To Stay
North Block Hotel $$$
Carneros Resort & Spa $$$$
The Lodge at Sonoma $$$
Farmhouse Inn $$$$
Cottage Grove Inn $$
Four Seasons Napa $$$$
To Drink
Starter Wineries *close to the Sonoma square and all within a few miles of each other. Cheap tasting fees, fun, with easy drinking wine.
Gundlach Bundschu
Buena Vista Winery
Winery Sixteen 600 *reservation only tastings in their 1900s farmhouse with all the Grateful Dead (and others) records you can find, and spin during your tasting
Bartholomew Estate
Wineries that have suckered me into being a club member *clearly, awesome
Scribe *$70 per person, reservations only
Ram’s Gate *$40 a person + $38 for the world’s greatest cheese + charcuterie board, reservations only
Donum Estate *$95 per person (my favorite pinot, period + has an incredible sculpture collection by Ai Weiwei)
Banshee *fun, Healdsburg tasting room)
Ashes & Diamonds *$45 per person, reservations only
Like a Fine Wine (Classics)
Hamel Family *$75 per person, reservations only
Lambert Bridge *Healdsburg
Clos Du Val *Napa
Lasseter Family *Glen Ellen, $25 per person, reservations only
Schramsberg *bubbles, I live for their Crement
Mumm Napa *bubbles
To Eat
SingleThread *Healdsburg, fancy, $275 for 11 courses
Bistro Jeanty *Yountville, French, personal fav
R+D Kitchen *Yountville, drinks and snacks on the patio + fire pits. Go to order: the pimento cheese dip
RH Yountville Restaurant *stunning, must do
Bottega *Yountville, yummy Italian
Swiss Hotel *Sonoma downtown, great for lunch, classic
Boxcar Fried Chicken *Sonoma, old Fremont Diner spot! Same owners, new venture
Oakville Grocery *wines by the oz and delish sandwiches, one of my must do’s
