Sonoma Travel Forum

Hi Everyone,

My husband and I are going to be spending 3 nights, 3 days, in Sonoma at the end of this month. We put together an itinerary and would like to get your comments please!

A couple of things: (1) I know it's a pretty lofty schedule, but we don't plan on taking many tours. We will linger for lunch, but then just be on our way for more tastings. (2) While hubby is a big wine drinker, I prefer dessert wines, so I've tried to pick a selection of wineries good for both of us.

Day 1 (Sonoma)

Staying at the Beltrane Ranch
Pick up picnic food (where)?
Gunlach Bundschu (picnic here)
Ravenswood Winery
Robledo Family Winery
Viansa
Cline
Possibly Gloria Ferrer or Jacuzzi, but probably won't have time
Dinner at Girl & The Fig

Day 2 (Glen Ellen)

Staying at Cottage & Inn and Spa
Pick up picnic food at Glen Ellen Market
Benzinger Winery for Tram Tour
Matanzas Creek (picnic here)
Ledson Winery
Imagery Winery
Arrowood Vineyards
Possibly Chateau St. Jean and St. Francis Winery, but probably won't have time.
Grab dinner at Fremont Diner (low-key, but yummy)

Day 3

We don't have plans yet! We were considering just going low key and walking around Sonoma Plaza, maybe getting massages. We also considered checking out Healdsburg or driving up to Castiloga to get a mud bath, then heading back down to Napa for dinner, since we won't have seen these areas. We might be "wined out" by this day, but let us know if we are missing something spectacular from our itinerary that we can do on this day.

Thanks in advance!

I am going to Sonoma over labor Day with a group of women. What do I wear at night when we go out and what to wear during the day?

Do you still have the wine barrel top lazy Susan's?

Just wondering if there is a local who lives near the Dream Home just
unveiled by HGTV? Saw the tour on TV but was wondering how the
natives of Sonoma feel about all the attention? What is the Subdivision like?
How's the Real Estate mkt. in Sonoma? Improving?
Favorite Restaurants? Things to do?

Thanks in advance.

Hi everyone!!!
I am trying to figure out where is a better location to stay, Napa or Sonoma downtown area.
I want to visit the wineries during the day, and I am not sure which of the two will offer beter and more things to do after.
Will wait for your reply to make my hotel reservation.
Thanks!

I like sweet to semi sweet wines and will be visiting Napa and Sonoma in the Fall. Are there any wineries that has some sweet wines on their lists e.g. dessert wine, port wine, riesling, fruit wines?

Any infomation on the Dry Creek Inn, in Healdsburg?? My wife and I will are considering a three or four day stay in late May. Also, any advice on healdsburg it self, good location, food wineries etc??

Hello, all! I desperately need your help in finding a suitable place for about 10 of us to have a working session in wine country, California. We'll be taking clients and want a spot where we can stay in an idyllic setting, have a meeting room for getting some work done, and have outdoor activities to break up our days.

Any suggestions? Everything I'm finding is too "quaint country inn" or "honeymooner's paradise"...My clients are from L.A. so I want a pretty upscale experience.

Thanks!
K

Our family is coming to the area in mid-July (2 adults and 2 kids 3 & 7)
how is Petaluma for a central location to visit the wineries in Sonoma and Napa?
and, any recommendations for that hotel? or any others?
thanks!

Hi all. My fiance and i would love to go to sonoma for our honeymoon.
But we have no idea where to begin.
we know we have to fly into San Francisco.
but we would like to see fishermans wharf, alcatraz, and travel down pacific coast hwy as well as tour some of the wineries.
can anyone recommend what would be the best way of doing this?
where should we stay?

any help or guidance would be GREATLY appreciatd

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi all. My fiance and i would love to go to sonoma for our honeymoon.
But we have no idea where to begin.
we know we have to fly into San Francisco.
but we would like to see fishermans wharf, alcatraz, and travel down pacific coast hwy as well as tour some of the wineries.
can anyone recommend what would be the best way of doing this?
where should we stay?

any help or guidance would be GREATLY appreciatd

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My wife and I will be in Sonoma County for two nights in July as part of a 10 day California trip. Can anyone recommend some wineries to visit, or restaurants? We will be staying in Petaluma but we will have a car and will probably spend most of one day driving throughout Sononma and Napa counties.

We are not wine connoiseurs by any stretch of the imagination, but we have taken a few winery tours and enjoyed them (although we live in Maryland, where at last count there were a total of about 15 wineries in the state). We are looking for wineries that have a regular weekday tour and have moderatley priced wines.

Also any restaurant recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for any info provided.

I'll be visiting Sonoma in May 2004 with a group of 6 people. We'll be staying at the "Inn at Sonoma". We'd like to hire a driver to take us around, but have only been able to find limos and tour buses. It seems wasteful to rent a car and then rent a limo. Does anyone know of a driver that will take us around in our rental car.

Thanks for your help!!
cgorglione@yahoo.com

For my upcoming (big) birthday in June, I am planning a trip with my friends to wine country. We want to stay in a quaint place with a spa, that won't break the bank. Any suggestions?

Traci