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Exploring Santa Cruz California

January 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

Santa Cruz Santa Cruz is a town located at the northern edge of Monterey Bay, about an hour south of San Jose.  It is known primarily for its beach, its surfing, and its university. It has plenty of places to stroll, relax and people watch. The Beach Boardwalk is home to an amusement area with […]

Filed Under: Activities, Dining, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Hiking, Hotels, Hotels, Restaurants, Santa Cruz, Wine Region, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Beach Boardwalk, Felton, MJA Vineyards, Mozaic, Natural Bridges State Park, Riva’s Fish House, Santa Cruz Mountain Vineyard, Santa Cruz Pier, Surfing Museum, University of California Santa Cruz, West Cliff Drive

Napa California Area Restaurants

March 13, 2022 Leave a Comment

Napa is so close to San Francisco that we frequently take a day or several-day trips to the area. This is a summary of our restaurant reviews throughout the years. Some places we loved on our first visits but second visits turned us off from them. Others are new. Ad Hoc Ad Hoc is a […]

Filed Under: Activities, California, Dining, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Napa, Napa, Restaurants, Wine Region, Yountville

What to do on California’s Monterey Peninsula

May 28, 2022 Leave a Comment

The Monterey Peninsula is under a 2-hour car trip south from San Francisco. The area has a wide range of things to do in addition to just taking in the beautiful views. You can: Kayaking in the Bay; Horseback riding through Pebble Beach; Visit the incredible Monterey Aquarium; Walk or bike Pebble Beach, Pacific Grove, […]

Filed Under: Activities, California, Destination Type, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Hiking, Monterey Peninsula, North America, Pacific Grove, Santa Lucia Highlands, Travel, United States, Wine Region, Wine Region Tagged With: 17-Mile Drive, Andrew Molera State Park, Anton & Michel, Bernardus Winery, Big Sur River Inn, Blair Wines, Boekenoogan Wines, Carmel Mission, Hawthorne Gallery, Holman Ranch, Joullian Wineyards, Joyce Wine Company, Julia Phieffer Burn State Park, Lucia, Monterey Acquarium, Morgan Winery, Odonatta Wines, Pangaea Grill, Passionfish, Phieffer Big Sur State Park, Portabello, Santa Lucia Highlands, Stillwater Bar and Grill, Talbott Vineyards, the Pocket, Valley View Trails, Wrath Wines

Favorite Sonoma Wineries (and Food)

May 9, 2021 Leave a Comment

Sonoma Wineries Sonoma Wine Region is about an hour’s drive north of San Francisco. Or, you can fly into the Sonoma County airport. Like Napa, Sonoma has loads of wineries, restaurants, and activities. But we think of it as more laid-back and a little more affordable than Napa. In terms of wine (after all this […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Dining, Highlighted Wine Travel, Restaurants, Sonoma, Wine Region, Wine Region, Wine Tastings, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Bravas, Copain Wines, Freeman Vineyard and Winery, La Salette, Oakville Grocery, Quivera Vineyards, Ridge Vineyards, Roche Winery, Rockpile Vineyards, Rootdown, Siduri Wines, The Farmhouse, Three Sticks Wines, Valette, Walt Wines

Santa Barbara California

July 8, 2022 Leave a Comment

Santa Barbara is a lovely, historic city on California’s Central Coast region. It has a growing number of interesting boutique wineries/tasting rooms in the “Funk District” and tasting rooms of some of our favorites Santa Rita Hills and Santa Maria Valley wineries. That is more than enough incentive to return to one of our favorite […]

Filed Under: California, Destination Type, Destinations, Featured-City, North America, Santa Barbara, Travel, United States, Wine Region, Wine Tastings, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: Aliso Canyon, Au Bon Climate, Ballard Canyon, Bouchon, Cebeda, Funk Zone, Happy Canyon, Los Olivos, Melville Winery, Oreana Winery, Pali Wine, Riverbench Winery, Santa Barbara Fishouse, Santa Maria Valley. Santa Ynez, Santa Rita Hills, Santo Mezcal, Whitcraft Winery

Paso Robles California

January 9, 2022 Leave a Comment

Paso Robles is located in California’s Central Coast Wine Region in the San Luis Obispo county. The Paso Robles AVA is mostly known for Zinfandel grapes. However, it also produces Cabernet Sauvignon and Rhone blends such as Syrah, Viognier, and Roussanne. Since last year’s plans were so unceremoniously disrupted by Covid, this is our first […]

Filed Under: Featured-City, Paso Robles, Wine Region, Wine Tastings, Wine/Wineries Tagged With: BL Brasserie, Booker Vineyards, Broken Earth Winery, Daou Vineyards, Giornata Winery, Halter Ranch Vineyard, Il Cortile Ristorante, Justin Winery, MacPhee’s Canteen, Robert Hall Winery, Sans Liege Winery, Sculpterra Winery, Tablas Creek Vineyard

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