Author Fodor's Napa and Sonoma
Coauthor The California Directory of Fine Wineries
I cover wineries, sights to see, activities, restaurants, and hotels in Napa, Sonoma, and beyond.
Aesthetics, history, and renowned Cabernets draw collectors to southern Calistoga winery. Larkmead Vineyards, whose tastings are geared toward collectors of its renowned Cabernets, lists its founding date as […]
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Dapper Far Niente sister winery gets things right with single-vineyard collector-quality Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. A quarter-century ago, Nickel & Nickel founder the late Gil Nickel paid the
Intimate festival showcases Chardonnay and other white grapes in sparkling and still wines. Mendocino County’s Anderson Valley wine region is best known for Pinot Noir, but each February
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Julie Johnson’s St. Helena ranch has the look and feel of a working organic farm. Edging the Mayacamas foothills in the Rutherford AVA’s northwestern quadrant, Tres Sabores Winery
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Plymouth’s Grand Reserve Inn is an excellent perch for Amador County winery and restaurant excursions. In late Spring 2023, the women behind Teneral Cellars purchased Amador County’s Grand Reserve Inn, where
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Oceanview trek’s sensory pleasures reward at every turn. This hike north of the town of Bolinas follows a section of the Coastal Trail to Bass Lake and Alamere Falls.
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Fall foliage and bee-friendly plantings supplied the color at an October tasting at Coursey Graves, where the wines tantalize as much as the views. The winery, which inhabits
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Larkmead, Stony Hill, and Louis M. Martini celebrate the past with an eye to the future. An excursion to three historic wineries – Larkmead, Stony Hill, and Louis
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Mother and daughter produce balanced wines that marvelously express their Sonoma County sites, one famous, the other less so. In June 2023 at the Taste of Sonoma wine festival,
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Play games, watch sports on TV, toss back a few, dine on elevated comfort cuisine. My dining companion and I felt instantly uplifted upon arrival at The Lincoln,
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