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Monthly Archives: September 2008
Yosemite – Mixing Wine and Nature
No, thank goodness there are no vineyards in the Yosemite Valley, but if you like wine and nature you can put the two together by attending the Vintners’ Holiday. This is a series of sessions with winemakers that takes place … Continue reading
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The Tale of Two Harvests — Russian River Valley
We have been here on Limerick Lane at the northern end of the Russian River Valley for three weeks. Our stay is over and we have witnessed an amazing frenzy of harvest activity the first ten days of our stay. … Continue reading
West Dry Creek Road – Best Wine Country Backroad
There are many backroads in Russian River wine country and each one is interesting and different. We have explored every small country road in the area beginning in the south in Sebastopol to Cloverdale at the north end. West Dry … Continue reading
Best Places in Healdsburg
We have spent many occasions in Healdsburg and never tire of walking the streets around the Plaza and other nearby haunts. These are our favorite places in the town of Healdsburg.
Healdsburg — Best Wine Town in California
We have been to all the great wine towns in California including Yountville, St. Helena, Calistoga, Napa, Sonoma, Paso Robles, Los Olivos, and others, but Healdsburg remains are favorite wine town by a wide margin. In the Russian River wine … Continue reading
Acorn Winery — Where Field Blends Rule
At Acorn Winery, Betsy and Bill Nachbaur do things a little differently than most wineries and vineyard farmers. Their winery is located on prime acreage in the Russian River Valley and most of their vines are very old, including a … Continue reading
Stephen-Walker Winery — Nice Wines, but $$$$
Stephen-Walker is a new winery, one without an actual winemaking facility or vineyards. They custom crush at a nearby facility and source their grapes from various vineyards in the Russian River Valley, Dry Creek Valley, the Napa Valley and Monterey. … Continue reading
The Wine Traveler on Copain Winery — Don’t Miss it!
Copain winery is an incredible place. It sits by itself high on a hill with one of the best views of the Russian River Valley, near Healdsburg. The winery was recently built so everything about it is high tech and … Continue reading
The Wine Traveler Visits J Vineyards & Winery
After spending a lazy mid-morning at Foppiano Vineyards, walking the self-guided vineyard tour and tasting Foppiano wine we headed down the road to J Vineyards. What an amazing contrast in wineries. Foppiano represents much of the past in wineries with … Continue reading
Wine Traveler at Foppiano Vineyards and J Vineyards
On Old Redwood Highway just off Highway 101 near Healdsburg is where Foppiano Vineyard and J Vineyards are located, just a couple of miles of each other. Even though they are very different from one another, we enjoyed our visits … Continue reading