Sonoma County - real Wine Country So I have some tough choices to make.  I have a high school friend coming to visit this weekend.  She’s in need of some R&R and her husband’s packing her off to Wine Country for the weekend.  …

Ready to taste some wine with our kids safely playing in our UPPAbaby Vista.For Father’s Day we went wine tasting (and why not when you live in Wine Country, surrounded by more than 200 wineries?)  We’ve spent a lot of time exploring other areas of Sonoma County like Dry C

Wine tasting at Balletto Winery - it's best to start 'em young! 🙂Balletto Vineyards and Winery is set amongst fields of grapes.  It has a peaceful pavered patio, covered with a pergola and centered on an olive tree growing out of a large water feature.  Inside, the c

Quivira's Dry Creek Valley tasting room is set in one of their biodynamic vineyards, and complete with solar panels.This family-owned winery has a lovely tasting room in a tranquil setting just outside Healdsburg in Sonoma County’s Dry Creek Valley.  Their hand-crafted, estat

Dutton Goldfield Winery's patio sadly lacks the beautiful views that most of Sonoma County's wineries offer.Dutton Goldfield Winery has a new tasting room on Gravenstein Highway North in Sebastopol.  They used to participate in the Visa Signature program, but sadly have s

imageWalking up to the Deloach Vineyards tasting room from their parking lot you pass through a tranquil Biodynamic garden.  There is a lovely brick courtyard complete with umbrella shaded tables for those who prefer to take advantage of Sonoma County’s fabulous weather and do th

Michel-Bernard's new tasting room in Sonoma County's Dry Creek ValleyWe were on our way home from one of our favorite wineries, Armida, when we passed a newly opened tasting room.  Quite honestly, we weren’t that hopeful – there are a LOT of tasting rooms in Dry Creek Val

Hanna Winery and Vineyard's Russian River Valley tasting room is just on the outskirts of Santa Rosa.We are blessed with living in the heart of Northern California’s wine country.  Even though we live very close to many wineries, we somehow always find ourselves driving to further one

A cornucopia of choice - Gibbston Winery offers wine tasting, a cheesery with samples, a restaurant and wine cave tours in the heart of New Zealand's Central Otago wine region. It was the end of a long day of wine tasting.  (Feeling sorry for us, yet?…

The low key cellar door/tasting room at Brennan Winery in New Zealand's Central Otago wine region, is the only place to purchase their great wine.Brennan Winery is located in Gibbston, in New Zealand’s stunning Central Otago wine region.  Nestled in rows of  wine grapes