Recommendations in Bay Area

moondigger went on a bit of a rant said Sun, Aug 18th 2019 at 9:04pm ET

Back in 2015, on the old site, I asked the fine folks there about wineries to visit in California with my family, including some kids not old enough to taste wine. The focus then was on wineries that offered something that might interest the non-drinkers in our group while the others sampled wine. I got lots of great advice, and everybody enjoyed the winery visits.

Now I find myself in the position of having a business trip to San Francisco, with a little extra time for fun. My lovely wife will be joining me and we plan to visit a few wineries.

We did a similar thing a couple of years ago, but because my business then brought me close to Amador County, I didn’t come here seeking advice for wineries to visit. My wife and I visited a few wineries in Amador, including Vino Noceto, and had a wonderful tour/dinner/tasting at Scott Harvey Winery.

But for this trip to San Francisco, I’m back here seeking advice. I know I want to visit Iron Horse Vineyards, but beyond that, I’m looking for suggestions. We basically have one day to spend in wine country, and we’re heading north to get to Iron Horse, in Sebastopol. So we’re looking for suggestions in that general area, or along the way. We don’t have any non-drinkers with us, so there isn’t any need for the places we visit to have fun stuff for non-drinkers to do.

Any suggestions?

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klezman said Sun, Aug 18th 2019 at 9:47pm ET:

If you’re in the RRV, then I’d visit Harvest Moon for sure. Randy is a great guy. They are also right next door to Hook & Ladder if you are interested in their stuff.
If you make it further north to Healdsburg, you could hit up Hawley and a few other good places.

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- I second Hook and Ladder. Was there last year and Devin did a great job walking us through the collection.
  
  radiolysis said Mon, Aug 19th 2019 at 12:15am ET
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moondigger said Mon, Aug 19th 2019 at 12:15pm ET:

Thanks to both of you for the advice. I’ll check the maps tonight and plot a path to as many of these locations as is practical.

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novium said Wed, Aug 28th 2019 at 11:42pm ET:

Schramsburg, if you can get it. You’ll have to call for a tour, but they’re great, and the winery is on a breathtaking site. The cave tour is particularly cool.

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mwfielder said Thu, Aug 29th 2019 at 12:04pm ET:

Buena Vista is a nice tour as well. Foppiano and Pedroncelli have great wines, but not much for a tour if you’re looking for that.

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