Healdsburg Lodgings & Spotlight! Haydon Street Inn
Wine Road is “Heaven Condensed”- and along Wine Road, Healdsburg is Heavenly. I am often asked for assistance finding lodging that is right in the ‘burg. Here is a handy Healdsburg compilation: Americas Best Value Inn & Suites 74 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg CA 95448, 707-433-5548 Bella Villa Messina 316 Burgundy Road, Healdsburg CA 95448, 707-433-6655 Belle de Jour Inn 16276 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg CA 95448, 707-431-9777 Best Western Dry Creek Inn 198 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg CA 95448, 707-433-0300 Calderwood Inn 25 W. Grant Street, Healdsburg CA 95448, 707-431-1110 Camellia lnn 211 North Street, Healdsburg CA 95448, 707-433-8182 Duchamp Hotel 421 Foss Street, Healdsburg CA 95448, 800-431-9341 /...
Read MoreSpotlight! Davis Family & zazu: On The River All Summer Long
Driving along Front Street last evening near Memorial Bridge in Healdsburg, I noticed new gardens and a zazu sign at Davis Family Vineyards. And, very fortuitously, when I returned to my computer, I found out the fleeting-as-summer, not-to-be-missed-scoop, which, as you read below, will also include Wine Road members Thomas George Estates and Soda Rock Winery. What a summertime foodie/wine/locavore/bacon/pork series of happenings, and right on the banks of the Russian River! Commencing Friday 22 June 2012- a fine tribute to summer! Details below. Here’s looking at you, kids! TR ZAZUon the river is all summer long! BLT’S start this weekend!!! ZAZU on the river! where? DAVIS FAMILY VINEYARDS, 52 FRONT ST,...
Read MoreHANNA Winery, Alexander Valley
HANNA Winery, Alexander Valley, sister to HANNA Winery, Russian River Valley, is imposing and dramatic, and yet right at home in the landscape, with spectacular views and vistas of the valley below, approached along a curving driveway lined with lavender and Arts & Crafts lighting fixtures, protected by an immense oak tree, with bocce, picnic areas, outdoor stage and romantic wedding site, rose-encrusted arbor and shading redwoods adding to the perfection of such a spot to exchange vows. Home to the Hanna & Her Sippers (Woody Allen would smile), Visions of Red and HANNA Elite Wine Clubs, the personal, family touch of Chris Hanna is felt, from Food & Wine highlights to the lovely wines themselves, produced from the surrounding family estate...
Read MoreStarlite Vineyards
Starlite Vineyards is kissed by the starlight, appreciative of the spectacular night sky in their Alexander Valley location, where flavors and food and wines must be delicious, where owners are usually staffing the TR, where musical, dramatic and art installations are de riguer, and special events are, indeed, special. They postulate: Perhaps it is the magic of the starlight and not the famed terroir that produces our beautiful wines. Perhaps it is a magical confluence of location, skill and talent which produces their estate-grown, evocative cabernet sauvignon, viognier (my favorite) and zinfandel, You can even nestle yourself down here for the night! This is a sweet, country home with polished, sophisticated TR, surrounded by lovely, blooming gardens,...
Read MoreBlushing Brides & Grooms along Wine Road
Moon, spoon, get pinned in June….Ah, June! The traditional month of weddings-…click HERE to see why. Those crazy Romans! Seth Rogen chose us…and that, perhaps, says volumes…we have arrived as a wedding destination! Along Wine Road, there are many lovely, distinctive wedding/special event venues- and these are members who actively engage weddings. And yet now, here are the complete, Official Wine Road Wedding Sites compiled: LODGINGS 1901 Vintage Towers Bed & Breakfast Inn 302 N. Main Street, Cloverdale CA 95425, 707-894-4535 Applewood Inn, Restaurant & Spa 13555 Highway 116, Guerneville CA 95446, 707-869-9093 Best Western Dry Creek Inn 198 Dry Creek Road, Healdsburg CA 95448, 707-433-0300 Boon hotel + spa 14711 Armstrong...
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