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Paradise Ridge Winery Revisited
Paradise Ridge Winery It is always fun to visit Paradise Ridge, a winery off the beaten path in Sonoma County. We purchased another Travelzoo deal, this one for the Fountaingrove Inn in Santa Rosa....
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Kokomo Winery at Timber Crest Farms
Traveling along Dry Creek Road near Healdsburg, there are numerous wineries to explore on either side of the road. But there are a set of wineries hidden from view that are clustered at Timber Crest...
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The new and improved Hanford House Inn
Main entrance Hanford House Inn Once a year we make a trip to the wine country of Amador and El Dorado Counties. We have been doing this since 1999 without a miss. The first couple of years it was just...
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Ups and Downs in Amador Wine Country
We recently spent a couple of days in Amador wine country. We make this trip once a year, so we have a very good perspective of this lovely wine country area. This wine region is in a transitional...
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Cedarville Vineyard: getting better with age
Organic Cedarville Cabernet Sauvignon Cedarville Vineyard In 2002 we were visiting the Everett Ridge Winery on West Dry Creek Road in Sonoma County. There we met an assistant winemaker. We mentioned...
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Lockeford Meat and Sausage
I would be remiss if I did not include the Lockeford Meat and Sausage Services in my series of articles about our recent trek to the Sierra Foothills wine country. There are many routes to the towns of...
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Gwinllan Estate Vineyard and Winery
On the road to the wine cave Gwinllan Estate Gwinllan Estate is one of the latest wineries to establish itself in the wine Region of Fair Play. Fair Play is a very small geographic area, at...
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Favorite wine movies
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the movie “Sideways.” It is my favorite wine movie. I own the DVD and watch it about once a year. In honor of the tenth anniversary of “Sideways,” I decided to...
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Wente Vineyards: A tour de force in Livermore
It has been a long time since we last visited Wente Vineyards. So long in fact that it was then called Wente Bros. When fouth generation family member Carolyn Wente became the CEO, the winery’s name...
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Truett-Hurst along Dry Creek
On Dry Creek Road Truett-Hurst along Dry Creek – Biodynamic vineyards and gardens Several years ago we visited the Truett-Hurst winery just after they had purchased the old Martin Winery on Dry Creek...
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