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Sunday 16 June 2013

California's Best Wineries: Healdsburg Wineries

By Philip Vonwrede


With tons of things that one can do in Healdsburg Wineries, it is definitely one exceptional place for one to visit. This great wine region features a lot of boutiques, diverse cuisine and most notably, tasting rooms. The tasting rooms are more than sufficient for almost everyone that they won't have to drive far just to fill their day. Here are some of the best wineries in Healdsburg:

The first winery is J Vineyards & Winery. When it comes to wine production at J Vineyards & Winery, theirs start of with the soil. The expertise of Judy Jordan's in understanding geology and continuous interaction with climate, soil, clone and rootstock keeps J Vineyards & Winery a step ahead among Healdsburg Wineries. The winery prides itself as being the experts in wine making and guarantees continuous improvement to ensure that they offer the best. Melissa Stackhouse is the head wine maker here and has a great understanding of Russian Rover Valley and ensures that the winery produces the best wine and the techniques and methods applied here deliver an awesome combination of elegance, varietal expression and complete balance.

Next, Quivira Vineyards & Winery is my next pick. The attitude of everyone from Quivira Vineyards & Winery is quite different from others. Huge Chappelle is the head wine maker in the estate, although he might grimace if he hears you say that. The winery views their overall process as not making of wine, instead they insist that they grow wine. They are fairly well known for producing one of the finest wine. They apply several different techniques in farming that are biodynamic and in turn, you will taste the pureness and effervescent flavor in their wine varietals.

If you ask the locals which winery is a must-see, they will most probably say Hop Kiln. Their lovely wines are available to be tried with the myriad of food selections and condiments such as the wonderful fig vinegar, assorted meats, pastries and cheese. While munching on their food and sipping their wine, visitors can sit on the gardens for a nice relaxing picnic. Aside from that, Hop Kiln winery has an amazing historical background. The staff are welcoming and knowledgeable and you will forever swear your life to their affordable Zin and Big red.

There's not place like, Ridge Lytton Springs Vineyards. The philosophy of wine making at Ridge Lytton Springs Vineyards includes having the grapes entirely fermented with the native yeasts sourced from their vineyards rather than the cultured yeast strains. Here, extraction of color, tannins and flavor is done without using commercial enzyme which explains the classic tasting of their wines. Ridge Lytton Springs Vineyards is best known for using a socially and environmentally responsible wine making approach.

If you are particularly into Zinfadels, Seghesio Family Vineyards is the perfect place for you. Its history is chronicled from being a humble winery to being the expert of Zinfadels, among others, in the entire state. They offer five kinds of Zinfadels, which includes Sonoma County Old Vine, the single vineyards at Cortia, San Lorenzo and Home Ranch and its normal Sonoma County wine bottling.




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