Healdsburg Avenue/Front Street Ramble
I took a walk from Healdsburg Veterans’ Memorial Beach, past River’s Edge Kayak & Canoe and across the newly listed in the National Registry of Historic Places, Healdsburg Memorial Bridge. Finish line of the recent First Annual Russian River Race. Immediately west of the Bridge, I turned right (north) on Front Street. Easy to visit the Hudson Street Wineries including Bluenose Wines as well as “The Front Street Group”: Holdredge Winery, Hart’s Desire Wines, J. Keverson Winery & Sapphire Hill Winery. Across the street, on the River, is Davis Family Vineyards. (When purchasing wine and traveling on foot or bike, ask these wineries about their Wine Delivery Service to your local lodging!) Looking for a...
Read MoreAlexander Valley Vineyards (AVV)
Family, family, family- and warm staff @ a true working winery- that is Alexander Valley Vineyards. From the first approach through the estate vineyards one can see why Cyrus Alexander located his homestead on this verdant, luscious spot in the Alexander Valley so many years ago and why, in 1962 the Wetzel family spotted the intrinsic fertile worth of this historic land and founded AVV, “growing green”. With a popular and tasty array of wines, including the whimsically named Sin Zin, this is truly THE Picnic Spot- on the covered porch, up the hillside above the caves or on the grassy area by the year-round creek. Buy a bottle of wine, and chose your picnic spot! And check out the Wine Club- be invited to some fantastic events AND get great wines...
Read MoreHaydon Street Inn
The impeccable hospitality at Haydon Street Inn is underscored by the importance of not just B&B, but B AND B: Bed and Breakfast are both key components at this romantic Victorian Inn, surrounded by flowers and gardens, easily walkable to the historic Healdsburg Plaza. Breakfast is delicious and served each morning at 9am- Wolfe coffee available earlier- and special diets and take-away breakfasts can be accommodated- 25 years of culinary expertise make this breakfast more than scrumptious. Sundays see Champagne as an accompaniment. Attention to detail and special touches, like fresh flowers, framed family and historic photos, comfortable outdoor furniture on the porch, antiques, great linens, evening wine hour, afternoon refreshments, assistance...
Read MoreInnkeepers Unleashed, Unfettered: My Salute
Wine Road has 57 lodging members with a range of accommodations to suit all travelers in our three AVA’s. Whether you are looking for economy or luxury, solitude or jazzy surroundings, a small boutique inn, a modern hotel, cottages along the Russian River, a Victorian B & B, a contemporary B & B, a lodge and pool in the country, a larger property in a small city, a classic American motel, rooms right in the vineyards, views of valleys, views of the river or views of the Pacific Ocean, Wine Road has them all. And those Heroes of Hospitality, those Sentinels of Clean Sheets, those Bakers of Breakfast are our innkeepers, managers and owners- it is they that MAKE the journey special, the recline and rest at the end of the day memorable,...
Read MoreStuhlmuller Vineyards
Stuhlmuller Vineyards is a hidden gem, secreted away in the Alexander Valley where that valley converges with the Russian River and Chalk Hill AVA’s, surrounded by estate vineyards, framed with spectacular red roses, resting against the Russian River. The modern, striking TR, is graced with an imposing Grizzly bear painting, a nod to the Stuhlmuller passion for all things Cal (my alma mater!), cool fixtures, an efficient Barrel Room behind glass and comfortable spots to sit at the bar and at the table. Appointments are recommended, but walk-ins are always welcomed. (Open Friday – Monday 10:30 – 4:30.) Tours are cool, including the Barrel Room as well as the outdoor tanks, viewable from the ground and from a high...
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