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Synopsis
In 2006, there were more than 20 million winery visits in California, producing an estimated tourism revenue of $2 billion.
About the Author
A native San Franciscan, Erika Lenkert spends her time traipsing through San Francisco and across the globe in search of adventure and great food. She has written for Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, Bride’s, Wine Country Living, San Francisco Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, and Time Out. Her latest work is an entertaining and cooking guide called The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining (www.lastminutepartygirl.com), which mixes fun, humor, and recipes into a tasty, useful guide to living large, Bay Area–style.
Table of Contents
List of Maps.1 The Best of the Wine Country.
1 The Best Wineries.
2 The Best Winery Tours for First-Timers.
3 The Best Experiences beyond the Wineries.
4 The Best Luxury Hotels & Inns.
5 The Best Moderately Priced Accommodations.
6 The Best Restaurants.
2 The Wine Country Experience (John Thoreen).
1 Introducing Napa Valley & Sonoma Valley.
2 Winemaking 101.
3 How to Wine-Taste like a Pro.
3 Planning Your Trip to the Wine Country.
1 Visitor Information & Maps.
2 When to Go.
3 Money Matters.
Festivities to Plan Your Trip Around: The Wine Country’s Best Annual Events.
4 Getting There.
5 Getting Around.
6 Strategies for Touring the Wine Country.
7 The Ins & Outs of Shipping Wine Home.
Fast Facts: The Wine Country.
4 Napa Valley.
1 Orientation & Getting Around.
Fast Facts: Napa Valley.
2 Touring the Wineries.
3 More to See & Do.
Up, Up & Away.
4 Where to Stay.
5 Where to Dine.
6 Where to Stock Up for a Picnic & Where to Enjoy It.
5 Sonoma Valley.
1 Orientation & Getting Around.
Fast Facts: Sonoma Valley.
2 Touring the Wineries.
3 More to See & Do.
The Super Spa.
4 Where to Stay.
5 Where to Dine.
6 Where to Stock Up for a Picnic & Where to Enjoy It.
6 Northern Sonoma County.
1 Orientation & Getting Around.
Fast Facts: Northern Sonoma.
2 Touring the Wineries.
The Ways of Wine Clubs.
3 More to See & Do.
4 Where to Stay.
5 Where to Dine.
6 Where to Stock Up for a Picnic & Where to Enjoy It.
Appendix: Grape Varietals in the Wine Country.
1 Major Grape Varietals.
2 Lesser-Known Grape Varietals.
Index.
General Index.
Accommodations Index.
Restaurant Index.