; 925 537-3932
White Crane Winery – 5405 Greenville Rd, Livermore; 925 455-8085
Wood Family Winery – 7702 Cedar Mountain Rd, Livermore; 925 606-7411
Open daily 11-4:30
Open daily 11-6:30
Sat-Sun 12-5
Thu-Mon 12-4:30
Open by appointment
LODI/WOODBRIDGE
LIVERMORE VALLEY
Abundance Vnyds/Mencarini Family Winery –1150 W. Turner Rd, Lodi; 209 334-0274 Open daily 11-6
Bent Creek Winery – 5455 Greenville Rd, Livermore; 925 455-6320
Big White House – 6800 Greenville Rd, Livermore; 925 449-1976
Bodegas Aguirre – 8580 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 606-0554
Cedar Mountain – 7000 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 373-6636
Charles R Vnyds – 8195 Crane Ridge Rd, Livermore; 925 454-3040
Chouinard Vnyds – 33853 Palomares Rd, Castro Vly; 510 582-9900
Concannon – 4590 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 456-2505
Fri-Sun 12-4:30
Sat-Sun 12-4:30
Sat-Sun 12-4
Fri-Sun 12-4:30
Sat-Sun 12-5 (and most holidays)
Open daily 11-4:30
Crooked Vine – 4948 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 371-8156
Cuda Ridge Wines – 5385 East Ave, Livermore; 510-304-0914
Mon-Sat 11:30-4:30, Sun 11-4:30
Fri-Sun 12-4:30 & by appointment
Deer Ridge Vineyards – 1828 Wetmore Rd, Livermore; 866 561-0838
Eagle Ridge Vineyard – 10017 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 443-3375
Fri-Sun 11-5
Sat-Sun 12-4:30
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
Clements Ridge – 23225 E. State Hwy 88, Clements; 209 759-3850
Cosentino Winery – 3750 E. Woodbridge Rd, Woodbridge; 209 333-8014
Fri-Sun 11-5
Open daily 10-5:30
el Sol – 8626 Lupine Way, Livermore; 925 606-1827
Fri-Sun 12-5
d‘Art Wines – 13299 N. Curry Avenue, Lodi; 209 334-9946
Elliston Vineyards – 463 Kilkare, Sunol; 925 862-2377
Sat-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
Fenestra Winery – 83 Vallecitos Rd (Hwy 84), Livermore; 925 447-5246
Fri-Sun 12-5
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 Vineyards – 18911 N. Lower Sacramento Rd; Woodbridge
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
Fri 12-4:30, Sat-Sun 11:30-5
« GARRÉ VINEYARD & WINERY – 7986 Tesla Rd, Livermore; 925 371-8200
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
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
Ruby Hill Winery – 400 Vineyard Ave, Pleasanton; 925 931-WINE
Sat-Sun 12:30-5
Wed-Sun 11-5:30
Harney Lane Winery – 9010 E. Harney Lane, Lodi; 209 365-1900
Fri-Sun 12-5
Thu-Sun 12-5
Heritage Oak Winery – 10112 E. Woodbridge Road, Acampo; 209 986-2763
Housley’s Century Oak – 22211 Lower Sacramento, Acampo; 209 334-3482
Jessie’s Grove Winery – 1973 W. Turner Road, Lodi, 209 368-0880
Open daily 12-4
Wed-Mon 12-5
LangeTwins Winery – 1525 E. Jahant Road, Acampo; 209 334-9780
Lobo Loco Wines – 18911 N. Lower Sacramento Rd, Woodbridge; 916 687-4767
Lodi Wine & Visitor Center – 21831 N, Lodi. Highway 99; Lodi; 209 369-9463
The Lucas Winery – 18196 N. Davis Rd, Lodi; 209 368-2006
M2 Wines – 1376 East Turner Road Suite D, Lodi; 209 339-1071
Open daily 10-5
Thu-Sun 12-4:30
Fri-Sun 11-5
Macchia – 7099 E. Peltier Road, Acampo; 209 333-2600
McConnell Estates – 10686 W. Stockton Blvd, Elk Grove; 916 685-5368
McCormack Williamson – 3125 E. Orange Street, Acampo; 209 368-1473
Michael David Vineyards – 4580 W. Highway 12, Lodi; 209 368-7384
Thu-Mon 11-5
Sat-Sun11-5
Fri-Sun 11-5
Open daily 10-5
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Miramont Estate – 24837 E. Milton Rd, Linden; 209 887-3860
Mokelumne Oaks – 12470 Locke Rd, Lockeford; 209 339-1108
Oak Ridge Winery – 6100 E. Highway 12 (Victor Road), Lodi; 209 369-4758
Thu-Sun 12-5
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
Peirano Estate – 21831 N. Highway 99, Acampo; 209 369-9463
Thu-Sun 11-5, Fri-Sat 11-6
Sat-Sun 11-5
Ripken Vineyards – 2472 West Sargent Road, Lodi; 209 367-WINE
Spenker Winery – 17303 N. De Vries Rd, Lodi; 209 367-0467
St. Amant Winery – 1 Winemaster Way, Lodi; 209 367-0646
Sat-Sun 12-4
Sat & Sun 12-4, Jan-Apr by appt only
St. Jorge Winery – 22769 N. Bender Road, Acampo; 209 365-0202
Stama – 12470 Locke Rd, Lockeford; 209 727-3314
The Coliseum – Vino Piazza, 12470 Locke Rd, Lockeford; 209 747-7733
VanRuiten – 340 W. Highway 12, Lodi; 209 334-5722
Vino Con Brio – 7889 E. Harney Ln, Lodi; 888-410-VINO
Fri-Sun 11-5
Mon, Wed, Thu 11-5, Fri, Sat, Sun 11-6
Wed, Thu, Sun 11-5, Fri 11-7, Sat 11-6
Open daily 11-5
Thu-Mon 12-5
Vino Piazza – 12470 Locke Rd, Lockeford; 800-939-2566
vMv Vineyards – 16475 N. Locust Tree Road, Lodi; 209 365-1900
Open daily 12-5
Sat-Sun 12-5
Watts – 12470 Locke Rd, Lockeford; 209 727-3751
Sat-Sun 12-5
Weibel – 18911 N. Lower Sacramento Rd, Woodbridge; 209 365-9463
Woodbridge Uncorked – 18911 N. Lower Sacramento Rd, Woodbridge; 209 365-7575 Wed-Thu 5-9, Fri-Sat 5-10, Sun 2-6
WOODBRIDGE – 5950 Woodbridge Road, Acampo; 209 365-2839
Gift Items, Art Exhibit, Picnic Area, Call ahead for Tours at 9:30, 1:30 or by Appt
SIERRA FOOTHILLS
AMADOR COUNTY
Amador Cellars – 11093 Shenandoah Rd, Amador City; 209 245-6150
Wed-Fri 11-5, Sat-Sun 11-5
Amador County Wine Cellar– 14207 Hwy 49, Amador City; 209 267-0104
Fri-Sun 11-6 & holidays
Amador Foothill Winery – 12500 Steiner Road, Plymouth, 209 245-6307
Fri-Sun 12-5
Avio – 14520 Ridge Rd, Sutter Creek; 209 267-1515
Fri-Sun 11-5
Bella Piazza – 19900 Shenandoah School Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-4600
Open daily 10-5
Bray Vineyards – 10590 Shenandoah Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-6023
Fri-Mon 10-5
C.G. Di Arie – 19919 Shenandoah School Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-4700
Thurs-Mon 10-4:30
Charles Spinetta Winery – 12557 Steiner Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-3384
Mon, Thu, Fri 8-4, Sat-Sun 9-5
Clos Du Lac Cellars – 3151 Hwy 88/Jackson Vlly Rd, Ione; 209 274-2238
Wed-Sun 10-4
Convergence Vnyds – 14650 Hwy 124, Plymouth; 209 245-3600
Fri-Sun 10-5
Cooper Vineyards – 21365 Shenandoah School Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-6181
Fri-Sun 11-5 or by appointment
Deaver Vineyards – 12455 Steiner Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-4099
Open daily 10:30-5
Dillian Wines – 12138 Steiner Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-3444
Fri-Sun 11-4:30
Dobra Zemlja Winery – 12505 Steiner Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-3183
Open daily 10-5
Domaine de la Terra Rouge/Easton Wines– 10801 Dickson Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-3117
Fri-Mon 11-4
Drytown Cellars – 16030 Hwy 49, Drytown; 866-379-8696
Fri-Sun 11-5
Il Gioiello – 22355 Lawrence Rd, Fiddletown; 209 245-3395
3rd Sat of the Month 11-5
Karly – 11076 Bell Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-3922
Open daily 12-4
Karmére – 11970 Shenandoah Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-5000
Thu-Mon 11-5 or by appointment
Nine Gables – 10778 Shenandoah Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-3949
Open Thu-Mon 11-5
Nua Dair Vineyards – 13825 Willow Creek Rd, Ione; 209 245-5567
Sat-Sun 10:30-5:30
Renwood – 12225 Steiner Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-6979
Serenidad – 21339 Dickson Way, Plymouth; 209 245-5304 x19
Sat-Sun, Holidays 11-5 or by appointment
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Shenandoah Vineyards – 12300 Steiner Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-4455
Sobon Estate – 14430 Shenandoah Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-6554
Stonehouse Winery – 10861 Shenandoah Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-6888
Stoneridge Winery – 13862 Ridge Rd, Sutter Creek; 209 223-1761
Open daily 10-5
Open daily 9:30-5
Fri-Sun 11-5
Story Winery – 10525 Bell Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-6208
Sutter Creek Wine Tasting – 85 Main St, Sutter Creek; 209 267-5838
Open daily 11-6
Sutter Ridge – 14110 Ridge Rd, Sutter Creek; 209 267-1316
Fri-Sun 11-4:30
Tanis Vineyards – 13120 Willow Creek Rd, Ione; 209 274-4807
Sat-Sun 10-5:30
TKC Vineyards – 11001 Valley Dr, Plymouth; 209 245-6428
Sat 11-5, Sun 1-4 or by appointment
Terra D’Oro – 20680 Shenandoah Schl Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-6942
Open daily 10-4:30
Toscano Winery & Bistro – 10600 Shenandoah Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-3800
Open daily 10-5
Young’s Vineyard – 10120 Shenandoah Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-3005
Mon-Fri 10-4, Sat-Sun 10:30-4
Vino Noceto – 11011 Shenandoah Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-6556
Wilderotter Vineyard – 19890 Shenandoah School Rd, Plymouth; 209 245-6016
Fri-Mon 10:30-5
CALAVERAS COUNTY
Beaux Chevaux – 466B Main St, Murphys; 209-728-1000
Fri-Sun 11-5
Black Sheep Winery – 221 Main St, Murphys; 209 728-2157
Daily 11-5
Bodega de Sur Winery– 457C Algiers St, Murphys; 209 728-9030
Brice Station – 3353 E. Hwy 4, Murphys; 209 728-9893
Broll Mountain – 106 Main St, Murphys; 209 728-9750
Sat-Sun 1-5
Chatom Vineyards – 1969 Highway 4, Douglas Flat; 209 736-6500
Open daily 11-5
Domaine Becquet – 2173 Highway 12 East, Valley Springs; 209 772-1303
Wed-Sun 11-5
Domaine Becquet – 415 Main St, Murphys; 209 728-8487
Summer Thu-Sun 11-6, Winter Fri-Sun 11-6
Frog’s Tooth Vineyards – 350 Main St. Ste 5, Murphys; 209 728-2700
Fri 1-5, Sat 11-6, Sun 11-5, Mon 12-5
French Hill Winery – 8032 So. Main St, Mokelumne Hill; 209 286-1800
Tue-Sun 11-5
French Hill Winery – 488 Main Street, Murphys; 209-728-8022
Winter Fri-Sun 11-5, Summer Thu-Mon 11-5
Hatcher Winery – 425 Main St, Murphys; 209 605-7111
Fri-Sun 11-5, Mon-Thu 12-5
Indian Rock – 1154 Pennsylvania Gulch Rd, Murphys; 209 728-8514
Irish Vineyards – 2849 Hwy 4, Vallecito; 209 736-1299
Fri-Sat 12-5, Sun 11-5
Mon,Tue, Fri 2-5, Sat-Sun 11-5
Ironstone Vineyards – 1894 Six Mile Road, Murphys; 209 728-1251
Open daily 10-5
Laraine/Gerber – 3675 Six Mile Rd, Vallecito; 209 736-4766
Lavender Ridge – 425 Main St, Murphys; 209 728-2441
Open daily 11-5
Milliaire Winery – 276 Main Street, Murphys; 209 728-1658
Open daily 11-5
Muir’s Legacy – 276 Main Street, Murphys; 209 728-0500
Open daily 11-5
Newsome-Harlow – 403 Main St, Murphys; 209 728-9817
Mon, Thu 12-5, Fri-Sat 11-6, Sun 11-5
Solomon Wine Co. – 397 Main St, Murphys; 209 728-8290
Wed-Fri 1-5, Sat 12-6, Sun 12-5
Stevenot Winery – 2690 San Domingo Rd, Murphys; 209 728-3436
Open daily 11-5
Stevenot Winery – Main & Sheep Ranch Rd, Murphys; 209 728-0148
Mon, Thu Fri 12-5, Sat-Sun 11-5 ,
Twisted Oak – 4280 Red Hill Rd, Vallecito; 209 736-9080
Twisted Oak – 350 Main Street, Murphys; 209 736-9080
Mon-Fri 12-5, Sat-Sun 10:30-5:30T
Vina Moda – 634 French Gulch Road, Murphys; 209 728-9911
Fri-Sun 12-5
Zucca Mountain – 431 Main St, Murphys; 209 736-2949
Open daily 12-5
EL DORADO COUNTY
Auriga Wine Cellars – 3500 Carson Rd, Camino; 530 647-8078
Fri-Sun 11-5
Boeger Winery – 1709 Carson Rd, Placerville; 530 622-8094
Open daily 10-5, Summer: Fridays ’til 8
Busby Cellars – 6375 Grizzly Flat Rd, Somerset; 530 344-9119
Fri-Sun 11-5:30
Cantiga Wineworks & Deli – 5951 Mt. Aukum Rd, Somerset; 530 621-3352
Fri-Sun 1-5, Sat-Sun 11-5
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