Handley Cellars
One of our favorite stops in the Anderson Valley is Handley Cellars. Lovely Pinots and Chardonnays. We were hoping to get back in the summer of 2017 but it wasn’t in the cards. We don’t have many pictures or wine…
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Mazzocco Sonoma
Located on Lytton Springs Road in the northern part of the Dry Creek Valley, Mazzocco makes a wide variety of single vineyard Zinfandels. The first time we stopped here they were pouring all 100% zins – no blends. We promptly…
Cesar Toxqui Cellars
A great find in Hopland, California – Mendocino County, just north of Sonoma, is Toxqui Cellars (pronounced toe-ski). Cesar Toxqui loves the land and the process of winemaking in tune with nature. He times parts of his process by the…
Wilson Winery
We love Wilson Wines. The Wilson Family of Wineries has 8 members at this time. When we joined the wine club for Mazzocco we joined the wine clubs at all these wineries. We set out to try them all though…
Robert Young Estate Winery
This is the place to go for Chardonnay! Located in the Alexander Valley, they have a family feel as well a a bit of old school. Small tasting room so we like to get there right at 10:00 when they…
Foley Sonoma Winery
Touring around the Chalk Hill Wineries, they are all part of the Foley Family of wines. We stopped at Foley Sonoma on one of our trips south. A beautiful entryway leads to the tasting room overlooking their vine testing area.…
Septentrio Winery, Arcata, California
Septentrio Winery is an off-the-beaten-path find right here at home in Tinytown (Arcata, CA). We first noticed this wine at one of our go-to local restaurants. They had this Septentrio Napa Chardonnay on tap. We tried it once and have…
Husch Vineyards
We have been wine club members with Husch longer than any other winery. One of the great benefits is $1.00 shipping on a case. We wish more wineries would do that. Another benefit is their annual picnic, which just happens…
Castello Di Amorosa
This place was just a bit too much of a tourist trap for us, in the Napa area. It had been recommended, so we went but ended up not even tasting the wine. Everything was really expensive – even just…
Chateau Montelena
This beautiful winery was part of the 1970’s event that put Napa on the world wine map. Their Chardonnay won first place at a French wine competition. The winemaker at the time went on to Grgich Hills. The grounds of…