Terra Amata Vineyards
A New Taste in the Wine World As Kelly and Lizzie honeymooned in the French countryside in the mid-nineties, they enjoyed dégustations in French wine houses and dreamed of owning a vineyard at some point in their lives. The rustic European hospitality stuck with them as Kelly’s aspirations to make wine grew. Little did they know that […]
Guyomar Wine Cellars
Guyomar’s estate vineyard, St. Peter of Alcantara, is located in the western part of Paso Robles AVA, known as the Templeton Gap. St. Peter of Alcantara benefits from ocean influence; the afternoon winds that cool the region during the growing season, as well as the increased rainfall that benefits the westside of Paso Robles. The […]
Nalle Winery
Nalle is one of the oldest wineries in Dry Creek Valley and has been family owned and operated since 1984 when it was established by Doug and Lee Nalle. Today their son Andrew is head winemaker and proprietor with his wife April and three children by his side. The estate is located two miles from […]
Andis Wines
Turley Wine Cellars – Amador
Looking for the gold standard in the gold country? Larry Turley, a physician by trade, founded Turley Wine Cellars in 1993 in Napa Valley based on the idea of preserving California’s oldest vineyards and demonstrating what great wines they are capable of producing. With early rave reviews and a rabid mailing list following, Turley, with […]
Three Wine Company
Premier Winery Experience participant and Passport to Zinfandel participant The Old Sugar Mill, which was built in 1934 to process sugar beets, has been repurposed into a center for artisanal wineries, events, food trucks, picnicking, and a live entertainment and concert venue. The historic and defunct sugar facility is now a popular historic landmark […]
St. Francis Winery
With its classic mediterranean architecture, gardens, and belltower St. Francis Winery has become a classic Sonoma icon nestled beside the dramatic Mayacamas Mountains in Kenwood. And St. Francis’s wines and food experiences do full justice to its breathtaking setting! For wine country sightseers, this is one of the best mountain meets vineyard views in Sonoma […]
Wilson Winery
Premier Winery Experience participant and Passport to Zinfandel participant A day of visiting Dry Creek Valley would not be complete without paying a visit to one of its landmark structures and wineries – Wilson Winery. Lovingly restored and modernized for state of the art winemaking, the century-old Wilson Winery is the domain of Diane […]
Seghesio Family Vineyards
Premier Winery Experience participant and Passport to Zinfandel participant Immigration, survival, determination, re-invention. Going to legendary Seghesio Family Vineyards in Healdsburg is to connect back in time to the hard-working origins of California wine and to view the entire colorful history of Sonoma County and California wine through a modern lens. And visiting today is […]
Saddleback Cellars
On your next trip to Napa Valley, be sure to work into your schedule a visit to Saddleback Cellars in Oakville- a relatively modest, old school anomaly among some of the most prized real estate in the entire world. In a valley where opulence has become commonplace, Saddleback offers a reality check – a sort […]
